August 1 is both an exciting and daunting day on the calendar for those of us involved with Open House Festival. Exciting as we gear up for a month of non stop events, and daunting for the very same reason! 128 events in 40 different venues over 31 days, and that's not including the extra dates that have been added due to the runaway ticket sales for several of the events. That's a lot of fun going on around the town, planning and fine tuning in the office and photographs being uploaded to my laptop! In anticipation of a great month, I thought I'd choose a few of my favourite images from the festival programme just to get things going.Full details and tickets are still available on the festival website and you can pick up a programme from the office at The Fountain Centre on Queen's Parade, or in many local shops and businesses. For now, these are some of my favourite images showcasing some of the events I'm most excited about.

From Burgundy to Bangor - limited tickets available

Festival Cookery School - limited tickets available

Dear Agent - sold out

Ain't No Sin to Love Gin - sold out (and I'm so glad I booked early!)

Comber Gourmet Trail - sold out

Irish Tapas - sold out

Talking Out Your Arts - sold out

Colin Middleton: The Bangor Years - limited tickets available

Fish 'n' Sips - limited tickets available

Party on the Pitch - tickets available

Bluegrass Picnic - FREE, so you'd be a fool to miss it!

Seafood and Sea Shanties - sold out

Music in the Park - FREE every Sunday afternoon

Whiskey Galore - all events sold out

Booking links - you're welcome! But I would get on that sooner rather than later if I were you! I'm off to charge my batteries (camera, physical and mental!) and prep my camera bag. Do pop back later in the week for a few more of my faves from the first week. And you can keep up to date with all the goings on on the Open House Festival Facebook page, on Twitter and on Instagram.