The Nine Muses request your most noble company at Milton Manor, on Saturday July the 9th 2011 for a celebration of Calliope, the muse of Epic Poetry.

This summer will see the second festival of the Nine Muses, bringing the Greek deities to Milton Manor's wooded parkland. Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry, will reign supreme this summer!
 She is accompanied by the other beautiful daughters of Zeus...

We invite you to be amused & inspired!
Follow Orpheus to musical delights, frolic with the woodland nymphs in the romantic setting, sip cocktails in coracles & picnic with the pixies.
Dance around the bonfire and gaze into the stars late into the night. The Muses will bring you plays, poetry, songs, dancing, & everything your heart may desire!

Including: JOHNNY FLYNN, MARQUES TOLIVER, FILLIGAR,
IZO FITZROY & THE ROYAL BASTARDS,
ANOUSHKA LUCAS, SHTETL SUPERSTARS...
plus many more TALKS, THEATRE, DANCE, WORKSHOPS, FORTUNE-TELLING, STAR-GAZING, FILMS, GAMES, NOMADIC RADIO, FOOD, DRINK, LAKES & ANIMALS...

Dress Code: Divinely Elegant (circa 300 BC)

Location: Milton Manor, Oxfordshire
(45 minutes from London by train)

The Festival of the Nine Muses was set up to help raise money for the protection and upkeep of the glorious Milton Manor. Private owners have the important role of maintaining Britain's historic houses and gardens for the benefit of the nation and for future generations.
The historic houses, castles and gardens of the UK are the stewards of a rich cultural heritage, umatched in Europe, in that only in the UK can so much of a country's art, furniture, textiles and ceramics be seen in the houses and surroundings for which they were intended. Please come and support us!