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by Phil Creighton
January 31, 2024
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Each week, we print the biggest local gig guide you’ll find anywhere.

And now we’re bringing it in pixels to your computer. The reason? There’s too many gigs to fit into our print edition, so we’ve had to be selective.

The following gigs are all taking place within 10 miles of Wokingham’s town centre, including other towns and villages in the borough

Are your gigs not listed here? Drop us an email at events@wokingham.today and we’ll add them here.

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BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Live music showcase . Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Chasing Deer. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Cryptic DJ.Mr Sango presents Found Native. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – Reading Biscuit Factory, Broad Street Mall RG1 7QE. RSVP: Open Mic: poetry, music and vibes.

READING – Rising Sun Arts Centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Daughter of the Water – Imbolc Fireside Concert. Details: risingsunartscentre.org

WOKINGHAM – The Rose Inn, Market Place RG40 1AP. Abi Powell. Details: 0118 214 6000.

WOKINGHAM – The Victoria Arms, Easthampstead Road RG40 2EH. Open mic night. Details: 0118 979 9437.

Friday, February 2

BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Comedy night. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. I Got Soul: Aretha and Gladys Knight tribute. Details: 01344 303333.

BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead RG12 7PA. Bracknell Jazz: Steve Waterman. Details: 01344 484123.

EMMBROOK – The Dog and Duck, Matthewsgreen Road RG41 1JT. Karaoke. Details: 0118 978 0544.

READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Open mic. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – Milk, Merchants Place RG1 1DT. Soul Time with Jim B Donovan. Details: milkreading.com

READING – Pentahotel, Oxford Road RG1 7HR. Tom. Details: 0118 958 6222.

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Bottoms Up Friday. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – South Street arts centre RG1 4QU. Limehouse Lizzy 2024. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Zerodegrees, Bridge Street RG1 2LR. Live music. Details: 0118 959 7959

SINDLESHAM – The Walter Arms, Bearwood Road RG41 5BP. Pip In Boots. Details: 0118 977 4903.

Saturday, February 3

BINFIELD – The Binfield Club, Terrace Road RG42 4HP. Leech. Details: 01344 420690.

BRACKNELL – Crown Wood Community Centre, Opladen Way RG12 0PE. Bracknell Record Fair. 10am-3pm.

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Luther Vandross solo and Motown tribute. Details: 01344 303333.

BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. The Lord John Band. Details: 01344 422622

EMMBROOK – Emmbrook Sports & Social, Lowther Road RG41 1JB. Pink Fish. Details: www.wokinghammusicclub.co.uk

PURLEY – St Mary’s Church, Purley RG8 8BJ. Hannah Scott in concert. £15, youth ticket £10. Details: villageconcerts.co.uk

READING – The Biscuit Tin, Reading Biscuit Factory, Broad St Mall, Queens Walk RG1 7QE. XOX Project Presents: SP-12 The Masterclass. 2pm-4pm. Free, booking essential. Details: Search eventbrite.co.uk for xox project

READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. The Latchkey Kids. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Castle Tap, Castle Street RG1 7RJ. The Bourbon Massive and Friends. Details: 0118 958 0473.

READING – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. Club Velocity & New Mind Promotions present Screaming Dead, Freudian Session, DxSxA. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – High Spirits Cocktail Company, The Village, Kings Road RG1 2HG. Live and Local. Details: 0118 359 3398.

READING – The Jazz Cafe, Select Car leasing Stadium RG2 0FL. Madison Heights soul and Motown band. Details: 0118 968 1442.

READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Esther Turner. Details: 0118 960 6580.

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Saturday Sessions. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – Rising Sun Arts Centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Club Velocity & New Mind Promotions present Tom Webber. Details: risingsunartscentre.org

READING – Oakford Social Club, Blagrave Street RG1 1PZ. Sum Ting Wong. Details: 0118 959 4267.

READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Esther Turner. Details: 0118 960 6580.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Invicta Audio Tour 2024: Turnq and Dreps, Latte, Taxman B2B Ego Trippin, Sublow HZ B2B Sidewinder, Psyclone. Details: 0118 959 5395

READING – Salisbury Conservative Club, Kings Road RG1 4HX. The Skangsters. Details: 0118 926 5804.

SONNING – The Mill at Sonning RG4 6TY. Re Take That. Details: 0118 969 8000.

TILEHURST – The Royal British Legion Club, Downing Road RG31 5BB. The Cherries. Details: 0118 942 9606.

WOKINGHAM – The Victoria Arms, Easthampstead Road RG40 2EH. Code Red. Details: 0118 979 9437.

YATTENDON – Village Hall RG18 0UE. Chris Garrick music. Details: www.chrisgarrick.com

YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, Reading Road GU46 7LR. The Turn. Details: 01252 870648.

Sunday, February 4

PANGBOURNE – Working Men’s Club, Whitchurch Road RG8 7BS. Denny Ilett, guitar and vocals with Terry Hutchins Quartet. 7.30pm. Details: www.pangbournejazzclub.com

READING – Community Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Readifolk presents: Doves Vagaries. Details: www.readifolk.org.uk

READING – Pitcher & Piano, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Back Home Brunch day party: Afrobeats, Dancehall, Amapiano, Soca and more. Details: fatso.ma/Zagl

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Heavy Pop presents Pip Blom and special guests Details: 0118 959 5395

SONNING – Coppa Club, Thames Street RG4 6UT. Sunday Sounds. Mark Crofts. 3.30pm. Details: 0118 207 8971.

Monday, February 5

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Turtle Underground: Elucidate, Lake Acacia, Mark Woosnam Band. Details: 0118 959 7196.

WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. Acoustic cafe. Details: 0118 977 0918.

Tuesday, February 6

PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Ten years of Quirky Corner Unplugged. Details: 0118 969 98978.

READING – Pentahotel, Oxford Road RG1 7HR. Emma. Details: 0118 958 6222.

STOKE ROW – The Crooked Billet, Newlands Lane RG9 5PU. Moscow Drug Club. Details: 01491 681048.

Wednesday, February 7

BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead RG12 7PA. Prog Night: Cafe Chaos and Alpha Line. Details: 01344 484123.

Thursday, February 8

BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Tribute to Camel. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

READING – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. Courting and Flat Party. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Thursday Sessions. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – South Street arts centre RG1 4QU. Belinda O’Hooley. Details: 0118 960 6060.

Friday, February 9

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. I Got Soul presents Carl Buckley. Details: 01344 303333.

BURGHFIELD – The Cunning Man, Burghfield Road RG30 3RB. Live music. Details: 0118 959 8067.

EMMBROOK – The Emmbrook Inn, Emmbrook Road RG41 1HG. LKMule. Details: 0118 978 2552.

READING – Blue Collar Dining, Hosier Street RG1 7JL. Justin Robertson. Details: www.bluecollarstreetfood.co.uk

READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Rocket Kings / Damien A. Passmore and the Loveable Fraudsters / Lee Switzer-Woolf. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – Pentahotel, Oxford Road RG1 7HR. JW. Details: 0118 958 6222.

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Bottoms Up. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Jazz at Progress presents Jean Toussaint Quartet. SOLD OUT. Details: www.jazzinreading.com

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. AC/DC UK. Details: 0118 959 5395.

READING – Zerodegrees, Bridge Street RG1 2LR. Live music. Details: 0118 959 7959.

SINDLESHAM – The Walter Arms, Bearwood Road RG41 5BP. Nevermind. Details: 0118 977 4903.

WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad Street RG40 1AU. DisCover. Details: 0118 977 3706.

Saturday, February 10

BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Special Kinda Madness. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

BRACKNELL – Cannie Man, Bywood, RG12 7RF. The Soultones. Details: 01344 307620

BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Pulse Power. Details: 01344 303333.

CROWTHORNE – The Crowthorne Inn, High Street RG45 7AD. NRG. Details: 01344 530615.

READING – The Castle Tap, Castle Street RG1 7RJ. Corvid. Details: 0118 958 0473.

READING – Oakford Social Club, Blagrave Street RG1 1PZ. Puma Theory. Details: 0118 959 4267.

READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Alex Monk. Details: 0118 960 6580.

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Saturday Sessions. Details: 0118 227 2736.

READING – Queens Head, Christchurch Road RG2 7AZ. Faze 3. Details: 0118 931 0232.

SINDLESHAM – The Walter Arms, Bearwood Road RG41 5BP. KD Band. Details: 0118 977 4903.

TILEHURST – The Royal British Legion Club, Downing Road RG31 5BB. Solace. Details: 0118 942 9606.

WOODLEY – The Good Companions, Loddon Bridge Road RG5 4AG. Wardour Street. Details: 0118 969 3325.

YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, Reading Road GU46 7LR. Men Behaving Sadly. Details: 01252 870648.

Sunday, February 11

BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead RG12 7PA. Wilde Sundays: The Gillies, Phil Cooper and Marc Woosnam. Details: 01344 484123.

READING – Community Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Readifolk presents: Singers night. Details: www.readifolk.org.uk

SONNING – Coppa Club, Thames Street RG4 6UT. Sunday Sounds. Laura Williams. 3.30pm. Details: 0118 207 8971.

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