What to do if you HATE Harry Potter

If you hate Harry Potter then the weekend of 15-17 July is probably your worst nightmare.

Yes? Then read on.

Us kind folk at Newsround Online have put together a handy guide of events happening around the world that you can do or see if you want to avoid the world of Hogwarts for a few days.

Films

Fancy watching a film? Animated comedy Madagascar comes out on Saturday 15 July. It's the story of three spoiled animals who escape from a zoo after one of their friends goes missing and features the voices of stars Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer.

Staying with movies, fancy getting up close and personal with Johnny Depp? It's the UK premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Sunday 17 July in London.

Events

Feel like digging up an artefact or looking down a quarry? It's National Archaeology Week from 16-24 July. Click on the britarch link on the right of this page to find out what's happening in your area.

Into aeroplanes? It's the Royal International Air Tattoo 2005 from 16-17 July. It's the world's biggest military air show and it's held at RAF Fairford, Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Sport

If you like golf then the 134th Open Championships will be held at St Andrew's in Scotland from 14-17 July.

Fancy a bit of royalty-spotting? It's the Finals Day of the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup in Polo - one of major sporting events of British summertime.

Gigs

Here's who you can see:
Daniel Bedingfield at High Lodge, Thetford Forest, Suffolk - Fri 15 July
Will Young - Warwick Castle - Fri 15 July, The Quarry, Shrewsbury - Sat 16 July, Blickling Hall, Norfolk - Sun 17 July
Rammstein - NEC Birmingham - Fri 15 July,

Party in the Park - more than 20 chart-topping acts - Temple Newsam, Leeds - Sun 17 July

Or classical music fans can watch the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Friday 15 July.

CDs

Charlotte Church - Tissues and Issues - out on 11 July
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway - out on 18 July

DVDs out week starting 11 July 2005

Star Trek Enterprise: Season 2
Miss Congeniality 2
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks - catch up on some vintage old Doctor Who!
Winnie the Pooh: Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Spongebob Squarepants: Goes Prehistoric

And if all this fails, just pop yourself in your room with a book you DO love, close the door and shut out the wizarding world...