Top television gardening personality Alan Titchmarsh will preside over this year's Chatsworth Country Fair.
Billed as one of the country's most spectacular outdoor events, the country fair is in its 27th year.
Organisers say the three-day event will be packed with things to watch, do and try, and will give visitors a 'real flavour of the life in the cou
ntryside'.
The grand ring will be the focus of the event, with an exciting and varied programme of entertainment from pipe bands and terrier racing to thrilling parachute displays and demonstrations of top level horsemanship set to music.
Alan is the president of the event and will lead the opening ceremony on August 29.
Speaking at last year's event, he described the country fair as the finest outdoor show in England.
One of the most spectacular sights, weather permitting, promises to be the twice-daily hot air balloon lift at dawn and dusk over Chatsworth. This is now one of the biggest balloon lifts in the country.
Other highlights will come from one of the country's top parachute display teams, the Tigers Freefall Team of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, and a jaw dropping aerobatics trio displaying at low level.
Adult tickets are £13 for Friday and Saturday and £15 Sunday.
Gates open at 9am with the closing ceremony at 6.30pm on August 31.
Children aged 14 and under get in for free when accompanied by an adult. Car parking is free and dogs are welcome on a lead.
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