Picnics & Pinks 2024
Thursday 27th June | Friday 28th June | Saturday 29th June
2024 will be our 14th year of organising a variety of midsummer music evenings in the gardens of Chilworth Manor. This will be the first year that the event will be organised together with Chilworth Manor Vineyard, but don’t worry, the format will remain the same with some of our old favourites returning to the stage again! As in previous years, a different local charity will benefit each night. This year the charities we are supporting are Mobile Physio, Primary Robins (part of Grange Park Opera) and Forging Futures.
The format of the evenings is the same each night:
The gates open at 18:00 and music will start at around 18:30, the event finishes at 22.00.
Please feel free to bring a picnic, tables, chairs and blankets (please take your left-overs and rubbish home with you).
The bar stocks Chilworth Manor Vineyard’s sparkling wines and still Rosé as well as beer, soft drinks and water. So there is no need to bring your own!
The car park is in a field about 100 metres from the gardens. We encourage you to share a lift as there is a limited number of spaces and we have to charge for the car parking. Please note car parking tickets must be purchased in advance. Overflow car parking in the vineyard is also available.
If it rains … please bring an umbrella ... the show will go on! As this is a charity event we do not offer refunds.
During the evening you are welcome to wander around the gardens at your own risk. This is a very old garden with many old steps and drops which can get slippery, so please take care moving around in the garden. There are also ponds and a pool, so children need to be supervised at all times. Children are of course very welcome, but need a full-price ticket.
There is limited access for a wheelchair, but we do offer a wheelchair accessible toilet.
No reservations and no dogs or pets please. There is no access to the house.
It is very relaxed – come dressed as you want.
Thursday 27th June
£40
18:00 - 22:00
Supported charity for this evening -
Mobile Physio
Folk Junkies
Folk Junkies are the perfect live band for barn, vintage theme & festival style weddings and events. The 4-piece band (trained at ACM in Guildford) perform folk-style covers of the best dancefloor fillers from 60s through to current chart performing classics like Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Ray Charles, to modern hits by Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Mumford & Sons, Killers, Taylor Swift, Lumineers and more!
Folk Junkies are all top professional musicians who bring their experience of performing live on main stage guaranteeing a night to remember!
Gentlemen of Few
Gentlemen of Few play an eclectic blend of indie/pop rock, fusing skilful vocal harmonies from their folk genre beginnings with 80’s guitar and synth sounds to create pop-rock songs that are truly unique. The band was formed 11 years ago and in that time has performed many shows both abroad and in the UK. Influences - Vampire Weekend, Flyte, Mumford and Sons, Queen, The Kinks.
Friday 28th June
£45
18:00 - 22:00
Supported charity for this evening -
Primary Robins (part of Grange Park Opera)
We are delighted to announce that Sir Bryn Terfel will be giving a short performance during the interval between the sets of Folk Junkies and Festival Sons.
Folk Junkies
Folk Junkies are the perfect live band for barn, vintage theme & festival style weddings and events. The 4-piece band (trained at ACM in Guildford) perform folk-style covers of the best dancefloor fillers from 60s through to current chart performing classics like Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Ray Charles, to modern hits by Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Mumford & Sons, Killers, Taylor Swift, Lumineers and more!
Folk Junkies are all top professional musicians who bring their experience of performing live on main stage guaranteeing a night to remember!
Festival Sons
Simply the best in vintage party band entertainment. Well rehearsed and musicianship of the highest quality, this band is perfect for bringing that festival sound with songs from Mumford & Sons etc. This 4 piece professional band have played at some of the best, high-profile venues around the UK including Heaven Nightclub (for Topshop), The Roman Baths and Anyhow Park as well as performing, recording and writing with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Alex Winston.
Saturday 29th June
£50
18:00 - 22:00
Supported charity for this evening -
Forging Futures
Festival Sons
Simply the best in vintage party band entertainment. Well rehearsed and musicianship of the highest quality, this band is perfect for bringing that festival sound with songs from Mumford & Sons etc. This 4 piece professional band have played at some of the best, high-profile venues around the UK including Heaven Nightclub (for Topshop), The Roman Baths and Anyhow Park as well as performing, recording and writing with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Alex Winston.
Pure Showband
Pure Showband are a London based band and on the tip of everyone’s tongue, made up of the hottest top session musicians and singers. The musicians and singers perform with artists such as Adele, Tom Jones, Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, Jess Glynne, Jools Holland, Jamiroquai amongst others and therefore have an abundance of experience in event performance. Their repertoire is vast which span from across the decades including the latest contemporary hits that will keep you dancing.