WITH just a month to go until Deva Fest 2022, excitement is building for what is set to be the unmissable event of the summer.

The three-day music, food and lifestyle extravaganza comes to Chester Lakes from August 12-14 and final preparations are underway to make the annual event the best one yet.

The family festival includes a host of activities and attractions which are all included within its entrance price - including marvellous mermaids, pirates and parades, funfair rides, fancy dress competitions and a fantastic line-up of household names on the main music stage.

They include headliners Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Heather Small, singer-songwriter and pop-rap princess Betty Boo, and bands Scouting for Girls and Dodgy.

Mermaid Cove is a new attraction for 2022, featuring amazing aquatic acrobatics from mermaids and mermen in an incredible custom-made 10,000-litre, 10-metre-long tank – Europe’s largest.

Along with mermaid aquatics there will be bubble discos, meet-and-greets, games and interactive fun on each day of the festival.

Meanwhile Saturday, August 13, is Pirate Day and the swashbuckling fun includes parades, swaggering street performers and piratical fancy dress with pieces of eight prizes for festivalgoers in the best piratical outfit.

Chester’s brilliant Midsummer Watch Parade team will oversee the walking of planks and other pirate shenanigans, along with a craft workshop, 6ft long live pirate art, photo board and a walkabout.

And there will also be a battle royale between Pirates and Mermaids.

The Deva Fest fairground will be open across the whole three days boasting free rides including a Ferris wheel, dodgems, waltzers and a Go Gator mini coaster for the smallest festivalgoers.

Live music remains at the heart of Deva Fest, and the weekend officially opens on Friday, August 12, with Old School Dance Anthems day.

Adults can relive their youth to the sound of Symphonic Ibiza and Sonique, and mums and dads can also introduce youngsters to their Ibiza youth with a special I’m a Little Raver family rave.

Meanwhile there is an all-female line-up on Saturday, August 13, featuring not only Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Heather Small and Betty Boo but also Shola Ama, Monika Evans, Jade Moss and Chester duo Belle Voci.

August 14 is Festival Sunday where Chester band Mississippi Riot will kick off more than six hours of fantastic live music which includes must-see sets from Dodgy and Scouting for Girls.

While headline acts will play on the main stage located inside a big top, a second, open-air, stage will host a mixture of up-and-coming bands, DJs and local talent.

For more information about Deva Fest and to book visit www.devafest.co.uk