Three thousand people are expected to descend on the Canterbury countryside for a food and music festival hosted by a luxury hotel.

The summer event - titled Smoked & Uncut - is to be held at The Pig at Bridge in August.

Bosses have managed to secure rock band Supergrass to perform as the headlining act for the event, which will see festival-goers stay overnight in glamping tents.

A smaller-scale version was hosted last summer, with Jools Holland the main star.

Event bosses currently have permission to cater for 2,000 festival-goers, but they want to increase the capacity for this summer to heighten the scale of the event.

An application to boost the numbers to 3,000 has been submitted to Canterbury City Council, and is now open to public consultation.

Organisers are also planning to have 40 glamping tents pitched up for guests to stay overnight ahead of the music and food celebration.

Prices show a two-person stay will cost £995.

The festival is set to be hosted on Saturday, August 13.

General admission tickets currently cost £55 per adult.

A host of food stalls and bars will be dotted around the site, along with "feasting tents".

Home Grown Hotels Ltd, the firm which runs The Pig brand, organises a number of Smoked & Uncut festivals across the country.

While Lulu, Earth Wind and Fire, and Jools Holland are booked for the country's other festivals, the Bridge event is to be headlined by 90s rock group Supergrass.

The band, whose hits include Alright, Moving and Pumping on Your Stereo, are fronted by singer Gaz Coombes.

Prior to its £8 million transformation into an award-winning hotel, The Pig was the Bridge Country Club.

The historic mansion was the most popular rock and roll and disco venue in the county between the 60s and 90s.

The likes of Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds and the Moody Blues all played at the country location, previously owned by Peter Malkin.