ADVANCE tickets for Holker Chilli Fest are on sale from Friday July 15.

The South Lakes Hall and Gardens' popular foodie event returns for a third year in September, but you can book your visit in early.

Recently listed at number three in the UK’s best Chilli Festivals, the Holker Courtyard will come alive with spicy food, music, dancing, magic, and chilli mania on Saturday September 10 and Sunday 11.

Held in the courtyard and overlooked by the magnificent Holker Hall, in Cark-in-Cartmel, this year’s Chilli Fest will be a feast of fiery fun, with a wide selection of exhibitors and entertainment from across the country attending the two-day event.

Browse the spice-scented market stalls featuring lots of delicious take home goodies, specialist chilli produce and quirky gifts, including home-made preserves, aromatic oils, curry pastes and powders. There will be plenty of tasty food to try from Italian Street Food to delicious Spanish Churros! Meet well-known specialist producers and exhibitors, including: Chilli Pepper Co, Fire Foods, Hot-Headz and Mr Vikkis, as well as businesses that have travelled from Southampton, to Sauchie in Scotland, and Somerset, Middlesex and Wales.

Visitors will be entertained across the whole weekend with belly dancers, a magician and live music from Latin funky salsa band, La Tinto Bros. There will also be cookery demonstrations from Made in Cumbria, where you could pick up a few tips on how to incorporate chilli flavours into your home-cooking. Plus, for those with a fiery palate, why not enter the popular chilli eating competition hosted daily at 4pm by famous chilli expert, Darth Naga?

There’s foodie fun for the kids too with children’s competitions taking place on each day.

For more information or to buy advance tickets from Friday July 15, visit the website at www.holker.co.uk or call 015395 58328.