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Big Picnics, Fake Festival ahead for Dundee summer

WITH two weeks of the summer holidays down and another four to go, there’s still plenty to do around Dundee.

ParkLives Dundee marks its Love Parks Week with a huge range of activities taking place in the city’s green spaces.

The Big Picnic invites families from across the city to bring a picnic lunch to Baxter Park on Thursday and join in with free activities ranging from messy playtime to playground games.

ParkLives is also hosting a beach clean gathering at Castle Green beach in Broughty Ferry on July 22. It won’t all be hard work, though, with family games on the beach afterwards.

With World Emoji Day falling on July 17, ParkLives has organised for an emoji-themed celebration at Dudhope Park.

Alongside arts and crafts, family games and face-painting, the park will feature a giant smiley face emoji cut into the grass.

Other free activities on offer include archery, powerhoop, dodgeball and family tennis.

Tomorrow also sees the return of the Fake Festival team to Dundee, with a rocking line-up of the best tribute bands around.

Starting at 12.30pm at Lochee Park, it features a host of local musicians, including Miss Stephanie Mason, Bravado, Demi McMahon, Kashmir Crows and Cherry Bombz. In the evening, tribute bands Kings of Lyon (Kings of Leon) Green Date (Green Day) and Flash (Queen) will take to the stage. Be aware the show runs until 11pm.

Adult tickets on the door for the all-day festival are £26.50 while kids from 10-17 can get in for £16.

On Sunday, the Dundee Museum of Transport hosts its very first Emergency Vehicle Day.

Hosted in partnership with the British Red Cross, Dundee Airport, HM Coastguard and other agencies, the event features a newly restored Morris Minor Dundee police car as the centrepiece of the display.

Other attractions include other faithfully restored emergency

Young musicians getting ready for the Feis Rois event and, inset, a ParkLives event in Dundee and two