Reading Cocktail Week Arrives This July – Early Tickets Now Available

12th March 2026

Get ready to shake, stir and sip your way through Reading’s first Cocktail Week, bringing fantastic drinks from £5 at many of the town’s favourite venues. 

From 3 - 12 July 2026, Reading’s 10-day celebration event will bring together a curated collection of local restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs, each offering hand-crafted cocktails priced between £5 and £7 exclusively for wristband holders. 

Designed as an opportunity to explore and reconnect with the town’s vibrant hospitality scene, Reading Cocktail Week is a chance to enjoy favourite venues — and perhaps uncover a few new ones — through the drinks they’re most proud to serve. 

Participating venues will include well-known names such as Milk Bar, Boom Battle Bar, Spill Bar, Cosy Club, The Cocktail Club and The Rising Sun, with plenty more names to be revealed as the countdown to July begins. Each venue will be shaking up its own signature cocktail, giving you the perfect excuse to pop in and see what they’re all about. A signature mocktail option will also be available at every participating location. 

Alexa Volker, Manager of Reading BID (Business Improvement District), part of REDA, said: "Reading's vibrant nighttime economy has so much to offer and we’re pleased to be working with M-ad to shine a light on our fantastic cocktail scene. We look forward to welcoming you to our venues!" 

The event is delivered in partnership with M.ad Agency, organisers of Cocktail Week events across the UK. Director Alice Christison added: “We’re thrilled to bring Cocktail Week to Reading for the first time ever. Reading’s hospitality scene is something special and we’re looking forward to working closely with local venues to create something that feels welcoming, sociable and distinctly ‘Reading’. It’s a wonderful opportunity for people to explore the town in a different way — I’d encourage everyone to grab those early bird tickets while they last.” 

Wristbands grant access to all £5–£7 cocktails during the event, along with additional offers at selected venues. 

For more information on Reading Cocktail Week and to purchase tickets visit readingcocktailweek.co.uk