The Beach Boys, Madness, Jamie Cullum, Paloma Faith, Mike Oldfield.
Ever seen an "explosion of flowers"? Us neither. But you can catch one at Henley Festival, apparently. Just make sure you're sporting black tie/a designer dress (no, seriously - that's the dress code) and come with enough money to purchase half of Oxford. There'll be champers galore, obscenely decadant parties, boats and lots of talk about boats and owning boats, and also a big programme of arts and music if you can stop pouring oysters down your throat and comparing salaries for a minute. Music comes from golden-voiced veterans The Beach Boys, jazz child Jamie Cullum, London ska warriors Madness and colourful pop crooner Paloma Faith.