Preserves, bakery, handmade goods, recycled goodies, music, activities for the youngsters….? Well, it will all be here in Walton’s Millennium Square for a special Between the Tides Market on Saturday, September 21st from 10am-4pm. Expect around a dozen market stalls selling artisan and handmade items. And by artisan we mean local producers who have made all their own produce, whether it’s a jar of jam or a cupcake. The Festival market starts at 10.00 am and goes on all day

Between 10am and 2pm East Anglian Kite Flyers will putting on one of their spectacular Kite Displays. You never know quite what might be flying above your head. It could be a tiger, or an astronaut or a whale, you’ll just have to wait and see. Then there will be two sessions of Parachuting Teddies. At a £5 workshop children can design and make their parachutes for their teddies who will then be parachuted from the top of the Naze Tower (the teddies, not the children). Works

For some quality time for the kids on Saturday there is the Seaside Storytime in Walton Library between 11.30am - 1.00pm. Local children’s authors Lucy Mitchell (‘The Naughty Seagull’) and Caroline Cross (‘Sand Between my Toes’) will be reading from their books. This event is organised by Tendring Community Writers.

There’s a Sandcastle Competition, but it doesn’t have to be a sandcastle, it can be anything sculpted in sand. It kicks off with registration from 9.30 on Saturday morning, 21st September, at M&M’s beach hut 100 The Leas, at bottom of the slope at the end of Woodberry Way, Walton. You can begin building from 10am until judging at noon. Prizes are for the best designs, any sculptures, not just castles. Entries can be individuals or teams of up to six, but children under 12 mus

Four whacky classical musicians make classical music fun and accessible to children in a concert coming to Walton as part of the Walton Arts Festival at All Saints Church on Saturday, September 21st. Check them out Graffiti Classics on Facebook and here's a video of them in action. Graffiti Classics is a world-renowned act that is wickedly funny. Their ‘playground proms’ bring an interactive workshop-style performance with fantastic flair, finesse and frivolity that enables k