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Singing With Nightingales: Festival

Singing With Nightingales: Festival

Singing With Nightingales: Festival

30th May 2021 • From 2pm • Secret location near Lewes, Sussex

Listen, and look up, as the finest musicians in the land duet with the sweet sounds of the nightingale.

Each year, for a short period mid-April, a few thousand nightingales fly to southern UK from Africa. They can be heard in just a small number of special locations, taking up songful residence after dusk. The territorial males serenade loyally each night for no more than six weeks among the blackthorn and forest margins, giving unbelievable privilege to those who know where to go.

Step into nature, learn about these majestic birds, and marvel at the incredible human-avian musical collaboration.

The festival includes:

• Songs, storytelling and folklore with your host Sam Lee and musical guests around the campfire

• Promenade walks through the woods in small groups to hear our guest musicians joined in improvised collaborations with the nightingales

• Nature immersion, camp craft skills and foraging workshops from 4pm

• A delicious vegan dinner available to buy

• Optional overnight camping (scroll down in the ticket window for camping add-ons)

What’s the difference between the Festival and your other Singing With Nightingales events?

The festival will involve a larger crowd, rather than the more intimate Singing with Nightingale events for around 30 people. It will feature 3 performances with different artists, each performing their own duet with the nightingales. Guests will be invited to join a range of workshop activities during the day, including nature immersion, camp craft skills, and foraging. Also, your ticket to the Festival does not include dinner & drinks, which can be purchased on site instead.

For information on camping please see ticket options.

A full Covid-19 risk assessment will take place for this event nearer to the time, reflecting the latest Government guidelines. We anticipate, and hope, that it will be able to go ahead, however we will keep ticket holders updated with any changes, and should cancellations be necessary then ticket transfers or full refunds will be available.

Singing With Nightingales FAQs

Performing Artists

Sam Lee

Mercury Prize-nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector, award-winning promoter, broadcaster and activist.

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The Nightingale

Nature’s most versatile singers!

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