Relax to live-music overlooking the Solent this summer

Get out your picnic blankets, it’s nearly time for our yearly summer weekend of music. Local Lymington resident, Amanda Mann, is once again hosting two performances in the gardens of her wonderful home, Kingfishers. The garden is blanketed with beauty and has a view across the Solent. What better way to enjoy the summer solstice weekend and Father’s Day this year than drinking in the wonder of nature and music?

On Saturday the 20th of June, enjoy an evening of opera in the garden. With the sun still far from setting, enveloped in nature, to a backdrop of the Solent, melt into the velvet soft sound of opera. Soprano Ellie Laugharne, mezzosoprano Hanna Hip, baritone Mark Stone, tenor Colin Judson, and pianist Richard Black will fill the stage with the warm embrace of opera. Doors open at 4:30pm for a 7pm start.

On Sunday the 21st of June, fans of the 1940-60s New Orleans Rhythm & Blues scene will delight in The Cosimo Matassa Project, a London-based music collective paying homage to Cosimo Matassa, the producer who created the New Orleans sound and influenced the development of present-day R&B. Cosimo Matassa worked with artists like Smiley Lewis, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholmew. Playing on Sunday afternoon, which is also Fathers Day, bring along your dad and reignite his passion for the R&B hits of his youth, or discover the sounds that rocked the music scene and influenced the music industry forever. Celebrate the Summer Solstice in style. Doors open at 12:30pm for a 3pm start.

The two charities benefitting from funds raised at these events both work locally in the Mental Health arena:
Hammersley Homes supports vulnerable adults with persistent mental illnesses, and, soon possible with your generous donations, will create desperately needed long-term housing solutions.
Coda Music and Arts Trust creates inclusive spaces for everyone to experience and enjoy music and art, especially those who are disabled, young, or experiencing mental health conditions or mental illness. Your donations will go to continuing to make their incredible work possible.

Location: Kingfishers, Normandy Lane, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 8AE.

Tickets: Buy now to access early bird pricing until the end of May: £50 per person, £40 for under 18s.
Then after that: £55 per person, £45 for under 18s.
With all proceeds donated to support the two charities.

Food & Drink:
On-site Caribbean food and gelato vendors. Bar with wines, beers, and a limited selection of spirits and mixers available with purchases including donations to the charities.

Seating:
Please bring along deck chairs or blankets, and don’t forget layers for the cool of the summer evenings. In need of a new picnic blanket this summer? Get one with our partner The Trough New Forest.

Guarantee your spot whilst tickets last!
Buy on the Hammersley Homes Website