By Caroline Nicholls

THERE is a last chance to buy Early Bird tickets for the tenth Thirsk Picnic in the Park on Saturday, July 11 – they are only available until Tuesday.

The picnic is set in the grounds of Thirsk Hall and is organised by Thirsk Action Group, raising funds for the charity Action Medical Research.

This year will feature a Robbie Williams tribute by JK and support acts Jake & Elwood Blues Brothers, plus local band Citizen Smith.

JK has played to more than two million people live and has worked with Channel 4 and ITV and many radio stations. He will be performing more than 30 of Robbie’s greatest hits.

The audience are sure to be entertained by Jake & Elwood Blues Brothers, who re-create the sounds and looks of the Blues Brothers with all the great tracks from the film.

Thirsk Action Group has also donated to local charities over the past decade, including Thirsk Community Care, Thirsk Clock, the Friarage Hospital MRI scanner appeal, Herriot Hospice Homecare, St Oswald’s Church in Sowerby and St Mary’s Church in Thirsk. This year they will be giving funds to the Friarage scanner appeal.

Sponsors of the charity event are the Darlington & Stockton Times, Steven J Dresser Electrical Contractors, Beechwood Leisure, Calverts Carpets, CB Furnishings, CJ PR and Todds Waste Management.

Tickets can be purchased online at the website thirskpicnicinthepark.co.uk. Adult tickets are £22 (£18 Early Bird), and youngsters aged 12 to 16, cost £14 (£10 Early Bird); under 12s go free (accompanied by an adult). Tickets are available from Thirsk tourist information centre, on 01845 522755, Zillah Bell Gallery, on 01845 522479, CB Furnishings branches in Thirsk, 01845 525575, and Northallerton, 01609 772916, and Calverts Rug Shop, Thirsk, tel 01845 521644. Credit card payments are taken.

No barbecues or dogs are allowed at this event. Bookings will be taken for a pitch for your own gazebo on the website, or call Sue Calvert on 07971 177050 to book. Please note there is limited availability.

The concert will end with a fireworks display.

Visit thirskpicnicinthepark.co.uk