Events in Berkshire including the changing of the guard which takes place along Windsor High Street

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Windsor Town Centre, Three times a week

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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.

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  1. Windsor Festival

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    Festival

    Windsor

    Each year the world’s finest musicians, writers, artists, and local performers entertain and delight festival audiences, celebrate Windsor's special place as a Royal town, and to inspire the next generation of artistic talent and creativity.

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    From:
    12 Sept 2026to3 Oct 2026
  2. Ian Stone is Looking for the Wow

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    2 May 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  3. Wihan String Quartet

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    Music

    Maidenhead

    Presented by Maidenhead Music Society.
    Mozart: Quartet in E-flat Major, K428
    Smetana: Quartet no. 2 in D minor
    Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810, 'Death and the Maiden'

    This world-renowned group presents three string quartet masterpieces…

    Dates

    From:
    25 Mar 2026Open 19:40 - 21:40
  4. Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    7 Apr 2026Open 11:30 - 12:30
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    7 Apr 2026Open 15:10 - 16:20
  5. Original Marathon

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    Sporting Event

    Windsor

    Original Marathon is back! Original Marathon is the route of the first EVER 26.2 mile marathon. The event, only the 8th running of an event on this famous course, is Saturday 7 March 2026. This is your opportunity to run in the footsteps of legends…

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    From:
    7 Mar 2026
  6. Fireworks Spectacular Family Raceday at Ascot Racecourse

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    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,…

    Dates

    From:
    31 Oct 2026
  7. The BRICK People present An event Featuring LEGO® Bricks!

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    Childrens Events

    Maidenhead

    The BRICK People present… an event Featuring LEGO® Bricks!
    We're delighted to be welcoming The Brick People to our venue, who'll be offering a wide range of LEGO® brick related free-flow workshop sessions.

    Their family driven LEGO® Brick Events…

    Dates

    From:
    31 Mar 2026Open 10:30 - 18:00
  8. Robin Morgan: Let's Overshare!

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    Comedy

    Maidenhead

    Join Robin for more of his trademark cheeky charm, more quick wit and even more hilarious oversharing, in this brand new stand-up show from the star of Mock The Week and Radio 4's The News Quiz.
    We're all talking to each other in an increasingly…

    Dates

    From:
    17 Apr 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  9. Room - A journey into the creative mind of Virginia Woolf

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    Theatre

    Maidenhead

    Written and performed by Heather Alexander.
    Directed by Dominique Gerrard.

    Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

    A woman must have money and a room of her own.…

    Dates

    From:
    16 Apr 2026Open 20:00 - 21:30
  10. Stage of Stars

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    Music

    Maidenhead

    Join us for our Stage of Stars, hosted by the Thames Valley Adventure Playground, with Alex Horne, their Patron keeping them all in check on the night.

    We are a charity supporting children and adults with special needs and this will be a truly…

    Dates

    From:
    30 Apr 2026Open 19:30 - 21:30
  11. Spring into Spring with Maidenhead Concert Band!

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    Type:

    Music

    Maidenhead

    Presented by Maidenhead Concert Band.

    Spring into Spring with Maidenhead Concert Band!

    Join Maidenhead Concert Band for a joyful evening of uplifting music as we welcome the beginning of Spring and look forward to Easter! Enjoy a vibrant…

    Dates

    From:
    17 Mar 2026Open 19:40 - 21:40
  12. Ray Bradshaw: CODA

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    Comedy

    Maidenhead

    1 in 6 adults in the UK will lose their hearing in their lifetime; two of those are Ray Bradshaw's parents.
    The multi award winning comedian is back on tour with a brand new show all about growing up as a CODA: A Child of Deaf Adults. His upbringing…

    Dates

    From:
    26 Mar 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  13. Sunday Soul Retreat at Wasing Estate

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    Special Events

    Aldermaston

    Join us at Wasing Estate, Berkshire for a restorative day designed to soothe the nervous system and invite deep rest and renewal. The day begins in our yoga studio with heart-opening cacao and a warm welcome circle, followed by a guided forest…

    Dates

    From:
    15 Mar 2026Open 10:00 - 10:00
  14. Voodoo Room: A Night of Hendrix, Clapton and Cream

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    Type:

    Music

    Maidenhead

    Paying tribute to these legends of rock.
    Celebrating the incredible music of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Cream - Voodoo Room are a stunning high energy 'Power Trio' featuring some of the UK's finest musicians whose credits include: Steve Winwood,…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Mar 2026Open 20:00 - 22:30
  15. Royal Windsor Flower Show

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    Type:

    Gardens

    Windsor Great Park, Windsor

    The Royal Windsor Flower Show returns with inspiring showcase gardens, fabulous nurseries, incredible speakers and our Honorary President Alan Titchmarsh. It’s a wonderful day out for all the family, so come along and join in the fun – everyone’s…

    Dates

    From:
    6 June 2026Open 10:00 - 18:00
  16. The Gingerbread Man

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    Type:

    Childrens Events

    Maidenhead

    Presented by Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company.
    Imagine being born in an oven and the first person you meet wants to dunk you in his tea!

    Come and see the adventure of the deliciously smelling Gingerbread Man who finds his feet fast and sets off…

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    7 Apr 2026Open 14:00 - 15:00
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  17. Reading Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Reading

    One of the biggest musical festivals in the world, every year over 90,000 people flock to the Richfield Avenue site to experience the iconic event.

    Dates

    From:
    27 Aug 2026to30 Aug 2026
  18. The Ocelots

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    Type:

    Music

    Maidenhead

    The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford.
    Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo release of their highly anticipated second album, Everything, When Said Slowly, 7th February 2025. This album unveils a…

    Dates

    From:
    14 May 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  19. The Great British Food Festival

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    Type:

    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…

    Dates

    From:
    6 June 2026to7 June 2026Open 10:00 - 18:00
  20. Bryony Dunn & The Forest

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    Type:

    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…

    Dates

    From:
    4 Apr 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00