Curious Arts Festival 2015

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015
Pylewell Park, East End, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 5SJ, England MAP
£120 for weekend with camping

Last updated: Fri 19th Jun 2015

The Curious Arts Festival returns for a second year and takes place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July at Pylewell Park, East End, Lymington, in the New Forest.

Line-up

Friday: Gus Robertson of Razorlight, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Johnny Borrell, TBA, Phil Manzanera, Gus Robertson, Polly Stenham, David Nicholls, the Authors XI - cricket match.

Saturday: Jojo Moyes, Tom Holland, Matt Haig, Frances, Flyte, Kirsty Lang, Simon Nixon, Esther Freud, John Niven, Rachel Billington, Lucy Porter, J. B. 'Jim Bob' Morrison, Andrew Ryan, Richard Herring, Simon Wroe, Fiammetta Rocco, Alex Christofi, Emma Unsworth, Rick Stroud, Paul Blezard, Alex Preston, Antonia Hodgson, Clare Conville, Priya Parmar, Allison Ouvry, Philip Ardagh, Piers Torday, Jay Barnett, Christopher Woodward.

Sunday: SJ Watson, Lynn Barber, Damian Barr, Sarah Hall, Kirsty Lang, Seafret, Amber, George the Poet, Simon Nixon, Polly Samson, Tom Burgis, Misha Glenny, Patrick Gale, Anna Savory, Mark Watson, Simon Evans, Caroline Sandon, Clare Conville, Katharine Norbury, Sydney Padua, Carrie Plitt, Kirsty Gunn, Rick Gekoski, Tim Clare, Francis Bickmore, Marina Cantacuzino, Claire Fuller, Rowan Pelling, Rupert Thomson, Katherine Carlyle, Allison Ouvry, Huw Powell, Nicky Singer, Abi Elphinstone, Paul Blezard, and Christopher Woodward.

Tickets

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The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £120 for the weekend (includes camping) with day ticket also available.

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The Curious Arts Festival will feature clubs for children, 'bibliotherapy', magical garden walks, a dedicated film-tent, live gigs every night, a pop-up bookshop, ghost stories and more, plus delicious food and drinks served from dawn 'til dusk....

Expect writing and poetry workshops, life drawing classes, storytelling for adults and children, bat walks, poetry workshops, puppet theatre making, mind reading, contortionists, breathing lessons, an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, a 'News and Views' Breakfast Club for early birds hosted by Kirsty Lang, a pop up fine dining restaurant and a wide variety gourmet food, cocktail bar, a tea room, juice bar and gelateria ice cream parlour.

The festival is also a rare chance to tour the private grounds of the house complete with 100 acres of pleasure gardens right on the Solent.

More information will be here when available.