You don’t have to travel far to have some fun this summer. There are lots of local festivals and events to attend, parks and beaches to explore and plenty of summer fun to be had. Everything you need to know to have fun this summer and beyond can be found within these pages. Here are some of last year’s fun, pictured from top down, Bayside Youth Ballet dancers Emma Pearson, Melody Thompson and Savannah Klaus, from left, performing at Gloucester’s Village Arts Day last June, which was the final day of the monthlong Gloucester Arts Festival; Victoria Palych takes a ride down a bounce house slide at last year’s Gwynn’s Island Festival; 2022 Gloucester Daffodil Festival Queen Stephanie Riedell and Little Miss Emerson Byrd represented Gloucester County in last year’s Yorktown July 4 parade; Ava Bowen (left) and McKenzie Rowe waving red, white and blue ahead of Mathews County’s July 4 fireworks at Mathews High School; Carter Wilson takes a ride on a pony led by Braden Cooper of Step Up into TLC, Inc., during last year’s Mathews Market Days; and Grayson Harris and Spencer Leigh, from left, toss candy to the children along the Guinea Jubilee parade route last year. With them in the Oyster Cove Boatworks and Yacht Brokerage float are Katie Harris (back left) and Phyllis Harris (back right). Check out our “Summer Fun” special section for more.