Music, fireworks and theatre at Polesden Lacey Festival
Music legends Hot Chocolate kick off the music on the outdoor stage on Friday, July 2 at 7.30pm.
The group has continued to write and perfom since Errol Brown left in 1986.
Supporting them are Brighton based Motown Stax, commemorating 50 years of Motown.
Saturday, July 3 is tribute night from 7.30pm as The Counterfeit Stones play music from Mick Jagger and co, with support from T.Rextasy.
There is fun for the family on Sunday, July 5 from noon (gates 11am) as open air touring theatre company Illyria perfom their version of Rudyard Kipling's The Mowgli Stories.
Rounding off the weekend with a big bang is The Polesden Lacey Prom and Fireworks on Sunday evening from 8pm, with Polesden Lacey Festival Orchestra, presented and conducted by Jonathan Butcher.
Highlights will include Handel's Water Music and Mendelssohn's incidental Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream, finishing with a fireworks display.
Over the following two weekends Polesden Lacey Shakespeare group will present A Midsummer Night's Dream on the stage on July 11, 12, 18 and 19, at 3pm.
Polesden Lacey Festival, Great Bookham, Friday, July 3 to Sunday, July 5, various times, evening concert tickets from £20, Sunday afternoon Mowgli Stories tickets from £13 for adults, 0844 249 1895, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesdenlacey
Polesden Lacey Shakespeare, Saturdays and Sundays July 11, 12, 18, 19, 3pm, adults £10, children £5, family £25, 01306 881717,www.polesden.co.uk

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