So Spring is meant to be springing but it looks like we’re in for a cold snap and possibly some snow. But that doesn’t stop us Experiencing Henley with great cinema, theatre, live music and exhibitions to keep you busy and plenty of pubs & restaurants to snuggle up in, by the fire out of the cold.

Don’t forget to put St. Patrick’s Day 17th March, and most importantly Mothering Sunday 19th March in your diary.

We have picked out some great things to do in Henley this March and you can go to our What’s On page and Calendar of Events at anytime where we have THE most comprehensive what’s on listings for Henley.

If this lot doesn’t sate your culture appetite, we don’t know what will. What a an absolute treasure trove of stuff to do and see.

The Regal Picturehouse brings the West End to Henley with showings of Tony Award winning Anything Goes – The Musical (pictured above), filmed especially for the big screen with Sutton Foster, Robert Lindsay, Gary Wilmot and Felicity Kendal and Heathers The Musical based on the 1988 cult hit, that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.

As well as all the latest releases such as Elvis, What’s Love Got to Do With It, and Cocaine Bear, foreign Art House films Close and Broker, NT Live brings an extraordinary production of Othello filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre, and Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of best-selling novel Life of Pi.

Plus Met Opera Live: Lohengrin and Royal Opera House Live: Turandot and Exhibition On Screen Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman.

There is also a special environmental documentary screening presented by Greener Henley of FINITE The Climate Change, followed by a live Q&A panel with the film’s director Rich Felgate and local experts.

Such a joy to have all this accessible to us on the big screen in Henley. Check the cinema’s website for all dates & times of showings.

This week 8th-11th March, delve into the devious world of Blackadder and his descendants with the Henley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society and their production of Blackadder The Whole Damn Dynasty (Almost). Performance includes dinner by Paul Clerehugh of the Crooked Billet. Sounds like a fabulous foray into the fray of Flanders.

March at The Kenton Theatre includes the powerful production SOLD! on the 12th March where one woman tells of her extraordinary journey to overcome the brutality of slavery and she becomes a beacon for the British anti-slavery movement.

Philip Barry’s sparkling comedy The Philadelphia Story arrives in Henley 22nd-25th March, plus the acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard Yippee Ki Yay from Richard Marsh on 26th March. On 30th March Simon Evans: The Work of the Devil star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and more gets stuck into his show with his usual excoriating views of a world on fire.

Finally the wonderful physical theatre of comic actors Mercè Ribot and and Patricia Rodriguez on 31st March in Nothing Happens (Twice) with this new hilarious comedy show which takes some well aimed potshots at the protective world of classic modern theatre (watch out Sam Beckett’s estate!) and at the same time explores some of the pain experienced by performers when Covid brought their livelihood to a grinding halt in 2020.

Lots of live music to keep you going this month from a bit of Squeeze to Choral Concerts.

Starting with this month’s toe tapping, pant swinging offering from The Crooked Billet’s Music Nights. Up-close and intimate, unique musicians perform along with a pre-show dinner. Weds 8th March sees John Etheridge & Christian Garrick providing a feast of interplay, improvisation and eclectic repertoire with music ranging from Peter Gabriel to Richard Rogers via Dollar Brand and Alison Goldfrapp.

For St. Patrick’s Day, 17th March, a foot stompin’ Irish fiddle band by the Billet’s friends from The Pogues & Rory Gallagher’s old band providing that infectious Dublin bar craic, and 21st March sees Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook banging out all the hits Labelled With Love • Cool For Cats • Pulling Mussels From a Shell.

If a bit of pub style partying is what you’re after, Hof’s Bar & Dining have live music every Saturday night and both The Old Bell and The Three Tuns round your weekends off with cosy acoustic sets every Sunday evening.

If music be the food of love, the old bard got that right. It’s 425 years since William Shakespeare put quill to scroll and the Tamesis Chamber Choir have tried their best to match his productivity by polishing up a gallimaufry of 22 songs in their ten weeks of rehearsal. Almost all of them use Shakespeare’s dramatic lyrics, from Much Ado to Macbeth to A Midsummer Night’s Dream for their performance at St. Mary’s Church on 25th March.

At the Old Fire Station Gallery this month there are two exhibitions. On 11th & 12th March between 10am and 4pm there will be a display of large framed prints showcasing the new Ace Henley Playing Cards. Packs of cards and the prints themselves will be available for purchase.

Also at the Old Fire Station Gallery is Print in the Park Spring Exhibition of original hand made prints by members of Print in the Park from March 16th-28th.

On Friday 24th March 6.30-8.30pm Lemongrove Gallery are a hosting Mark Curryer as he unveils his new collection at the gallery.

Find out more about Henley galleries and exhibitions – Around the Galleries.

At National Trust Greys Court, there is a guided Silent Woodland Walk and a Blossom & Tree Identification Walk. Why not download the Brakspear App and try out some of the 200 circular pub walks that they have listed and guided.

Henley Farmer’s Market will have all their fabulous local foodie treats and goodies to entice you on 11th & 23rd March.

Plus new foodie offers on the Experience Henley Card. Make your March better by ordering one today, visit Experience Henley Card