THE gloriously eclectic Curious Arts Festival is set to return to the stunning New Forest setting of Pylewell Park next July

Organisers are building a programme, which will be dreamy, eccentric, fun and ultimately, irresistible.

The first authors for 2017 are being confirmed and a new daytime acoustic stage will celebrate a brilliant selection of up-and-coming singer songwriters to add to the big acts in the new big top.

Curious wouldn’t be curious without a jam-packed series of events with fabulous novelists, exceptional historians, sensational comedians and enough activities to engross and exhaust little ones of all ages.

Enjoy all the trappings of a delightfully unconventional British summer garden party in the stunning grounds of Pylewell Park near Lymington with the early bird tickets, which are now on sale.

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