anna warrington
Dates: chiswickproms.co.uk, June 7-9; pubintheparkuk.com, Sept 6-8
It’s going to be an exciting summer with two major new events coming to Chiswick House & Gardens this summer, and the first headliners have now been released. For the Chiswick Proms it’s Jason Manford and Shappi Khorsandi, appearing at the Chiswick Does Comedy opening night, theatre star Ruthie Henshall at Chiswick at the Musicals on Saturday, and opera legend Lesley Garrett closing the event at the Last Night of the Chiswick Proms on Sunday.
Pub in the Park will be hosted by celebrity chefs Rick Stein, James Martin and Monica Galetti, with food from Tom Kerridge’s two Michelin-starred pubs The Hand & Flowers, Heston Blumenthal’s The Hinds Head, Bibendum Oyster Bar, José Pizarro, Rick Stein Barnes and live music from Razorlight, Texas, Gabrielle, Top Loader, Clean Bandit and Sophie Ellis Bextor (read our interview with her here).