how to book

Please note: the online service is currently only for Friends of the Festival Priority bookings.

The 2010 Programme will be LIVE for general public bookings from 22nd MARCH 2010.

YOU CAN BOOK -

1. Friends of the Festival Priority booking - now
   • online through this site
   
   
   
2. general Public, from Monday 22nd March
   • online through this site
   • by telephoning the Box Office or
   • by making a personal visit to the Box Office

Fees
There is a general a Delivery Charge of £2.00 and a Transaction Fee of £2.50 per booking

• If you order entrance tickets, both are charged
• If you order restaurant places or the Souvenir Programme ONLY, there are no fees charged
• If you order a picnic ONLY, you will be charged the Transaction Fee but not the Delivery Charge

You cannot purchase Car Park passes ONLY online; these have to be purchased along with entrance tickets

Tickets will be posted out from the MIDDLE OF MAY.

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS

Telephone 01491 843404

TICKETS

Grandstand, Lawn and Enclosure/Enclosure Plus tickets admit patrons to all of the Festival's performances and venues.

Additionally, Grandstand tickets guarantee the ticket holder to a reserved seat in the Grandstand for the main concert on the Floating Stage at 8.45pm.

Lawn tickets guarantee the holder an unreserved deckchair in the uncovered Lawn seating area, between the Grandstand and the Floating Stage.

Enclosure/Enclosure Plus tickets entitle the holder access to all events in the enclosure, but not to a seat in the Grandstand nor in the Lawn seating area for the 8.45pm concert on the Floating Stage.

A Quiet Zone is provided at each side of the lawn seating area at the start of the 8.45pm concert. Enclosure ticket holders are invited to listen quietly to the concert in this area. Patrons who cause a disruption will be asked to leave the area.

The Saturday & Sunday Evening have a different format; there are no Lawn seats and the Enclosure Plus ticket holders have access to this area in front of the stage to dance.

Entrance badges are issued with tickets and must be visibly worn at all times.

The Season Ticket is for evenings only, all five days; LAWN on Wednesday to Friday; ENCLOSURE PLUS on Saturday and Sunday.

A summary of the CONDITIONS OF SALE, can be downloaded from HERE

1. Neither tickets nor car park passes can be exchanged nor money refunded.
2. Henley Festival Limited reserves the right to refuse admission, and to remove from the Festival Enclosure, at its sole discretion, any persons whose conduct is prejudicial to the safety and convenience of other patrons, or to the proper running of the Festival. We will not tolerate aggressive and/or drunken behaviour under any circumstances.
3. Admission is only permitted on production of an entrance ticket(s), and if the relevant badge is worn visibly at all times.
4. Children under ten may not be admitted, except for the Saturday Art Event.
5. No prams nor buggies nor babes-in-arms will be allowed into the enclosure, except for the Saturday Art Event. All children should be supervised at all times
6. Members of the audience must be suitably attired throughout the evening. Gentlemen are requested to wear black tie, although suits or blazers with a tie are acceptable. Ladies are invited to wear long or short evening dress or evening trousers. Please inform your guests and younger members of your party of the dress code, especially no jeans, and no trainers. Dress code does not apply to the Saturday Art Event.
7. Henley Festival Ltd reserves the right to make any changes to the programme, and in the event of any such change, any refund would only be offered at the sole discretion of Henley Festival Ltd. .
8. Grandstand tickets guarantee the ticket holder a reserved seat in the Grandstand for the main concert on the Floating Stage at 8.45pm.
9. Lawn tickets do not permit entrance to the Grandstand.
10. Enclosure tickets do not permit entry to the Grandstand or to the Lawn seating area before or during the main concert.
11. Enclosure Plus tickets do not permit entry to the Grandstand.
12. Boats may not be moored adjacent to the Festival enclosure unless a mooring permit has been purchased from the Festival office.
13. Persons attending Henley Festival events and using Henley Festival Car Parks do so at their own risk and Henley Festival Limited shall not be liable for any loss or damage or for death or injury unless caused by the negligence of Henley Festival Ltd.
14. By being present at Henley Festival you consent to being photographed filmed and/or recorded. You give all necessary consents under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any photograph film or recording that may include you and agree not to assert any moral (or similar) rights. Henley Festival Limited shall therefore be entitled to make or authorise full use of any photograph film or recording in which you are included in all media worldwide without any liability or payment to you. No photography or recording of stage performances by you is permitted

Thanks to all of you who answered the 2009 survey; the lucky winner is Anne Bowen of Binfield Heath, Henley on Thames, who wins 2 Promenade tickets and car park pass for Festival 2010.