Toploader headline Friday 25 June and Nik Kershaw Saturday 26 June on Windsor's Long Walk, with early bird adult tickets from £23.50. Updated November 2026.
Long Walk Live 2027 runs on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June on Windsor’s Long Walk, with Toploader headlining the Friday and Nik Kershaw the Saturday, and tickets have been on sale since Saturday 7 November.
It is the second year for the community music festival, which held its first weekend on the Long Walk in June 2026. The organisers say His Majesty The King has again given permission for it to take place there, and that all the proceeds go to two local charities: Windsor Festival and The Prince Philip Trust Fund.
The headliners
Toploader, the band behind Dancing in the Moonlight, play the Friday night. Nik Kershaw closes the weekend on the Saturday, and the festival says he will play hits including Wouldn’t It Be Good and The Riddle.
There is a neat link to last year. Chesney Hawkes, pictured above, headlined the Friday night of the first festival, and the Long Walk Live press release notes that Kershaw wrote and co-produced Hawkes’s hit The One and Only.
The rest of the 2027 line-up will be announced “in the coming days and weeks”, the organisers say, with tribute acts, local bands and performers from across the Royal Borough on the bill alongside the headliners.
Vicky Wilson, one of the event organisers, told Windsor Today: “You’ll see that Toploader and Nik Kershaw have been announced for our headline acts on the Friday 25th and Saturday 26th June respectively.”
Times and gates
| Day | Headliner | Gates open | Music | Finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25 June | Toploader | 4.30pm | from about 5.20pm | 10.35pm |
| Saturday 26 June | Nik Kershaw | 1pm | from 2pm | 10.30pm |
We had seen two different Saturday gate times quoted. Vicky Wilson confirmed it: “The Saturday gate time should read 1pm.”
Tickets and early birds
Tickets are sold through Visit Windsor, linked from the Long Walk Live tickets page. There are adult, child (5 to 15) and family tickets for each day and, new for 2027, whole-weekend tickets. Prices rise in steps as each allocation sells out, from Early Bird to First Release to Advance, with a higher price on the gate. A booking fee of £1.60 per ticket applies to every order.
Early Bird prices, as listed on the festival’s site when we checked on 11 November 2026:
| Ticket | Adult | Child (5 to 15) | Family of four |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25 June | £23.50 | £8.50 | £54 |
| Saturday 26 June | £28.50 | £13 | £66 |
| Whole weekend | £45 | £18.50 | £106 |
On the gate the same tickets cost £36, £41 and £66 for an adult. A family ticket covers four people and must include at least one adult aged 21 or over and at least two children under 18. Under-5s go free with a paying adult but still need their own ticket, booked in advance, and carers of disabled visitors go free.
On how many early birds there are, Vicky Wilson said: “We have 500 early bird tickets available for both Friday and Saturday which are selling really well! We’ve had a great response from the community so far. We introduced the Whole Weekend ticket for this year which is proving to be a really popular choice for tickets so far.”
What the first festival brought
The organisers say the 2026 festival brought together local charities, community groups, sponsors and businesses, and gave local performers a bigger stage than usual. Their release lists Maidenhead singer-songwriter Noa Bethan, who played an acoustic set; 230 children from schools across Windsor singing together as one choir; Glee and Rock choirs; and the local rock bands Euphoria and Ford House.
The festival is produced by Windsor Festival and supported by The Prince Philip Trust Fund, which gives grants to non-profit groups and projects that help residents of Windsor and Maidenhead. The team behind it also ran the borough’s local celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee and the Coronation. Its website says it expects 5,000 people a day.
Chris Aitken, chair of the Long Walk Live organising committee, said: “We were absolutely delighted by the response to our first Long Walk Live and the fantastic support we received from across Windsor and beyond. It showed just how much people value coming together to enjoy great live music in such a special setting, while supporting causes that make a real difference to our local community.”
He added: “We remain incredibly grateful to His Majesty The King for allowing us to hold the event once again, the Crown Estate for all their support, and the local business, volunteers and organisations that help us bring this event to life. But we are especially thankful for the people of Windsor and Maidenhead who came out to support us. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for another brilliant summer celebration in 2027.”
What it means for you
- Where: School Field on the Long Walk. The site is inside Windsor Great Park and has no postcode; the festival gives the what3words address ///prep.images.shack, and the main entrance is off Kings Road, near the Windsor Castle pub and the Royal Adelaide Hotel.
- Parking: the Friends of Windsor Music runs pre-booked parking at The Windsor Boys’ School, 1 Maidenhead Road, SL4 5EH: £15 a day or £20 for the weekend, with the money going to the charity. The festival encourages public transport; last train times for June 2027 have not been published yet.
- What to bring: picnics, blankets, low chairs and soft drinks in plastic containers of up to 500ml are allowed. Glass, alcohol, gazebos, tents, barbecues and dogs (other than assistance dogs) are not. Bars on site sell drinks, and the festival runs Challenge 25.
- Rain or shine: the event goes ahead in any weather, with updates on its website and social media.
- Get involved: the festival is looking for volunteers and sponsors through longwalklive.co.uk.
Full details, including the terms and the FAQs, are on the Long Walk Live website. Thank you to Long Walk Live for answering our questions and for the photograph.
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