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by Phil Creighton
February 7, 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. Tribute to Camel. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

BRACKNELL – The Golden Farmer, Reeds Hill RG12 7LS. Karaoke. Details: 01344 302038.

BRACKNELL – Shahi Restaurant and Bar, Wildridings Square RG12 7SJ. Gary Roman as Elvis. Details: 01344 409933

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

READING – Playlist Live, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Thursday Sessions: Chasing Deer. 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 – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. Drunk In Love. 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 – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Black Market indie rock night. Details: 0118 959 7196.

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.

WINKFIELD ROW – The Woodcutters, Forest Park, Bere Road RG12 0XS. Karaoke. Details: 01344 427725.

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.

CAVERSHAM – Caversham Working Men’s Club, Church Street. Soul: Ash Selector and David Bunce. Details: 0118 954 5434.

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

PEPPARD COMMON – Peppard War Memorial Hall, Gallowstree Road RG9 5JA. Peppard Unplugged: Mike Tuffery, Jess Tuthill, Chris Albery-Jones, corde du jour, Dave Norgrove, Ian Freedman. £6. 7.30pm. Details: www.peppardunplugged.co.uk

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.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. FUEL: Limp Bizkit vs Korn Valentine’s special. Details: 0118 959 5395.

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.

WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. The Bootlegs Band. Details: 0118 977 0918.

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 – All Bar One, The Oracle Riverside. Goth Brunch from 11am: Church of Madness.

READING – The Blagrave Arms, Blagrave Street RG1 1PW. Blaraoke with Lee. Details: 0118 958 6775.

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.

Monday, February 12

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

Tuesday, February 13

READING – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. The Clockworks. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Market House, Market Place RG1 2EQ. Open mic night. Details: 0118 216 1750.

READING – Up The Junction, London Road RG1 3NY. Open mic night. Details: 0118 926 0544.

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

Wednesday, February 14

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

READING – Hilton Hotel, Drake Way RG2 0GQ. The Sugars: Live music at OXBO. Details: 0118 916 9000.

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Noah and His Loners. Details: 0118 959 7196.

Thursday, February 15

BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Cruel Folk and support. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

BRACKNELL – The Golden Farmer, Reeds Hill RG12 7LS. Karaoke. Details: 01344 302038.

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

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Limpopo Groove. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Xentrix. Details: 0118 959 5395.

Friday, February 16

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

READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Open mic night. Big Joe Louis and Thomas Heppell. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. Wicked Boy Friday, Crooked Shapes, and support. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Jazz Cafe, Select Car Leasing Stadium RG2 0FL. Valentine’s Weekend: soul night. Details: 0118 968 1442.

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

READING – Rising Sun Arts Centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Scott Clay. Details: risingsunartscentre.org

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Smoove and Turrell. Details: 0118 959 5395.

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

SINDLESHAM – The Walter Arms, Bearwood Road RG41 5BP. Beer O’Clock. Details: 0118 977 4903.

Saturday, February 17

BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. The Power of Three Tour. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk

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

BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. Tequila Chase. Details: 01344 422622.

CHARVIL – The Wee Waif, Old Bath Road RG10 9RJ. Karaoke night. Details: 0118 944 0066.

PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Sing-alonga-a-Nick Valentine’s show. Details: 0118 969 98978.

READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Brazukas presents Carnaval. 7pm. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Face Bar, Chatham Street RG1 7JE. Club Velocity/New Mind Promotions Presents Cultura Tres featuring Paulo Jr From Sepultura. Details: 0118 959 5500.

READING – The Jazz Cafe, Select Car Leasing Stadium RG2 0FL. Valentine’s Weekend: reggae night. Details: 0118 968 1442.

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

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

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Dino’s. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. The Lord John Band. Details: 0118 957 6930

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

READING – Queens Head, Christchurch Road RG2 7AZ. Me and Me B. Details: 0118 931 0232.

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

TILEHURST – Double-Barrelled Brewery, Unit 20 Stadium Way, Tilehurst RG30 6BX. The Small Strings. Details: doublebarrelled.co.uk

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

WOKINGHAM – The White Horse, Easthampstead Road RG40 3AF. BJ Bevy. Details: 0118 979 7402.

WOODLEY – The Alan Cornish Theatre at the Oakwood Centre. Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite. 7.45pm. Details: Search www.ticketsource.co.uk for Stan Tracey

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

Sunday, February 18

READING – The Blagrave Arms, Blagrave Street RG1 1PW. Blaraoke with Lee. Details: 0118 958 6775.

READING – Blue Collar Dining, Hosier Street RG1 7JL. Record fair and social. Details: www.bluecollarstreetfood.co.uk

READING – Community Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Readifolk presents: John and Di Cullen. Details: www.readifolk.org.uk

READING – Rising Sun Arts Centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Open mic night. 7pm. Details: risingsunartscentre.org

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

SONNING – The Mill at Sonning RG4 6TY. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show. Details: 0118 969 8000.

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