Festivals

Here in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead we are lucky to have very different types of events that fit under the 'festival' heading.

Maidenhead Festival

For two days in July Maidenhead Festival comes to Kidwells Park.  It's a free, family-focussed event featuring music, a beach, fairground, stalls and side shows and if you're lucky you might spot a friendly clown or acrobat!

Maidenhead Festival is the biggest, regularly organised, free, public event in Maidenhead and has many benefits for the community, including building spirit and goodwill and publicising local charities and other organisations that take part.  

Festival of Food and Wine Racing Weekend

In September Ascot Racecourse hosts a Festival of Food and Drink racing weekend.

Enjoy mouth-watering action, on and off the track, at one of the summer’s most popular racing weekends combined with a fabulous food and wine festival to make it a four-day feasting extravaganza.

As well as the races, you can also savour and sip top-quality food and drink from more than 100 stalls along the Food Avenue.

Windsor Autumn Festival

The annual Windsor Autumn Festival takes place over a fortnight in September and October. 

The festival’s ‘what's on in Windsor’ programme features literary events, concerts, talks, guided walks and much, much more.  Some events take place in historic venues like Windsor Castle and Windsor Guildhall.

The Spring Leap

The Spring Leap, a biennial youth and community festival, is designed to involve and engage as many local participants as possible, while also delivering quality entertainment for audiences. 

Windsor Fringe Festival

Windsor Fringe is the second oldest Fringe in the country and runs September/October time too.

It's an eclectic Fringe of dance, music, theatre, walks and Artists at Home as well as the Kenneth Branagh New Drama Writing Award.

Cliveden Literary Festival

2017 saw the inaugural Cliveden Literary Festival take place and after a brilliant first year, the Cliveden Literary Festival will return 29-30 September 2018.

"In its very first year Cliveden has moved into my top bracket of Literary Festivals: intelligent but also fun." Lady Antonia Fraser

Let's Rock the Moor, 18 May 2019

Let's Rock the Moor is a family-friendly 80s music festival that takes place every year in Cookham, near Maidenhead.

2019 will be the festival's 11th birthday - a great reason to get tickets!

Visit Let's Rock the Moor for more on the 2019 line up and event features.