• "Friends" booking has started ... DON'T MISS OUT!
  
  
• March 22nd 2010
  General Public booking commences
  
  

for food & drink:

• Café du Soir
• The Hinds Head at Henley, by Heston Blumenthal
• Cole Henley's fantastic table barbecues

for venues:

• Club Rendez-Vous early From 7pm enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and listen to great music from young and establishing artists as well as experienced and prestigious ensembles.
  
  
• Club Rendez-Vous late
  The place to meet towards the end of the evening with infectious music will get you up and dancin'
  
  
• Le Café du Soir
  Get yourself snuggled up in the Café du Soir for great comedy, cabaret and just a little bit of sauce ...

for tickets:

• Enclosure
  The ticket formerly known as "Promenade"
  
  
• Enclosure Plus
  We’re clearing away the deckchairs for you to put on your dancing feet right in front of the Floating Stage!

Nigel Kennedy Plays The Duke

One of classical music’s true superstars, Nigel Kennedy has also proved himself as an amazing interpreter of jazz and pop.

For the Henley Festival he takes on one of the greatest of all jazz and swing composers, the legendary band leader Duke Ellington.

This truly is a musical experience not to be missed.

sponsored by:

Dixie Ticklers

The development of jazz has to be one of the most organic and fascinating stories in music. Dom James and his Dixie Ticklers would like to provide the first chapter for you with an atomic Dixieland explosion. Combining some of the brightest young talent in the UK, with the oldest charts from New Orleans archives, their goal is to entertain with skill and charm.

Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton would hopefully have approved of their renditions of "Salty Dog", "I wish I could Shimmie like my sister Kate" and "Wild Man Blues". These guys are so hot, that even New Orleans enthusiast Woody Allen has a copy of their record.

Australian Music Foundation Showcase

The first of two opportunities to hear fine young classical musicians from down-under. With Valda Wilson (soprano), Charles Mellor (tenor), and Nicholas Lester (baritone)

www.amf-uk.com

Kasaï Masaï

The traditional sound of the most remote equatorial villages, with an urban twist! Pumping, rhythmic, African beats where percussion, Congolese guitar, traditional equatorial dance sounds from the Congo with an urban twist "...Kasaï Masaï successfully marry a respect for vintage grooves with an overwhelming urge to move the dance floor. This is the sound of the old and the new, of the countryside and the city, from deep in the heart of Africa..."

www.myspace.com/kasaimasai

Bowjangles

The vivacious string quartet in a special cabaret that combines fiery musicianship with energetic dance moves, vaudeville comedy and four part harmony. Henley Festival favourites.

bowjangles.org