Champagne in the vending machine

THE COUNTDOWN is underway for this year’s Henley Festival, with only seven days until the gates open.

Billed as one of the classiest festivals of the calendar, the festival will see top name acts such as Jess Glynne, Chaka Khan, Pet Shop Boys and All Saints take to the Floating Stage over five nights from Wednesday, July 5.

And it won’t just be the music that will be keeping festival-goers entertained, but the huge array of food and art which will also be on offer.

This year’s event will also feature a UK festival first: Moët & Chandon’s Champagne vending machines, where attendees will be able to pick up a mini bottle of luxury Champagne as they watch the headliners.

If that wasn’t enough to whet your appetite,

Moët & Chandon will also be will also be creating four Champagne fountains, each created from 90 Champagne flutes, and located at the Festival’s gourmet Riverside and Terrace pop-up restaurants, as well as on the Moët & Chandon Champagne lawn. Meanwhile, a pair of Moët Bicycles will offer Moët Minis at the festival.

Restaurant’s popping up at the festival will include The Spice Merchant, Crooked Billet, and The Dog & Badger alongside street food from Jimmy Garcia’s BBQ club, Newquay Sushi, Snob Lobster and Champagne, Pizza Express and Awesome Crispy Squid.

Henley will once again host the UK’s largest pop-up restaurant, with catering maestros The Dish serving 800 covers a night at the atmospheric Riverside Restaurant.

Legendary nightclub Heaven will be bringing their sister club Pure to the festival, kicking off the dancing each night as soon as the headline act finishes on the floating stage.

Tickets start from £45. For more information visit www.henley-festival.co.uk