THERE'S absolutely no reason to be bored in Worcestershire this Bank Holiday weekend.

From festivals to live performances, the county has it all, except perhaps a guarantee of fine weather. Here are five suggestions for Bank Holiday fun.

*Upton Folk Festival, which runs from May 3 to May 6. Dance on the waterfront all weekend; watch massed Morris men dancing and fluttering handkerchiefs and catch up with the grand procession. Then there are the 23 concerts to enjoy, not to mention ceilidhs, poetry and story telling, and what about that famous Duck Race?

Further details: https://uptonfolk.org/

*Evesham Rowing Regatta, which runs on Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5. Crowds can gather at the riverside town to see exciting races, as teams of rowers go head to head on the water.

Further details: http://www.erc.club/rowing-events/

*If it's live music you want, why not catch up with Paul Bridgwater and The Electric Blues Rebellion on Friday, May 3, at The Marrs Bar?

A spokesman said: "Former ‘Slowburner‘ frontman, Paul Bridgwater, and his new band, The Electric Blues Rebellion, are playing original music taken from his solo CDs. This classy new band is exciting, fresh, and showcases great talents, featuring Lee Thomas Evans on guitar, Jacqui Savage on bass, James Elliot-Williams on drums and Jared Bryant on the keyboards."

Further details: http://www.marrsbar.co.uk/events/paul-bridgewater-the-electric-rebellion/

*Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum - The Young Turner Exhibition, which opens on Saturday, May 4 and runs until July.

A spokesman said: "Turner’s drawings, paintings and engravings from the 1780s to the 1810s illustrate his interest in architecture and the sources of his inspiration. The works on display are drawn primarily from collections in the Ashmolean Museum, and are complemented by loans from the Tate and several private collections. On show will be Turner’s first sketchbook and some of his diagrams for the lectures in perspective he gave at the Royal Academy, which have rarely been exhibited before."

Further details: https://www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-young-turner-ambitions-in-architecture-and-the-art-of-perspective/

*Catch up with a new exhibition at Hartlebury Castle - Fashioning Peace: Life and Liberty after the Great War.

A spokesman said: "Part of the Worcestershire World War One Hundred programme, this temporary exhibition at Worcestershire County Museum explores how the changes brought about through the Great War 1914-18 were reflected in clothing and fashion from 1918 through to the roaring twenties."

Further details: https://www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/fashioning-peace-life-and-liberty-after-the-great-war-exhibition/