Kenwood House Picnic Concerts

Kenwood House, the 18th century stately home on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath, is holding a new season of summer Picnic Concerts this year, tickets for which are now on sale.

The house is set in a lovely secluded part of the Heath with expansive lawns and a lake in front of it and if the weather’s fine should be an ideal place to watch a gig. There are eight concerts from late June to the middle of August, each starting at 7.30pm on a Saturday evening with tickets priced from £22-£27. Below is the lineup for the Kenwood House Picnic Concerts.

28 June - Brian Wilson The Beach Boys legend and his ten piece band open the season.

5 July - Rufus Wainwright The singer/songwriter who Elton John called the ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’.

12 July - Kenwood Summer Prom The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performs pieces from Mozart, Rossini, Wagner, Elgar and Gershwin.

19 July - Omara Portoundo A star of the Buena Vista Social Club performs traditional and contemporary Cuban music.

2 August - Michael Ball and Lesley Garrett The West End and Broadway stars perform favourite songs and arias.

9 August - Diana Krall Grammy award winning singer (Mrs Elvis Costello) performs.

16 August - Van Morrison The Irish legend with the back catalogue of classic songs should put on a great show.

23 August - Katherine Jenkins Last Night of the Proms The beautiful Welsh singer ends the season with what should be a great show.