We’ve been running these events for 14 years and have raised almost half a million pounds for charity. The change of name simply reflects that Chilworth Manor Vineyard will be supporting the event even more than previous years. Please be assured that the evenings stay the same – you’ll still enjoy your picnic in the beautiful grounds with music from two great bands. Our fully-stocked bar will be serving Chilworth Manor Vineyard’s sparkling wines and still Rosé.
Thanks to our suppliers, performers and volunteers we are able to support wonderful local charities - the charities benefiting from this year’s event are GASP, Tillingbourne School and the National Garden Scheme. So come and have a fantastic evening for a worthwhile cause, where your enjoyment will also benefit the charity for the evening. We will not expect you to give any more on the night!
This year's dates and prices are
Thursday 19th June, £40 pp | Friday 20th June, £45 pp | Saturday 21st June, £50 pp
Max 10 tickets per transaction (excl car parking tickets)
As this is a charity event, tickets are non-refundable
From previous experience, the demand is likely to be high, but it is worth to keep trying! Tickets will stay in people’s baskets for 10 minutes if a transaction is abandoned and released immediately when transactions are being cancelled. As a result there is a constant going in and out of the available ticket inventory. Please have the names of the people in your party to hand, as you will be asked for these during the booking process.
Charity event
Enjoy a wonderful evening for fantastic causes
Join us in the beautiful walled garden of Chilworth Manor
The gates open at 18:00 and music will start at around 18:30, event finishes around 22.15
Please feel free to bring a picnic, tables, chairs and blankets (please take your left-overs and rubbish home with you).
No need to bring drinks as you can buy Chilworth Manor Vineyard wines (sparkling and still rose), red and white wine, beer and some soft drinks and water from the bar.
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.
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 wheel chair, but we do offer a wheel chair accessible toilet.
No reservations and no dogs or pets please. There is no access to the house.
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 performing on Thursday
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.
Gentlemen of Few are performing on Friday and Saturday
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.
Festival of Sons are performing on Friday and Saturday
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.
Pure Showband are taking their regular spot on Saturday again
What to expect
Mid-summer evening of music
Sit and relax, enjoy your picnic and our wines whilst listening to live music
GASP Motor Project is an independent alternative learning provider supporting vulnerable 14-16-year-olds across Surrey. Through accredited courses in motor mechanics and engineering, we foster personal development and progression into education, training, and employment. Sessions run in a custom-built workshop in Albury or via a mobile unit.
Support from Picnics & Pinks funds term-long courses, offering intensive weekly training to six young people at a time, equipping them with practical skills and vocational qualifications for a brighter future.
Registered charity number 1128635
Tillingbourne is a local Junior school in Chilworth. We have fantastic facilities including large sports fields, environmental woodland area, spacious classrooms and a large playground. We provide a high quality learning environment that children will learn and thrive in. We are very proud of the children at Tillingbourne who achieve well and are positive and enthusiastic learners.
Charity funding would make a significant difference to our school community, especially in these challenging times. We aim to use the funding to help families with financial difficulties, support the work of the Home School Link worker and to transform our outdoor classroom.
Registered charity number 1019634
The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,300 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands to raise money for vital nursing and health charities. Founded in 1927 to support district nurses, we are now the most significant charitable funder of nursing in the UK and our beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Parkinson’s UK, Carer’s Trust and The Queen’s Nursing Institute.
We are also passionate about the health benefits of gardens too. We run a Community Garden Grants programme as well as funding projects which promote gardens and gardening as therapy.
The funds raised at Picnics and Pinks will help us continue our support to these vital nursing and health charities.
Registered charity number 1112664
