Get Ready! Its serious PARTY time at Wakehurst Music Festival

Wakehurst Rocks………
Grab your friends, grab your tickets and Hit It!

Whether it’s the Magic of MOTOWN or the Sensation of SOUL you’ll be up and dancing to some of the best songs ever – so come on down to Wakehurst Place and dance as if no one’s watching!

Friday 18th June – Get Ready! It’s The Magic of MOTOWN – celebrate the magic of the Four Tops and The Temptations – Reach out I’ll be There, My Girl, Pappa was a Rolling Stone and I Can’t Help Myself. And there’[s more from the great Tamla Motown stable, sing along with Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder – this show is packed full of classics – How Sweet it is! This is the very best live Motown tribute concert show, and boasts a superbly choreographed cast, 36 million-selling hits, dozens of dazzling costume changes and that fabulous Detroit sound ……..You Heard it through the Grapevine – now book your tickets fast!

The Chicago Blues Brothers will stir your SOUL and get you movin’ and groovin’ to a mind-blowing concert of electrifying songs. This is an all singing, all dancing action packed evening as Jake and Elwood spread the word of soul according to the church of rhythm ‘n’ blues with a little help from Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Cab Calloway. Soul Man, Everybody Needs Somebody and Knock on Wood – get out your sunglasses, put on your dancing shoes – you won’t be able to sit still, this is a real mission to party – Hit it!

Wakehurst’s first music festival promises a great line-up and fantastic feel-good atmosphere, so bring your friends, bring your picnic and don’t forget the bubbly!

Other Festival highlights include Katherine Jenkins with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steve Sidwell, and special guests Straight No Chaser on June 17th and the Bootleg Beatles in concert and The Fabbagirls ABBA tribute band on Saturday 18th.

If you haven’t got your tickets the Box Office will be open at Wakehurst Place from 5pm on the night.

Tickets:
Gold Circle: Katherine Jenkins £40/Magic of Motown, Bootleg Beatles £35
Picnic: Katherine Jenkins £35/ Magic of Motown, Bootleg Beatles £30
Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children) £95. Carers of disabled guests and children under 6 go free.
Children 6 – 16 £20
To Book Credit card hotline: 0871 230 3446 or online at www.kew.org/wakehurstmusicfestival Booking fees apply for phone and internet.
Bookings for picnic tickets only can also be made in person at Wakehurst Place Visitor Centre during Garden opening hours 10am – 6pm (no booking fee); or Clair Hall, Haywards Heath on 01444 455 440. £1.50 transaction fee over phone, no booking fees when booking in person. Box office hours Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm and Saturday 9am-1pm.
For VIP Hospitality in the Mansion, Stables suppers and Private Gazebos call 01753 626 910.
Groups Groups get 10% off for parties of 10+ Call 0844 412 4650
Timings Gates open at 5:30pm for hospitality packages;
6pm for picnic and Gold Circle; Concert starts 7.30; ends 10pm approx

Directions Wakehurst Place is on the B2028 just south of Turners Hill, and north of the village of Ardingly. From the M23 follow the brown signs.
Address Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex, RH17 6TN