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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 Royal Windsor Horse ShowWindsor 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.

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  1. Ella Al-Shamahi: Becoming Human

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    6 June 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  2. The Wedding Singer

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    28 Apr 2026Open 19:00 - 21:30
  3. Jessie Reid

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    Music

    Maidenhead

    UK-based Jessie Reid's hushed, confessional vocals and innovative, folk-influenced, percussive guitar style have drawn comparisons with the likes of Lucy Rose, Nick Mulvey, Iron & Wine, Memorial & Ben Howard.
    Jessie's raw and intimate indie-folk…

    Dates

    From:
    4 June 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  4. Simon Evans is Staring at the Sun

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    2 July 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  5. Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    13 June 2026Open 20:00 - 23:50
  6. 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
  7. Parallel Windsor 2026

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2026Open 11:00 - 17:00
  8. Anyone For Tennis?

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    Comedy

    Maidenhead

    A Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the fragrant royal box to the musty locker room, and why line judges are OUT!
    Expect smashing stories, ace anecdotes and a 40-love letter to…

    Dates

    From:
    20 June 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  9. Omakase Dining Experience

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    Food

    Hurley, Maidenhead

    The beautiful Hurley House Hotel located in the village of Hurley, Berkshire offers the ultimate sushi dining experience in its Omakase Sushi Bar.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Apr 2026to1 July 2026Various Opening Times
  10. The Upbeat Beatles

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    Music

    Maidenhead

    With sheer joy and energy Upbeat Beatles will take you on a journey through the earth-shattering sounds of the FAB 4!
    This is a quote from the back of the Beatles 4th album 'When, in a generation or so, a radio-active, cigar-smoking child,…

    Dates

    From:
    1 May 2026Open 20:00 - 22:30
  11. Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby

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    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…

    Dates

    From:
    26 Nov 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
  12. Newbury Spring Festival

    Newbury Spring Festival

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    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.

    Dates

    From:
    9 May 2026to23 May 2026Open 16:30 - 21:30
  13. 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