Dogstival is returning to its “spiritual home” in the New Forest after a two-year walkies to the Broadlands Estate at Romsey.
Billed as the south's biggest celebration of dogs, the 2024 festival will be held at Burley Park in June and is expected to attract more than 10,000 people.
Launched in 2019, Dogstival was recently crowned "Best Pet Day Out in the UK" at the Animal Star Awards.
Its Lymington-based organisers, Lighthouse Marketing, were delighted to win the award and say they are equally excited to be heading back to Burley Park, where the festival was held in 2020 and 2021.
Next year's event will reflect the 2024 Olympic Games taking place in Paris in July.
It will include police and military dogs taking part in the "ultimate scent-work test", which will also pit different breeds against each other.
A canine version of the Paralympics, with assistance dogs competing in a fun challenge with their owners, will also form part of the line-up.
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Festival director Domine Nowell said: "We're really excited to be heading back to Burley, our spiritual home with its stunning manor house backdrop in the heart of the New Forest.
"Winning 'Best Pet Day Out' gives us a great reason to celebrate our four-legged friends by creating our most exciting event yet.
"Next summer will see Paris host the Olympics and we're working on a host of ideas that celebrate the core spirit of the Games, but with our own unique take on things."
Dogstival will feature a raft of canine entertainment guaranteed to get tails wagging.
The main arena will host the Paws For Thought Display Team. Other parts of the showground will welcome dog trainers and behaviourists, while the Canine MoT Stage will stage talks on pet health and nutrition.
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The Muddy Paws Tavern will be home to dog bingo and the Big Dog Pub Quiz hosted by Wave 105’s Mark Collins.
Dogstival will also feature 120 stalls, plus food and drink, live music, street performers, and circus workshops.
The first event was held on the Pylewell Park Estate near Lymington in 2019.
TV wildlife expert Chris Packham lives in the Forest and was due to host the festival but pulled out over safety fears.
The Springwatch presenter had angered Britain's farming community by taking part in a campaign that led to a ban on shooting pigeons, crows, and other birds.
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