Great bands and theatre, amazing food, random activities and glorious scenery, Wilderness may be the world's loveliest festival. And here's your chance to go... for free!

WITH a line up featuring cult breakthrough act London Grammar, electro-pop band Metronomy, easy listening legend Burt Bacharach and soul-pop artist Jessie Ware, next weekend’s Wilderness festival looks like being the highlight of the summer.

Launched four years ago among the rolling lawns and forested valleys of Cornbury Park, near Charlbury, this fun-loving feast of weird and wonderful performing arts is designed to be a celebration of the English countryside in all its glorious facets.

Other names to grace its scenic stages include singer-songwriter Joan as Policewoman, Slow Club, see feature, electro-jazz artist Chet Faker, acoustic artist Jack Savoretti, Josh Record, Hozier and art-rock trio Teleman.

But while lesser festivals are all about the music, Wilderness is about so much more.

Away from the main stages, there are torch-lit processions, late night masked balls, acrobatic displays and tented banquets hosted by such renowned chefs as Norman Russell, Simon Rogan and Angela Hartnett.

Continuing its tradition of getting festival-goers involved, Wilderness also encourages participants to have a go – joining the Wilderness Cookery School and a range of workshops, children’s activities, talks and debates, or learning new skills, such as tai chi, capoeira, horse riding or fly fishing.

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  • WIN! Those nice people at Wilderness have given us a pair of tickets to hand out to one lucky reader.

For a chance to win, simply tell us in which city Burt Bacharach was born.

Send your answers to: Wilderness competition, The Guide, Newsquest Oxfordshire, Newspaper House, Osney Mead, OX20EJ, or email tim.hughes@oxfordmail.co.uk

But be quick. Answers must reach us by midday on Monday August 4.

Usual rules apply. The Editor’s decision is final.

For more details on Wilderness, go to wildernessfestival.com

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