Okay, so on the annual board of festive events, we can now tick off Togfest, The Waterside and Filipino Festivals and Stony Live.

But Milton Keynes is the land of plenty, remember, and so the summer season still has many a cracking event to impart before the leaves start falling...

This week, MK4U comes calling. The two-day youth festival will be taking over Campbell Park this Saturday and Sunday, running between 2pm and 9pm each day, offering you a full package of artistic aces, and here is how those zones shape up...

The Perform Zone is all about local talent of a musical sort. A stack of local artists have been lined up to play over the course of the weekend, including some sterling sets. Planets, Fell Silent, Februa, Our Man In The Bronze Age, Daniella Bove and Sacred Mother Tongue are just some of those who will be rocking, and sometimes popping, your world over the duration.

But don't let all of your attentions be taken up there – or the young, and young at heart, will miss out on The Play Zone.

The MK Play Association are loaning some of their best equipment for the bash, and how can you resist a jump about on Wickediser, the super-sized bouncy castle perfect for all ages?

There is the boisterous stuff, for sure, but there are also plenty of gentle play corners for ankle-biters on hand at the event.

The Create Zone, being hosted by the MK Gallery Young People's Project, will be screening new films created by young local media students (including collaborations between artists and musicians – watch out for former local chap Graham Hulbert making a return for this show), while the Alternative Zone is perfectly named to include everything from
poetry to dance under its umbrella of plenty.

As you might expect with a festival of this size, there is plenty more for the taking – make sure you pop through while in the vicinity, and perhaps partake in a drumming workshop, or pretend to cause upset with a tattoo (relax, parents – it's henna, not permanent!) and, of course, stave off the munchies with some tempting foods.

Oh, did we mention the silent disco. We kid you not, it's a disco without the music. Next week, Go! is considering bringing you an entertainment section without words...

For all of the latest information on this cracking creative event, go online: www.myspace.com/mk4umk