AFTER a hugely successful opening to the 2009 Plymouth Summer Festival organisers are flagging up the latest series of events.

Earlier this month thousands of people flocked to the Barbican to enjoy the Barbican International Jazz and Blues Festival – one of the opening events of the annual festival.

Now organisers are keen to publicise further events for all the family with the festival now well under way.

Today, everyone's favourite cheesy pop experience – the Eurovision Song Contest – will be broadcast live on the BBC Big Screen, on the Piazza.

On Monday, Breakin' Convention comes to Plymouth's Theatre Royal.

This unique festival of hip hop dance theatre has received rave reviews and sell-out shows at Sadler's Wells in London for five years.

From May 22 to 25 The Plymouth Volksfest returns to Newnham Park.

After a successful debut last year, the festival is coming back and looks set to attract even more Volkswagens and more than 25 live bands for 2009.

On May 24, in one of the great community and sporting events of the year, 5,000 runners will take to the streets of Plymouth for the annual Plymouth Half Marathon which starts from Plymouth Hoe Promenade.

And on May 25 the epic OSTAR 2009 single-handed transatlantic race will start from Plymouth.

The event, the world's oldest solo ocean challenge, dating back to 1960, will see yachtsmen race between Plymouth and Newport, Rhode Island.

For more information on all the events taking place, visit www.plymouthsummer festival.com