What’s on in the Windsor area

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead offers one-off events as well as major, world class events, providing fabulous and memorable experiences with family and friends.

Royal Connections

Family Friendly events and activities in the Windsor Area

There’s plenty to keep the family occupied throughout the different seasons and especially in the school holidays, half term breaks and over the bank holiday weekends!

Windsor Castle, Legoland, Eton Natural History Museum, Theatre Royal Windsor, Royal Windsor Racecourse, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts.

Check out Windsor and the Royal Borough’s  family-friendly events for inspirational family fun, whatever the weather.

Theatre, Music, Arts & Culture

Windsor has a great arts offer, including it’s historic Theatre Royal nestles at the foot of Windsor Castle offering new productions,  comedy nights, dance, tribute bands and pantomimes. There are two dynamic arts centres: Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead and the Old Court in Windsor. Read more about live entertainment and film in the Royal Borough.

Equestrian Events

If you love horses, Windsor offers some of the best equestrian events

The Royal Borough has two racecourses: Ascot (famous for Royal Ascot) and Royal Windsor.  The Royal Windsor Horse Show, in the grounds of Windsor Castle has experience thrilling show jumping, top showing classes and thrilling displays, or watch a polo match between April and September thrilling polo matches at Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.

There’s also Top Sporting Events, great festivals, outdoor events and events on the River Thames.

The Royal Borough’s  ‘What’s On’ calendar provides information on what’s happening in Windsor, Eton, Maidenhead, Ascot or one of our local villages such as Cookham or Bray.

Visit the Windsor Online Shop where you can book tickets in advance for many events and attractions, including all horse racing meetings.

 

Top 10 Events in and around Windsor

  • The Guard March and Changing the Guard ceremony, one of Windsor’s most unique and best loved events that takes place through the year.
  • 13-17 May 2026 Royal Windsor Horse Show is a top-class equestrian competition that takes place in the private grounds of Windsor Castle each May. 
  • 16-20 June 2026 Royal Ascot. For almost 250 years, Royal Ascot has established itself as a national institution and the centrepiece of the British social calendar as well as being the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world.
  • 5 July 2026 Parallel Windsor is the UK's national celebration of disability inclusion and wellbeing held in the grounds of the majestic Windsor Great Park and staged on the iconic Long Walk.
  • 15 August Summertime Live at Windsor Racecourse.
  • September Windsor Autumn Festival. Celebrating music, literature and the arts across two weeks at the end of September, the Autumn Festival is dedicated to delivering high-calibre performances in magnificent venues.
  • September Windsor Fringe - offers a mixed programme of the arts and entertainment: music of all kinds, drama, visual arts (including photography and sculpture), film, poetry, informative walks in Windsor and gastronomy.
  • October Cliveden Literary Festival - Renowned as a forum for lively discussion, innovative ideas, and political debate, Cliveden Literary Festival has been described by Ian McEwan as ‘probably the world’s best small literary festival,’ and by Alain de Botton as ‘the most dignified and beautiful literary festival on the planet’.
  • 14 November 2025 - 3 January 2026 Windsor Great Park Illuminated -  a spectacular new trail through the enchanting woodland. Experience dazzling lights, breathtaking projections, and magical fountain displays that bring the forest to life.
  • 12 December 2025 Carols On The Hill - A beloved Windsor tradition, dating back 76 years. Enjoy carol singing by a lighted Christmas tree near the statue of Queen Victoria, against the iconic backdrop of Windsor Castle.

For full list of events take a look at VisitWindsor What's On.