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HENLEY MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL
Summer Glamor on the Thames Floating Stage

Tom Jones at Henley photoThe Henley Festival is an elegant five night, formal black tie event which takes place on three beautiful glorious acres overlooking the meandering River Thames in Oxfordshire’s Henley-on-Thames. In an idyllic setting on one of the most scenic stretches of the river the festival showcases some of the best loved artists and performers from the classical, jazz and contemporary music worlds, as well as talent drawn from the global cultural scene, along with street theatre acts, poetry, sculpture and art. For a week in early July, the market town of Henley-on-Thames, home of the Royal Regatta, casts off its genteel aura and goes into full bore glamour. The Henley Festival is the hottest ticket of the British Summer Social Season.

Henley Festival Riverside evening photoFrom 6pm each evening, over twenty acts from the world of jazz, opera, classical and theatre, from the around the world, perform live. Quirky street artists known as the Roving Company of Eccentrica, wander the lawns. The evening ends with spectacular firework display lighting the summer starry skies at around 10pm while live musicians keep partiers in the mood to dance until closing time at the ChinaWhite Night Club or the Water’s Edge Bar. If you can’t make the big sold out shows, the whole town of Henley becomes a showplace for the bizarre and eccentric, picnics by the river and boat deck champagne parties.

What to Wear?
Henley Festival Dress photoThe dress code for the Henley Music and Art festival is strictly black-tie, and this year is touted as the most glamorous of them all. Think Ascot British lawn Chic. Ladies come decked out in sizzling cocktail dresses and jewels, or sumptuous summer evening gowns. But being outdoors with covered tents, bring jackets or wraps should the air take a chill after sunset. Gents arrive in Black Tie and younger festival goers also put on their best bib and tucker, leave the jeans and fleece behind.

Where to Eat?
While at the Henley Festival, dine in splendid style at Albert and Michel Roux's Riverside Restaurant (from £110 for 3 courses, wine is additional) with a classical French menu, complimented with exquisite champagnes. Or for a less formal fare afaire, take a spot at the Terrace Restaurant and Café du Soir, or indulge your appentites with Heston Blumenthal’s Scotch Quails eggs at The Hinds Head at Henley.

Ticket Prices
Festival tickets range from £35 to £110 and sell out fast. Book tickets at Henley Fesitval.

Getting To Henley-On-Thames
Only 90 minutes from Paddington London by rail traveling via Twyford, Henley-on-Thames makes the ideal weekend getaway. By car, about 40 minutes frol London on the M4 motorway from London or M3 from Bournemouth and south west. For the truly privileged, land your helicopter at the Danesfield House Hotel helipad.

Make it a Fab Weekend
Henley is overlooked by beautiful Chiltern landscapes of wooded hills and green fields, ideal for walks and picnics. Just a few strides from the riverbank is the very heart of Henley with its historic church, town hall and market square, the latter bustling with busy stallholders and shoppers on market days. Browse the town's many boutiques and soak up the post Regatta buzz.

Discover the heart pulse of Henley at award winning River & Rowing Museum (see Henley-on-Thames Rowing), 5 minutes walk from the town center along the river, featuring the history of the upper Thames and Olympic achievements of Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent, the world’s finest rowers. Take a boat tour down the course of the famed Henley Regatta, in a small cruiser, or prove your oarsmanship, in a hired rowing boat. Don’t forget to keep your eyes peeled for celebrities who flood into town for the festival and secure those choice moorings. © Bargain Travel Europe

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