PLAY! Festival 2026

For three decades, our Undergraduate Big Band has been the engine room of jazz on campus. We launch a festival within a festival at PLAY! 2026 as the band reunites with an ever rotating cast of friends and special guests across the programme.

Expect small group detours, large ensemble power, and a wide range of jazz tunes drawn from our best loved hits of the last thirty years. From swinging standards to groove heavy originals, this celebration runs on high energy, deep pocket, and the kind of camaraderie that only three decades of music making can build. Come raise a toast to thirty years and counting.

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk