Welcome to the Henley Youth Festival Website

Dates for 2008 - 8th-15th March - NEXT YEARS DATES 21-29  March 2009

The 15th  Henley Youth Festival has been fantastic – hundreds of young people have taken part in events throughout the week.  Many of you have taken our Theme to heart, so please remember you can  make a difference to the world - ' My Footprint...........Our World'.

STOP PRESS:   The winners of the film competition have been announced so check out the results here. 

All the films can be viewed YouTube  please click here.

There will be a display of the art, photography, writing and design competition winners in the Henley Library untill early April.

Henley’s Mayor, Cllr Terry Buckett has lent his support during the Festival   along with all the friends, parents, teachers and members of the Henley Youth Festival committee – a big thank you to all those who have helped

We’ve had many highlights, Gig Night was attended by over 200 people, the HEDFAS ThisismyBag project saw many children enjoying painting their own eco-friendly bag We’ve had sell out performances for Young Dancer, Music and Young Singer and the workshops and shows have been fantastic.   The interschool sports events have been hotly contested .   Check out the results on the web pages.

The Henley Youth festival committee were delighted to award the Elizabeth Griffin Trophy this year to Gabrielle Gleeson and her sisters, Victoria and Natalie for their contribution to the Festival over the years (see picture).

If you’ve been part of the Festival this year, let us know what it was like.  Tell us  what you’d like to see next year .  We’d love to hear from you and the  HYF Blog is now live - so please add your comments.

"Get inspired for our theme here, you can help protect our world, one small step at a time "