Battle Proms summer picnic party (Image: Battle Proms) Two of Hertfordshire’s most popular music events, Battle Proms and Folk by the Oak, return this weekend to entertain thousands on Saturday and Sunday. Cannon fire and fireworks during the Battle Proms orchestral performance of the 1812 Symphony (Image: Battle Proms) If swing is your thing you can get your toes tapping with the gorgeous harmonies and 1940s glamour of the Battle Proms Belles and their superb live band, this year joined by the fabulous Victory Swing dancers, there to show you all the moves! Battle Proms evening orchestra (Image: Battle Proms)These rousing performances will be beautifully complemented by classical favourites you know and love, the concert opening with the legendary Grace Spitfire flying overhead in a choreographed displays to Holst's wonderful Jupiter (I Vow to thee my Country). For full programme details and to secure you tickets head to www.battleproms.comFolk by the OakFolk by the Oak in Hatfield Park (Image: Folk by the Oak) If folk, roots and world music is more your bag, then Sunday is your day to head to Hatfield Park, as Folk by the Oak Festival returns on July 20. An uplifting summer day of the finest folk, roots and acoustic music, Folk by the Oak delivers a family-friendly, relaxed vibe alongside the full-on festival experience, and 2025 promises up to be another brilliant year for this very special festival in Hatfield Park.