14th - 17th May 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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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
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…
Music
Maidenhead
The guitarist/composer plays and introduces his compositions within the forms of the great tradition of flamenco.
His unique sound has been honed through a lifetime of concerts and recordings and performing with legends of the song and dance like…
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…
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…
Theatre
Maidenhead
Musical Director James Church hosts a sparkling evening of musical theatre featuring West End star and four-time Olivier Award nominee Summer Strallen.
Summer is best known for her acclaimed performance in Top Hat, where she originated the Ginger…
Music
Maidenhead
Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow create a fiery, fearless sound of Americana, folk and country blues. Their musical chemistry is a spark that sets the stage ablaze with a spontaneous high-energy. There literally is no one performing today creating…
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
With special guest Alex Hutton.
Tara Minton is an Australian-born harpist, vocalist and composer.
Endorsed Les Harpes Camac, she holds a Master's degree in Jazz Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and is recognised for her…
Comedy
Maidenhead
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show.
Packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we're witnessing…
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…
Theatre
Maidenhead
Krapp's Last Tape is a journey through an old man's life, filled with hilarious memories and hopes for the future, coupled with the mourning of lost love and unfulfilled ambition.
Bringing her unique directorial vision to this production, Academy…
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,…
Music
Maidenhead
This summer The Brass Funkeys are back at Norden Farm with their infectious, high-energy brass show – a live music experience designed for music lovers aged 4-104.
Expect everything from soulful jazz funeral marches, reggae, gypsy and swing to…
Show / Display
Windsor
Nearly 10,000 dogs from all over the UK and from overseas will arrive in Windsor for the very popular Windsor Championship Dog Show – the largest event of its kind in the South of England and amongst the biggest in the UK.
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…
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…
Sporting Events
Shiplake, Henley On Thames
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…
Childrens Events
Maidenhead
Like the name says it's a Comedy Club 4 Kids!
Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude…
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