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Five decades of the best party tunes had us dancing until our feet hurt

17/07/23

BEFORE seeing Nile Rodgers & CHIC take to the “floating” stage on Friday night, I’ll admit I wasn’t aware of the huge extent of the musician’s influence on many of the biggest tunes of the last 50 years. Everybody knows his disco classics Le Freak ...

Successful exercise

28/02/22

THERE is still one of the 40 free tickets to this year’s Henley Festival to be found. Organisers hid packages comprising a chocolate heart and a tag to be exchanged for a general admission ticket for the opening night around the town as the ...

Festival offers opportunity to young talent

06/06/22

THE Henley Festival has launched a new charitable initiative to support emerging talent. RISE will give individuals or groups the opportunity to take their first steps into the world of performance and creativity, either in the spotlight ...

The Overtones strike a chord with Henley crowds

15/07/14

Harmony pop quintet The Overtones opened the final concert of this year's 32nd Henley Festival.

Olly Murs closes record-breaking Henley Festival

09/07/12

Ska-pop sensation Olly Murs closed the 2012 Henley Festival, which has beaten its previous box office records.

Colourful capers at Henley Festival

05/07/12

A giant lobster, towering stilt-walkers and a travelling organist nun were among the weird and wacky sights at this year's Henley Festival.

Henley Festival crews have a head for heights

03/07/12

With just 24 hours to go, the Henley Festival teams are putting the finishing touches to the site.

Stewart Collins

29/05/12

An exclusive chat with the Henley Festival's artistic director.

Festival moves base across the river to be nearer event site

14/10/20

HENLEY Festival is moving its headquarters to Leander Club. The festival, which has been based at the River & Rowing Museum in Mill Meadows for five years, said it wanted to be nearer the event site on the opposite side of the river and ...

Guess the festival act

04/01/18

THE Henley Festival is running its guess the artist competition again. Organisers will be putting a clue on its social media channels each day from Monday to Friday next week which will refer to a headline act in the order that they ...

Festival launched

29/01/18

SUPPORTERS of the Henley Festival were given a preview of this year’s line-up at a special launch party at Phyllis Court Club in Henley on Monday. Artistic director Stewart Collins revealed the names of the headline acts while ...

Nile Rodgers and Rita Ora to headline festival

24/01/18

DISCO legend Nile Rodgers and his band Chic have been named as one of the headliners for the 36th Henley Festival. Pop superstar Rita Ora will appear on the “floating stage” to open the five-day extravaganza in July and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Festival brings back classics

30/11/17

CLASSICAL music will return at next year’s Henley Festival with a “world-leading” act performing on the final night. The traditional fireworks display, held at the end of each night, will also be back instead of the ...

Pubs fare better than shops at festival

08/12/17

BUSINESSES that stayed open late during this year’s Henley Christmas Festival have reported mixed fortunes. Pubs and restaurants said they had enjoyed some of their best ever sales and footfall but some shops ...

Festival to celebrate our military heritage

16/01/20

A CLASSICAL night celebrating Britain’s military heritage will close this year’s Henley Festival. A Classical Salute will feature the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Bell, as well as ...

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