What a difference the weather makes.

Less than a month ago music-lovers were basking in the heat at Sittingbourne's Party In The Park and dancing in the water sprinklers.

Today it's raining.

Despite that, the festival season is in full swing and Swale has a choice of two.

Popular local bands The Chaucers, Small Town Kings, Marvellous Mo and the Backline Ferrets, Dirty Channel and Curb Pilots will be at Woodfest today (Saturday).

Marylebone Jelly are hoping to repeat their stonking finale of Party in the Park by closing the show with a two-hour set.

If you bought tickets for last year's show, which had to be cancelled at short notice because of a licensing mix-up, they will be honoured at Woodcoombe Sports and Social Club in Church Road, Murston.

Swale council has limited the crowd to 1,000. Organiser Paul Gambell posted that it had sold out at 10.30am this morning so no tickets will be available when gates open at noon.

He admitted: "It is great we have a full licence this year but it was touch and go. At the last minute a resident complained so we have had to introduce new measures to comply."

He has booked a self-contained mobile stage with its own sound and lights from Triple A Events, Star Protection security has been employed and the music must stop at 11pm. There are stricter door controls, too. Guests can take in unopened bottles of water up to 500ml but perfume bottles are banned.

Paul said: "We are now praying for good weather. But even when it rained in our first year, people didn't seem to mind and carried on dancing."

He said he is standing down from organising the event after today and will hand it over to others.

"I'm looking forward to being just one of the crowd and enjoying the music," he said.

Everyone is hoping it will be third time lucky but rain has already dampened spirits.

A Met Office yellow warning for "persistent, heavy rain" was issued at 6am today and remains in place until 9pm tonight.

The other bash is the new Faversham Beer Festival which kicked off last night (Friday) and runs until Sunday.

Sittingbourne's funky Harry Evans and indie Brit-poppers Fossils joined the Kast-Off Kinks and Bamboozle last night at Faversham FC's ground at Salters Lane.

Ian Dury's former group The Blockheads headline today (Saturday) supported by Toot ‘n’ Skamen, David Migden and The Twisted Roots, Ivan's Allstars and 19 other acts.

The Chillbillies take the main stage on Sunday along with Gypskazz (recently at Sheppey's Beach Bar), Tres Kings, Jumbo Humbo, Spyplane, More Than Echoes and others.

Tickets are £30 for three days (£15 for Friday, £20 for Saturday and £12 for Sunday) from favershambeerfestival.co.uk.

For more ideas on days out and things to do, head to our What’s On section