• June 22, 2026

Royal Windsor Racecourse embraces festival-style C&E with new entertainment partnership

Royal Windsor Racecourse embraces festival-style C&E with new entertainment partnership

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Royal Windsor Racecourse is overhauling its hospitality offer in response to a wider shift in corporate event design, with organisers increasingly favouring multi-layered, festival-style formats over fixed agendas.

The venue has entered a new collaboration with UK Entertainment Group to bring a more entertainment-led approach to selected race days and hospitality packages. This partnership will also launch a new open-air event format at the racecourse, blending live music and entertainment into a festival-style setting alongside the existing race day hospitality programme.

According to Arena Racing Company (ARC), which operates 16 racecourses across the UK, the move reflects how corporate event planners are rethinking venue choice, such as prioritising spaces that support fluid movement between hospitality areas, outdoor settings and live entertainment, rather than fixed schedules. The aim is to create more self-directed guest journeys that support networking and wellbeing alongside engagement. Racecourses, ARC suggests, are well suited to this shift, offering the scale, outdoor infrastructure and flexible spaces needed to blend hospitality, sport and live programming into a single experience.

UK Entertainment Group, known for large-scale live events including The Originals, Zim Fest, Dreamland and Gorgeous Getaway, will work with Royal Windsor Racecourse to develop these audience-led concepts. The racecourse’s riverside setting already gives it an edge for corporate events, with outdoor hospitality areas and even boat arrival options for delegates. The new programming builds on this, reflecting a broader push to make the venue more immersive for guests.

For ARC, the partnership marks a step in a wider strategy to evolve the racecourse experience for existing and new audiences alike, while keeping its hospitality roots intact.

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