any excuse for a knees up
Smoked & Uncut is back
This summer, we’re having a serious season of weekend-long birthday bashes – a stripped back, home-spun, “put on a real party in the garden for the whole gang”, kind of knees-up… and you’re at the very top of our guest list!
Smoked & Uncut — THE PIG's Music & Food Festival
...and this year is extra special, as 2026 marks 15 fantastic years of THE PIG!
Join us as we celebrate with the ultimate way to spend a summer weekend! We’ll be throwing open the doors to our lawns this summer for a proper garden party with great festi-food, live, local music and cracking entertainment to let the good times roll.
We’ve designed a whole weekend for everyone and anyone to experience what a proper party at THE PIG really feels like in the summer. Live, acoustic music, plenty of homecooked festi-food, glitter, garden tours and (very) well stocked bars… just like the good old days!
From the Friday night weekend warm-up with drinks, delicious bowl food and an evening DJ, to the very last Sunday sundowner with comedy cabaret and a cold one, join us to dance on the grass and toast to our 15 years!
Friday night party
5.30pm – 10pm | £50pp
THE PIG in the New Forest | Friday 12th June
THE PIG-at Combe | Friday 10th July
THE PIG-at Bridge Place | Friday 7th August
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
THE PIG in the New Forest | Saturday 13th June
THE PIG-at Combe | Saturday 11th July
THE PIG-at Bridge Place | Saturday 8th August
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 the 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 front 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 PIG in the New Forest | Sunday 14th June
THE PIG-at Bridge Place | Sunday 9th August
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 and pop-up bars taking centre stage.
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.
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Things to know about our Garden Parties
There’s something different to look forward to every day over our Garden Party weekends.
While there’s no headline stage with big names, there will be heaps of open-air, live acoustic music, proper homecooked food, plenty of pop-up bars, Kitchen Garden tours and mini Potting Shed treatments for a real summer party that feels unmistakeably PIG!
Friday night is an intimate, “ease into the weekend” kind of evening on the lawn with homecooked curry, firepits and a chilled DJ set. Saturday will be filled with live, local music for all-day dancing with BBQs and wood-fired pizzas, and Sunday is for the whole family with plenty of Kitchen Garden-inspired cabaret, acrobats and activities. It’s a stripped-back and action-packed summer weekend of PIG happenings!
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 - SOLD OUT
Saturday 13th June - book your tickets here.
Sunday 14th June - SOLD OUT
THE PIG-at Combe:
Friday 10th July - book your tickets here.
Saturday 11th July - book your tickets here.
THE PIG-at Bridge Place:
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.
Last entry to each day of our Garden Parties can be found below:
Friday night - 8pm
Saturday - 6pm
Sunday - 4pm
Last times for THE PIG in the New Forest shuttle bus:
Friday:
Strawberry Field parking to THE PIG - last shuttle bus will be 7.40pm
THE PIG to Strawberry Field parking - last shuttle bus will be 10.45pm
Saturday:
Strawberry Field parking to THE PIG - last shuttle bus will be 5.40pm
THE PIG to Strawberry Field parking - last shuttle bus will be 10.45pm
Sunday:
Strawberry Field parking to THE PIG - last shuttle bus will be 3.40pm
THE PIG to Strawberry Field parking - last shuttle bus will be 7.05pm
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.
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