Step silently into the night and listen as the finest musicians in the land duet with the sweet song of the nightingale.
This event has finished. Find our upcoming Singing With Nightingales events here.
This spring, join folk singer and author of ‘The Nightingale’ Sam Lee alongside three special guest musicians on a multi-night immersive journey into nature.
We invite you to spend two nights in stunning Sussex woodlands, listening to extraordinary music, learning about nature and the nightingales in a series of incredible workshops, and witnessing spellbinding duets between our guest musicians and the rare birds’ virtuosic night-song in a one-of-a-kind midnight safari.
It truly is an event like no other.
While darkness falls we will partake in this singular celebration of spring – the return of life to the land – soundtracked by its most decorated singer. Quite simply, it’s a spectacular opportunity to connect with nature in the most time-honoured of ways.
Book your tickets in the ticket window on this page or directly on Eventbrite.
• An evening concert on the Friday night with our three special guest musicians Malin Lewis, Steve Pretty and Fredy Clue
• A selection of incredible talks & workshops throughout the day on Saturday, including learning bird song, gong baths, talks on Right to Roam, rewilding, and lots more – see below for more details.
• A guided evening chorus nature walk
• Stories and songs round the fire with Sam Lee
• The late-night safari to the nightingales, featuring extraordinary improvised duets with our guest musicians across multiple locations
• Two nights of camping next to this stunning woodland
• Plus: late-night campfires, great food, and many wonderful communal moments
Singing With Nightingales is an all-weather and multi-terrain experience with specific demands on guests’ physicality. Please do read the full event description and our FAQs before confirming your place. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.
We have some amazing workshops lined up for you:
How Everybody Can Rewild the Land – A Talk with Dylan Walker
Rights of Nature – A Talk with Paul Powlesland
Paul Powlesland is a Barrister and founder of Lawyers For Nature. He is a pioneer in the movement for ecological justice campaigning and the cutting-edge movement to give nature a legal right and entity. He is a charismatic speaker & legendary activist who will transform the most conservative of minds into the reasons for this work and the policies and challenges we face societally to move into a legal framework for protecting nature as one of us.
The Right to Roam is the Right to Connect – A Talk with Jon Moses, Paul Powlesland and the R2R Team
Ours is a wild and beautiful island. But the vast majority of it is unknown to us because, by law of trespass, we are banned from setting foot on it. We are excluded from hundreds of thousands of acres of open space – of woodland, meadows, rivers and their banks – simply because ancient laws of ownership fail to recognise the importance of nature to the public. R2R are campaigning to bring a Right to Roam Act to England so that millions more people can have easy access to open space, and the physical, mental and spiritual health benefits that it brings.
Hornbeam Tree Immersion – A Workshop with Charlotte Pulver
Join us for a Hornbeam Tree immersion, learning plant spirit connection practises, alchemy and medicine making with pilgrimage leader and apothecarist Charlotte Pulver.
Gong Bath and Guided Meditation – A Workshop with Alicia Ma Ri Atu Ma / Hush Hour
Deeply calming and connecting to the vibrations of the woods, this unique experience will allow us to bathe in the sounds of the forest with the accompaniment of Alicia Davies and her spectacular gong bath.
Creative writing with Nature – A Workshop with Daniel Grimstone
Daniel Grimestone is a poet, actor and theatre maker at the heart of the Right to Roam and ecological justice movement. This workshop is a chance to listen to some of the great works of nature adoration and find your own voice and language to channel your own love of the land.
Breath Work – A Workshop with Jacob Tomkins
Jacob is a renowned forest leader and practitioner of body and breath-work. Through his own journey of healing and learning about how breath work can support and heal chronic pain, Jacob uses this as a practice to bring mindfulness and resilience.
Unique for this event, on-site camping is included in the price of your ticket. This is a ‘DIY’ pitch so you will need to bring your own tent and bedding.
If you would like to upgrade your experience with a luxury bell tent, please find these add-ons under ‘Tickets’.
“It was, as promised, magical” – Dan Damon, BBC R4
“Still aglow. One of the most profound and magical nights of my life.” – John M
“The food and hospitality were wonderful, the music was spellbinding and the atmosphere was really very special indeed.” – Alison S
“…lying under the stars listening to the nightingales everything lifted…Thank you so much.” – Janet
“It showed us a new way of hearing, seeing and being. Or perhaps not a new way at all, but a very old way.” – Fiona M
“We had high hopes for the event and it surpassed them in every way. An incredibly special day that we will never, ever forget.” – 2022 attendee
Mercury Prize-nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector, award-winning promoter, broadcaster and activist.
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Sussex
Secret location near Lewes, Sussex. Exact location and directions will be sent to ticket holders.
This beautiful location in the East Sussex countryside has a thriving population of Nightingales who make this their springtime home. The farm and its associated meadows and coppiced woodlands are a pristine wildlife environment.
Due to sensitivity with the small population of birds and being that this is private land and not public forest we must keep the exact location secret until your ticket has been purchased and instructions are ready to be sent out.
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