Curious Arts Festival 2016

Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July 2016
Pylewell Park, East End, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 5SJ, England MAP
£120 for weekend with camping

Last updated: Tue 14th Jun 2016

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

Line-up

View all Music Literature Comedy Petina Gappah, Lucy Rose, Billy Bragg, Jake Isaac, Danny Fields, Rupert Thomson, Harriet Vyner, Thomas Pakenham, Chris Martin, Lucy Porter, Carol Ann Duffy, Georgina Godwin, The Great Brain Robbery, Kit Cox, Jennifer Bell, Skinny Lister, Gus Robertson, Harriet Rose, Michel Faber, Joanna Lipper, Deborah Moggach, Jackie Bennett, Jon Lys Turner, Stephanie Merritt as S.J. Parris, DBC Pierre, Renée Knight, Harry Parker, Stephen Moss, Lloyd Griffith, James Campbell, Simon Evans, Simon Toyne, Willow Robinson, Jackson Scott, Polly Stenham, Ben Waters, Meg Rosoff, John Sampson, Ben Wilson, Matt Maltese, Orlando Seale & The Swell, Andrew Miller, Jill Dawson, Gerad Kite, Kit Peel, The Bee's Knees, The Noise Next Door, Zoe Lyons, Andrea Wulf, Laurence Shorter, Joanna Cannon, Louisa Young, Justin Edwards, Max Porter, Dan Richards, Bridget Nicholls, Clare Conville, Allison Ouvry, Kirsty Lang, MJ Paranzino, Piers Torday, Misha Glenny, S J Watson, Rowan Pelling, Wade Grahamc, Communion Music, HMS Sweet Charity, Paul Blezard, and Carrie Plitt.

Tickets

buy tickets now >

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

More info

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.