BOLTON Festival's varied programme of events runs until Sunday, September 2. Tickets and further details of individual events are from the Albert Halls ticket centre on 334400.

TODAY: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Central library, town centre, 10.30am to 11.30am, free admission -- storytelling for five to 11 year olds; Meet The Tudors, Hall i' th' Wood House and Grounds, Green Way, off Crompton Way, 11am to 4pm -- fun-filled 16th Century day out with Tudor games, music, dancing and quizzes; Sports Day, Victoria Square 11am to 4pm -- interactive sports activities and demonstrations; Music at lunchtime, art gallery, town centre, 12pm to1.30pm, free admission -- Carousel String Quarter; The Dream Concert Summertime Special, Albert Halls, 2pm, tickets £6.50 -- Here'Say, The Popstars Tribute, and Westside, The Westlife Show, Britney and Ronan; Yoroshiku Ne, Art Gallery, 2pm to 4.30pm, free admission -- Insight into Japanese words, music and play; Bill Naughton Walk, 6.30pm, free admission -- Literary walk including refreshments; Reach Out! Albert Halls, 8pm, tickets £11, concessions £9 -- Motown tribute concert from USA; 1,000 Years of Popular Music by a Tapestry of Music, Smithills Hall, Smithills Dean Road, 7.30pm, tickets £8.50 -- Spectacular musical journey from Medieval to the Baroque period played on traditional instruments.

TOMORROW: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Central Library, 10.30am to 11.30am, free admission; Music at Lunchtime, art gallery, town centre, 12pm to 1.30pm, free admission; Yoroshiku Ne, Art Gallery, 10.15am to 11.30am, and 2.30pm to 4.30pm, free admission; Aquarium Tours, Museum and Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent, free admission; Evening Ramble, Smithills Country Park, Smithills Dean Road, 7pm, meet at Smithills Hall; Bat Walk, Hall i'th' Wood, 7.30pm, free admission -- book on 01204 332193; Trotters, Bolton Little Theatre, 7.30pm, tickets £5.50; Hope and Glory, Smithills Hall, Smithills Dean Road, 7.30pm, £8.50 -- An Evening of Victorian Ballads.

THURSDAY: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Central Library, 10.30am to 11.30am, free admission; Animal Sculpture, Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent, 1pm to 4.30pm -- help artist Win Hunt create exciting animal sculptures; Trotters, Bolton Little Theatre, 7.30pm, tickets £5.50; Smithills Tramway and Bleachworks Walk, 7pm, free admission -- book on 01204 597644; Celebrity Choice, St Andrew's and St George's, St George's Road, 7.30pm, tickets £7.

FRIDAY: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Central Library, 10.30am to 11.30am, free admission; Aquarium Tours, Museum and Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent, free admission; Music at Lunchtime, Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent, 12pm to 1.30pm, free admission; Trotters, Bolton Little Theatre, 7.30pm, tickets £6.50; Oxford concert Party Baroque 'n' Roll, Bolton School Arts and Conference Centre, Chorley New Road, 7.30pm, tickets £11.50 -- 1998 Edinburgh Pick of the Fringe winners; King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, Festival hall, Albert Halls, 7.30pm, £10.

SATURDAY: September on the Square; Victoria Square, 11am to 4pm; Shree Swaminarayan Temple Dancers, Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent, 2pm to 3pm; Trotters, Bolton Little Theatre, 7.30pm, tickets £6.50; Lancashire Artillery Band Concert, Albert Halls, 7.30pm, tickets £7.

SUNDAY: Magistrates Court Tours, Le Mans Crescent, free admission, book on 01204 334400; Sarah Jory in Concert, Albert Halls, 7.30pm, £10 and concessions £9; Songs of Praise, Bolton Parish Church, 6.30pm, with the choir of Bolton Parish Church and Salvation Army Band.