Wasing Park, Reading
Berkshire is ready to welcome you for a year filled with heritage moments, cultural highlights and great days out across royal towns, riverside cities and beautiful countryside. From Reading and Newbury to Windsor and Maidenhead, you’ll find new experiences unfolding in every season.
2026 is a particularly special year. In Reading, this will be the moment when both the original Bayeux Tapestry and the UK’s full‑scale Victorian replica are in the same country for the first time — with the original arriving for a landmark exhibition at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027, while Britain’s full‑size 1886 replica remains proudly on display at Reading Museum. In the Royal Borough, new cultural highlights join the calendar and mix with the international renown favourites in Windsor & Maidenhead, including the launch of Long Walk Live, 26–27 June 2026, a brand‑new live music celebration on Windsor’s iconic Long Walk, and the returning Windsor Flower Festival, bringing colour and festival-vibes to Berkshire visitors. 2026 is a year of double centenaries in Berkshire, as Hurley Riverside Park celebrates 100 years beside the River Thames and the University of Reading marks its own milestone with Centenary Heritage Tours from February to December, offering a chance to discover historic campuses, leafy spaces and a century of stories.
From riverside walks and historic gardens to festivals, heritage anniversaries and cultural days out, Berkshire is the perfect place for a short break or longer escape. Start planning your 2026 adventure — your Berkshire experience is waiting.
Take a look at our featured events in Berkshire to get you started and then scroll to the bottom of the page for lots more events and activities to enjoy.
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The guide below shows our calendar of events in Berkshire. Whether you're local or visiting the area, find what's happening near you by clicking the Map View button.
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Music
Maidenhead
Hosted by Jeff Lloyd.
Twelve challengers twist and shout their way through a night of Fab Four fanaticism, each armed with their ultimate Beatles track. From "Hey Jude" to deep cuts that only true fans know, every song fights for a ticket to ride to…
Dance / Dancing
Maidenhead
Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet! put on fabulous, feelgood 70s and 80s disco nights for grown-ups at venues across London and the South East - and we're delighted to welcome them back again after a funk-tastic night in January.
HSDY nights are…
Arts
Warfield, Bracknell, Winkfield Row
About the Event
Everything You Need to Paint a Masterpiece
Join The Paint Club for a relaxed and creative evening of painting! One of our friendly artists will guide you step-by-step from a blank canvas to your very own work of art.
Each artist…
Theatre
Maidenhead
Presented by BCA
Set in 1985, The Wedding Singer follows Robbie Hart, a charming and upbeat wedding singer who is the life of every party - until his fiancée leaves him at the altar.
Devasted, Robbie loses all faith in love and begins to ruin…
Music
Maidenhead
Get ready to Spice Up Your Life with The One and Only 90's show that's taking the UK by storm this spring: That's So 90s!
From iconic Britpop anthems to the revolutionary sounds of 90s dance, from Girl Power to Cool Britannia, join us for a…
Comedy
Maidenhead
Two top comedians preview their latest work ahead of the Edinburgh Festival.
Ahir Shah
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up…
Comedy
Maidenhead
In his biggest live tour to date leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politics and his own health.
'The…
Sporting Event
Ascot
Royal Ascot is one of the pinnacle events of the summer social season and is certainly a must-attend event of the year and a quintessentially British day out.
Music
Maidenhead
Mario Bakuna (acoustic guitar / vocals)
Roberto Manzin (saxophone)
Mario Bakuna and Roberto Manzin invite the audience to celebrate two of the most important artists of all time: the American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João…
Food
Ascot
Ascot Farmers' Market offers a great choice of fresh produce, pies and pastries, dairy products and plants whilst on-site parking means a stress-free shopping experience.
Comedy
Maidenhead
New national tour 2025-2026 for star of Have I Got News For You, The Last Leg, Would I Lie to You?, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Backstage With Katherine Ryan, The Mash Report, The News Quiz, Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club and many…
Theatre
Maidenhead
'To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free: From the age of uniformity, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink… greetings!'
Award winning Box Tale Soup present a stunning new adaptation of Orwell's dystopian…
Childrens Events
Maidenhead
Winner of the Best Kids' Show at the 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival.
After a sell out run at last year's Fringe, comedian and children's author Olaf Falafel is dishing up another frying pan full of family-friendly comedy.
The comedy show comedians…
Music
Maidenhead
The Grahams are New York grown, Nashville based Alyssa and Doug Graham.
As kids in the Jersey suburbs, they snuck into NYC to hear their favourite bands play, and have been performing together ever since. With their own unique brand of…
Theatre
Maidenhead
By Henry Naylor
It's Elton John vs The Sun! Worlds biggest star battles world's toughest tabloid in epic eighties' clash!
When the soaraway Sun newspaper falsely accuses Elton John, 39, of bonking rent boys, the Rocketman blasts off a whopping…
Comedy
Maidenhead
After a phenomenal, sold-out, international tour. Plus, a second round of supporting Milton Jones. The man who asked us, "Do you ski?" is turning everything upside down and asking, "Do you scuba?"
In a world full of relentless click bate, online…
Food
Maidenhead
Buy direct from local farmers, growers and dedicated small artisan producers and benefit from fresh quality food, honestly produced with a known provenance.
Participatory Event
Windsor
Parallel Windsor is the UK's national celebration of disability inclusion and wellbeing. Our award-winning event is held in the grounds of the majestic Windsor Great Park and staged on the iconic Long Walk.
Music
Maidenhead
Jon Doran and The Northern Assembly are a ground-breaking new collaboration who seek to capture the excitement that lies within traditional song.
The trio aims to breathe new life into old stories from across the British Isles, injecting the energy…
Sporting Event
Ascot
Celebrate the start of the 2026/27 Jumps season in unforgettable style at Ascot’s Fireworks Spectacular Family Raceday. This action-packed day combines thrilling National Hunt racing with one of the region’s most dazzling fireworks displays,…
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