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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Tour
Marlow on Thames
Enjoy an informative tour of Danesfield House Hotel magnificent 65 acres, see the numerous unique plantings, the Italian garden, rare c1900 Pulham Stone monuments and the Danesfield Iron Age Hillfort – ending with a talk about the hotel's history as…
Comedy
Maidenhead
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby… Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and The News Quiz tells the amazing true story of how his daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition, congenital…
Festival
Newbury
The Newbury Spring Festival is a long‑running annual arts festival in Newbury, England, known for bringing world‑class music, performance, and cultural events to the region each spring. We host up to 45 events at 18 different venues.
Outdoor Event / Activities
Blake's Lock, Reading
Have fun (re-)discovering Reading, spotting things you've never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks - a fun and affordable way to get some fresh air, whilst finding out more about Reading. Curious About Reading visits…
Childrens Events
Maidenhead
Presented by The Great Baldini and Peter Clifford.
'Tell me everything Holmes'
1t's 1906 - the Golden Age of Magic. The Masked Magician bestrides London's world of Magic like a colossus, Until… one night, in mid-performance, the Magician vanishes.…
Talks
Maidenhead
This is the story of Homo sapiens… us
Host of BBC landmark show Human, Ella Al-Shamahi, palaeoanthropologist, TV presenter, explorer and stand-up presents a talk on our remarkable origin story.
Once upon a time we shared this planet with many…
Music
Maidenhead
A concert by Charvil based choir The Project Singers.
The choir has two sections – one for girls under 18 who will be singing songs from shows and films. The other section is for ladies who will be performing songs with an English connection…
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…
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.…
Music
Maidenhead
The World's Biggest Disco hits!
Step into the glittering time machine and journey back to the dazzling 1970s, as we turn back the clock and bring the disco inferno back to life, LIVE on stage!
Get ready to boogie the night away as we take you on…
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…
Comedy
Maidenhead
Olga Koch has one good story. Only it's not really her story. Do you wanna hear it?
In Fat Tom Cruise, see the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated star comb through recent history in an immersive and genre-defying new show.
Directed by…
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.