Spend a relaxed evening listening to some live music and enjoying a picnic in the gardens of Chilworth Manor. As in previous years a different local charity will benefit each night - the charities will be announced early in 2025. Picnics and Pinks has been running for 13 years, raising nearly half a million pounds for charities.
Dates for 2025: Thursday 19 June |Friday 20 June | Saturday 21 June
Event information
The format of the evenings is the same each night:
Bands that performed previously ...
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 are dynamic, exhilarating, full of energy and have performed with artists such as Adele, Tom Jones, Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, Jess Glynne, Jools Holland, Jamiroquai amongst others and will provide an unforgettable live performance. Their repertoire is vast which span from across the decades including the latest contemporary hits that will keep you dancing.
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!
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Charities we have supported in the past
Over the years you have supported several local charities like Forging Futures, Mobile Physio, Blackheath Cricket Club, Abbie's Fund, Friends of Chilworth Infant School, Surrey Sand, Chilworth2gether, Shooting Star Chase, Chilworth Village Hall, Grange Park Opera, Cherry Trees, St Thomas' & St Martha's Churches, Tillingbourne School PTA, Welbodi Partnership and Himalayan Trust UK.
In 2017 we held a one-off additional collection following the fire at Grenfell Tower in London. The additional money raised was equally split between the British Red Cross London Fire Relief Fund and Transform, a local charity that provides housing and support for homeless and vulnerable people.
Tickets
Thursday 19 June |Friday 20 June | Saturday 21 June
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