Windsor Great Park, 6th June 2026
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 Royal Windsor Horse Show, Windsor Flower Show and Parallel Windsor, bringing displays, colour, inclusivity 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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Music
Maidenhead
Bryony Dunn & The Forest create music inspired by the earth, flecked with mythology and shaped like a river which babbles over rocky friendships and cascades into pools of love.
Fuelled by a love for Americana 70's harmonies, memorable guitar riffs…
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
Presented by Maidenhead Music Society.
An exploration of light and the ways it has been conveyed through choral music, featuring music spanning five centuries, from Tallis, Monteverdi and Rheinberger to the present day.
'A choir from whom I'm sure…
Comedy
Maidenhead
Simon Evans is Back! Waaaay back…
With growing evidence that we are living in a Computer Simulation – and a pretty glitchy, off-brand simulation at that – and the approaching watershed of the AI Singularity looming like a weirdly pixelated…
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…
Music
Maidenhead
A tribute born of respect.
From the fire of Cream to the soul of the Dominos and the enduring hits of the solo years, Derick Clapton and the Dynamos are the definitive Eric Clapton tribute. A five-piece band delivering a live show steeped in blues,…
Music
Maidenhead
The Zoots are here to make your whole family bop to the 60s beats that everybody loves.
Experience the sixties show that's wowing audiences around the world, selling out and headlining venues from the Palladium to Old Trafford - with the…
Walking
Reading
The 4th Reading Walks Festival takes place from 9th – 17th May, with a diverse programme of walks from experiencing the natural wonder of the dawn chorus to a sociable evening saunter.
This year’s festival includes 43 guided walks led by local…
Festival
Wokingham
Welcome fabulous friends to GBFF Dinton!
After three fantastic years in Reading, we're delighted to return to Dinton Pastures with even more of our unique event and plenty of family fun! ✨
More than just another family festival, The Great…
Theatre
Maidenhead
A week-long festival of one-act plays from local youth and adult groups, with comments each evening from a professional adjudicator and a host of trophies to be won.
Join us for the complete sessions and see if you agree with the final…
Festival
Windsor
Parallel Windsor is a Festival of Inclusivity with Challenge Events for all ages, health conditions & abilities. Held in the grounds of the majestic Windsor Great Park & staged on the iconic Long Walk.
Where & When
5 July 2026
Location: Windsor…
Comedy
Maidenhead
Life can't just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death.
Why can't we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful? A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista…
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…
Music
Maidenhead
Hosted by Jeff Lloyd.
Twelve groovers strut into the spotlight, each armed with their ultimate disco anthem and dreams of mirrorball glory. From glittering floor-fillers to forgotten funk, they'll boogie for your votes and dance for their vinyl…
Music
Maidenhead
Elton John's greatest hits are reimagined by multi award-winning comedian and singer Jess Robinson (Radio 4's Dead Ringers, Channel 4's The Last Leg), renowned for her pitch-perfect impressions.
Channeling a variety of legendary female artists,…
Exhibition
Cookham
This autumn and winter, the Stanley Spencer Gallery invites visitors to witness the scientific analysis of a work of art. For the first time since 2012, Stanley Spencer’s monumental unfinished painting, Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta, will be…
Arts
Maidenhead
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…
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
A wonderful day of fabulous Jumps racing action and festive fun.
Comedy
Maidenhead
Preserving Tom Lehrer's legacy whether he likes it or not.
When, years ago, a teenage Mitch discovered American comic songwriting legend Tom Lehrer, the course of his life was changed forever.
Mitch looks at the legacy of the elusive Lehrer, the…
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