Smoked & Uncut Garden Party
THE PIG-at Bridge Place | Friday 7th August – Sunday 9th August 2026The ultimate way to spend a summer weekend! We’ll be throwing open the doors to our lawn in the Kent countryside from Friday to Sunday for a proper garden party with great feasting food, live, local music and cracking entertainment to let the good times roll.
Friday night: £50 | Saturday: £35 adults, £17.50 children | Sunday: £35 adults, £17.50 children
We love any excuse for a good knees-up
…and this year is extra special, as 2026 marks 15 fantastic years of THE PIG!
This August, we’re having a serious summer of weekend-long birthday bashes – and you’re at the very top of our guest list. Join us to celebrate with fellow music lovers and foodie feasters – and let’s cheers to our 15 years, THE PIG way.
We’ve designed a whole weekend for everyone
Experience what a proper party at THE PIG really feels like in the summer. From the Friday night weekend warm-up with drinks, delicious food and a DJ, right through to the very last Sunday sundowner with cabaret and a cold one!
Friday night party
5.30pm – 10pm | £50pp
When it’s finally time to clock off, head to ours to ease yourself into the weekend! sit back on the lawn in the late afternoon sun with plenty of live, chilled music, pop-up bars, and big generous bowlfuls of comforting homemade curry to tuck into, rustled up by our PIG chefs (your festi-food is included in the price of your ticket, to really bring home the Friday feeling!).
As the sun goes down, the firepits will be lit and the chilled tunes will continue with a live DJ under a stretch tent to take you dancing into the night. It’s the ultimate way to start your summer weekend at our house.
The Saturday Big One!
12pm – 10pm | £35 Adults, £17.50 Children
Let the good times truly roll! Get ready for some day-long dancing with plenty of glitter, live, local bands, fresh BBQ eats, a big selection of bars, and a live DJ under a stretch tent to soundtrack the start of your Saturday night.
When you need to press pause, step away from the hustle and bustle to chill out in the Garden Oven, tucked just beside the Kitchen Garden. Unwind listening to beats from our giant Roberts' Radio, recharge with a freshly baked slice of wood-fired pizza and kick back with a refreshing Bitter Orange Spritz.
Throughout the day you’ll find pop-up Potting Shed treatments on the lawn for a little pick-me-up from our PIG therapists, and regular Kitchen Garden tours by our gardening teams who will show you around our veg beds and share what we’re sowing, growing and harvesting this summer.
It's going to be a day of great music, delicious food...and of course a few birthday tipples!
Sunday with the whole gang
12pm – 6pm | £35 Adults, £17.50 Children
The best way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon with the family! There will be heaps of happenings across the garden with some seriously cracking entertainment – think acrobats and cabaret, face painting and live bands, with BBQs, pop-up bars, and freshly-baked pizzas from our Garden Oven where we'll have all day beats from our giant Roberts' Radio.
There will be plenty of kid-friendly activities for piglets and regular Kitchen Garden tours hosted by our PIG gardeners who will show you around our veg patches and happily answer any questions you have for your own patch at home.
Let’s raise a glass and see out our Smoked & Uncut Garden Party weekend with sundowners, seriously good music and some utterly moreish PIG feasting.
What else is happening?
Whether you're join us for one day or the whole weekend, it’s going to be a great party celebrating all things PIG!
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Dig in
Classic festi-food will be on order each day across our weekend S&U Garden Party – and we have a seriously tasty line-up for you!
If you're joining us on the Friday evening, our PIG chefs will be dishing up big generous bowlfuls of comforting homemade curry for you to tuck into - this dinner is all included in the price of your ticket, to really bring home the Friday feeling!
On Saturday and Sunday, we'll have wood-fired pizza straight from our Garden Oven, plus plenty of BBQ bites.
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…and drink up!
Sip on our favourite summer wines handpicked by our Sommeliers, refresh with some seriously moreish garden-to-glass cocktails, and kick back with cold local beers and ciders.
There will also be perfectly chilled English fizz (of course!), a refreshing cocktail list with summer PIG classics like our Bitter Orange Spritz and Espresso Martinis, plus plenty of no and low tipples, go-to soft drinks, and refillable water stations.
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Great tunes
Live music will be the soundtrack to the weekend from the best local legends we know. Grab a drink, have a dance and soak up the vibes – full line-up coming soon!
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For people, parties and planet
We’re committed to reducing single-use plastic, so a re-usable cup is included in the price of your ticket and is yours for the day.
You’re always welcome to swap it for a clean one at any time. Find out more about our efforts and ethos, working to be a force for good here.
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Potting Shed treatments
Our therapists will be offering light 15-minute treatments throughout the Saturday and Sunday line-up of our Garden Party.
All you need to do is head over to our team on the day to book your session, and then sit back, relax and enjoy the music drifting in from afar.
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Learn about our plot-to-plate philosophy
We’ll be throwing open the gates to our Kitchen Garden in Kent on Saturday and Sunday, with free tours of our grounds with our Kitchen Gardeners throughout the day.
You'll get the chance to peek into our polytunnels, discover our greenhouses, see what we're growing in our fruit cages, and say hello to our four-legged and feathered friends, plus learn all about our plot-to-plat ethos!
Garden Party FAQs
Your ticket for each day of the Garden Party will be an e-ticket – please remember to bring along a printed copy or have your confirmation e-mail open on your phone or tablet so we can welcome you in as quickly as possible.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. If you are no longer able to make it, we are very happy for you to pass your ticket on - please contact us to amend the name on the tickets and simply send the lucky partygoer your e-ticket so that they can come on in.
If you have any further ticket-related questions, please contact: info@smokedanduncut.com.
The party will be a cashless garden gathering – all payments on site will be by card only.
You can find the links to book your tickets for our Garden Parties this summer below.
THE PIG in the New Forest:
Friday 12th June - book your tickets here.
Saturday 13th June - book your tickets here.
Sunday 14th June - book your tickets here.
THE PIG-at Combe:
Friday 10th July - book your tickets here.
Saturday 11th July - book your tickets here.
THE PIG-at Bridge:
Friday 7th June - book your tickets here.
Saturday 8th June - book your tickets here.
Sunday 9th August - book your tickets here.
Garden Party guests are invited to enjoy the main event area, the Garden Ovens, and the Kitchen Garden.
Access to the main house is reserved for dining guests and overnight residents.
For accessibility car parking please email reservations@thepighotel.com ahead of the party.
We will happily allocate your parking and can answer any questions you may have.
Accessible toilets are available the main house at THE PIG in the New Forest, THE PIG-at Bridge Place and THE PIG-at Combe.
Please remember the party is an outdoor event, so the grass may be slippery in wet weather.
Only residents sleeping over and guests dining in the restaurant are allowed to park in the hotel car park for each Garden Party.
You are very welcome to park at the designated Garden Party parking for a small charge of £5 per car.
Parking for THE PIG in the New Forest Garden Party is available just a 10-minute drive away at Strawberry Fields Car Boot (£5 per car), with shuttles running every 20 minutes between the hotel and car park. The address for which can be found here: Strawberry Fields Car Boot, Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8NG.
Parking at THE PIG-at Combe and THE PIG-at Bridge Place will be in a field next to the main hotel (£5 per car). You will find the entrance to these car parks via the main hotel driveway.
Please note that once you leave the Garden Party, re-entry will not be permitted.
Accessible parking is available and can be offered on request, simply contact: reservations@thepighotel.com
We strongly advise no parking on the roadside – cars will be reported and removed by the police. Vehicles and their contents are parked at the owner’s risk. The hotel does not accept liability for any loss, theft, or damage to vehicles or their contents while parked on these premises.
Taxi and car drop-off is available via the main hotel entrances.
We kindly ask that you do not bring any of your own food and drink on the day, as it is not permitted - except for dietary reasons. If you need to do so, please email reservations@thepighotel.com in advance.
We will have a wide range of freshly cooked (and seriously tasty!) festival food on offer, all to be washed down with your favourite cold one from our numerous bars!
Your ticket includes a re-usable cup for the day, which you’re welcome to swap for a clean one at any time. You’re also welcome to bring your own water bottles to stay hydrated and keep your water cold throughout the day.
All Garden Parties will be glass-free.
Friday evening is for adults only, with the exception of our overnight hotel residents.
All littluns aged 0 – 1 years will need a free children’s ticket to enter the Garden Party on Saturday and Sunday.
While there won’t be specific children’s activities running on the Friday or Saturday, there will be plenty of food, drinks and live music (and plenty of space across our gardens and grounds to run wild in!) There will be piglet-friendly activities on Sunday at THE PIG in the New Forest and THE PIG-at Bridge Place.
Under 18s will need to come to the garden party with an adult (18+). If you’re lucky enough to look under the age of 25, we may ask you to show some ID at our drink bars.
We love your four-legged friends, but please leave them at home this time.
With the exception of guide dogs, we kindly ask that you leave pets at home. If you plan to bring a guide dog, please email reservations@thepighotel.com in advance so we can make the necessary arrangements.
We will have a few handfuls of straw bales and deck chairs around the garden party, but please feel free to bring rugs, blankets or pop up chairs to make yourselves comfy.
Your ticket includes a re-usable cup for the day, which you’re welcome to swap for a clean one at any time. You’re also welcome to bring your own water bottles to stay hydrated and keep your water cold throughout the day. We also recommend bringing suncream!
If it is looking like a wet weekend, there will be some very limited cover available under our stretch tent… but you might want to bring some wet weather gear and an umbrella just in case!
Photography and video recording may take place at this event for promotional purposes by The PIG. If you prefer not to appear in photos or video, please let us know in advance or speak to a staff member on the day. Full privacy details are available here: https://www.thepighotel.com/privacy-policy/
If you are joining us in the restaurant on the day of our Garden Party and you wish to party with us before or after your dining reservation, please note that a ticket is required to attend the Garden Party.
This ticket will include your wristband and a re-usable cup for purchasing drinks at the bars.
We strongly recommend booking your ticket in advance to make the most of your Garden Party experience.
Full payment is required at the time of booking. Just a heads-up that once booked, this event is non-refundable, non-transferable between hotels or dates, and can’t be cancelled - so please make sure you’re good to go before snapping up a spot!
If you are no longer able to make it, we are very happy for you to pass your ticket on - please contact us to amend the name on the tickets and simply send the lucky partygoer your e-ticket so that they can come on in.
If you have any further ticket-related questions, please contact: info@smokedanduncut.com.
Introducing our Garden Party friends
Sleep it off, PIG style…
If you're not local but really fancy parting with us for our birthday bash, why not turn your ticket into a little getaway and book a room?
Sleepover for the night or go the whole hog and stay the whole weekend! You can wander from the garden to a gorgeously comfy bed, with no need for taxis or designated drivers.
