Reading Cocktail Week 2027

Reading Cocktail Week is back from Friday 2 July to Sunday 11 July, running across various venues in the town centre. It's the town's biggest city-wide cocktail event, put on in partnership with Visit Reading and funded by Reading BID as part of their work supporting and promoting town centre businesses. The organisers frame it as a boost for hospitality, and the line-up reflects that: it brings together old favourites, brand-new openings, and local gems, so you'll find it spread across a good mix of the bars, restaurants, and hotels that make up the town's drinking scene.

The whole thing works around a wristband. Once you've got yours, it unlocks signature cocktails from £6 and unlimited discounts across the week at participating venues. It's a good way to work your way through a few different spots over the ten days rather than sticking to one. The 2027 edition follows a debut summer that brought together 24 bars, restaurants, and hotels, and it's billed as bigger and better this time around.

There are a couple of practical bits to get sorted before you head out. The wristband has to be pre-ordered online and then collected at the venue by showing your ticket barcode, so you can't just turn up and get sorted on the night. Wristbands are priced between £9.90 and £16.90, depending on which one you go for. The event runs from 10:00am on Friday 2 July through to 11:55pm on Sunday 11 July, giving you plenty of room to stretch it across the whole period.