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Thursday, October 13
BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Call of Sirens, Alpha Line. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk
READING – The Botanist, Kings Road RG1 2HB. Request night. Details: 0118 959 5746.
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. HeavyPop presents Courting and Deep Tan. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Botanist, Kings Road RG1 2HB. Friday Night live. Details: 0118 959 5746.
READING – The Face Bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Sham 69.
READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Found Native. Details: 0118 959 7196
READING – Wild Lime, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Open mic: spoken word, music and vibes. From 6.30pm.
Friday, October 14
BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. The Fleetwood Mac Songbook. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk
BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. All About You. Details: 01344 303333.
GORING – Goring Community Centre, The Old School, Station Road RG8 9HB. Goring Community Jazz Club presents Sarah Jane Eveleigh with Nick Hill, Howard King, Mike Goff. Details www.ticketsource.co.uk/goring-community-jazz-club
READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Open mic night. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Botanist, Kings Road RG1 2HB. Friday Night live. Details: 0118 959 5746.
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Away With The Seas. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Wicked Boy Friday: Crooked Shapes, Twenty 06, Atlas Rise, Bacc Hanal. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennetside RG1 3DW. BOHO Showcase: The Live Looper, Hattie Taylor and more.
READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk. The Puppini Sisters. Details: 0118 960 6060.
READING – Lola Lo, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Waiola Fridays.
READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. The Strats. Details: 0118 960 6580.
READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Bruce Juice. Details: 0118 959 5395.
WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad Street RG40 1AU. Chestnuts. Details: 0118 977 3706.
YATELEY – White Lion, Reading Road GU46 7RX. Je’Zell. Details: 01252 890840.
Saturday, October 15
BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Foxpalmer and Majanin. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk
BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. The Double Shots. Details: 01344 303333.
BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. Solace. Details: 01344 422622.
READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Swallow. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Castle Tap, Castle Street RG1 7RJ. Davey Dodds. Details: 0118 958 0473.
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Fools Gold and Success. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – Grosvenor Casino Reading, Rose Kiln Lane RG2 0SN. Johny 2 Bad. Details: 0118 402 7800.
READING – The Lyndhurst, Queen’s Road RG1 4DG. Live at the Lyndhurst. Details: 0118 950 3888
READING – The Palmer Tavern, Wokingham Road RG6 1JL. The Skavengers. Details: 0118 935 1009.
READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. The Scarlet Vixens: The Pinktober Cabaret. Details: 0118 959 7196.
READING – Q Club, Friar StreetRG1 1DB. Social Saturdays with meet and greet Love Island’s Adam Collard. Details: 0118 957 4705.
READING – The Retreat, St John’s Street RG1 4EH. Hugh Turner Trio. Details: 0118 376 9159.
READING – South Street Arts Centre. Readiophonics. Details: 0118 960 6060.
READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club. Details: 0118 959 5395.
READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. The Lord John Band. Details: 0118 957 6930.
WOKINGHAM – Bond Brews, South Barns, Gardeners Green Farm, Heathlands Road. Bon Brew Tap Yard party. Noon-6pm. Details: bondbrews.co.uk
WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG6 4JZ. Woodley Theatre presents100 Years of Jazz from Buddyt Bolden to Miles Davies and beyond with the Martin Hart Trio. Details: 0748 833 7838.
Sunday, October 16
READING – Community Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Readifolk presents: Tom McConville. Details: www.readifolk.org.uk
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Club Velocity and New Minds present The Virginmarys and The Pink Diamond Review. Details: www.wegottickets.com/event/545865
READING – Lola Lo, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Loop Presents Volume 1.
READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Reggae Sundays. Details: 0118 959 7196.
READING – Queens Head, Christchurch Road RG2 7AZ. Northern Soul Social Sunday. 2pm-5pm. Details: 0118 931 0232.
SONNING – The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye RG4 6TY. The Swinging Big Band. Details: 0118 969 8000.
Monday, October 17
NETTLEBED – Village Club, High Street RG9 5DD. Nettlebed Folk Club presents: Faustus. Details: www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. Acoustic Cafe. Details: 0118 977 0918.
Tuesday, October 18
BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. New Music Tuesday. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk
Wednesday, October 19
BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead RG12 7PA. Simon Goodall and the Bourne Again Shadows. Details: 01344 484123.
READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk. The ELO Experience. Details: 0118 960 6060.
READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Found Native. Details: 0118 959 7196
Thursday, October 20
READING – The Botanist, Kings Road RG1 2HB. Request night. Details: 0118 959 5746.
READING – Concert Hall, Blagrave Street. Grace Petrie. Details: 0118 960 6060.
READING – The Outlook, Kings Road. Jam Night.
READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Blancmange. Details: 0118 959 5395.
Friday, October 21
BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Whitney Houston Tribute. Details: 01344 303333.
BRACKNELL – South Hill Park, Ringmead RG12 7PA. China Crisis. Details: 01344 484123.
BRACKNELL – The Royal Oak, London Road RG12 2NN. Solace. Details: 01344 422622.
BRACKNELL – The Silver Birch, Liscombe RG12 7DE. Soultrax Live with Anna Nightingale. Details: 01344 457318.
EMMBROOK – Emmbrook Sports & Social, Lowther Road RG41 1JB. Wokingham Music Club presents Never 42. Details: www.wokinghammusicclub.co.uk
PLAYHATCH – The Flowing Spring, Henley Road RG4 9RB. Wild Willy Barrett’s Roaring Touring. Details: 0118 969 98978.
READING – The Butler, Chatham Street RG1 7DS. Wardour Street. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Botanist, Kings Road RG1 2HB. Friday Night live. Details: 0118 959 5746.
READING – Lola Lo, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Waiola Fridays.
READING – O’Neill’s, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Live music. Details: 0118 960 6580.
READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Jazz at Progress presents The Power of Three. Details: www.jazzinreading.com
READING – The Rising Sun, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Nothing Will Change IV – Masquerader, S0DDS, The Bourbon Massive. Details: 0118 986 6788.
READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. The James Taylor Quartet. Details: 0118 959 5395.
READING – Wild Lime, Friar Street RG1 1DB. Ripple Effect. Details: 0118 959 8950.
SHURLOCK ROW – The Shurlock Inn, The Street RG10 0PS. Steve Murano. Details: 0118 230 8315.
WINNERSH – The Pheasant, Reading Road RG41 4LR. The Grafters. Details: 0118 978 4529
WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad Street RG40 1AU. Live music. Details: 0118 977 3706.
Saturday, October 22
BINFIELD – The Binfield Club, Terrace Road RG42 4HP. The Silver Searchers. Details: 01344 420690.
BRACKNELL – The Acoustic Couch, The Ring RG12 1JG. Spriggan Mist Ghostly Tales. Details: www.theacousticcouch.co.uk
BRACKNELL – The Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way RG12 8TF. Hustler. Details: 01344 303333.
READING – The Face bar, Ambrose Place RG1 7JE. Crazy Cowboy Festival 8 from noon. Details: 0118 959 5500.
READING – The Retreat, St John’s Street RG1 4EH. PIG. Details: 0118 376 9159.
READING – The Turks, London Road RG1 5BJ. The Echo. Details: 0118 957 6930.
READING – Salisbury Conservative Club, Kings Road RG1 4HX. The Skavengers. Details: 0118 926 5804.
TILEHURST – The Royal British Legion Club, Downing Road RG31 5BB. Straight Eight. Details: 0118 942 9606.
WOKINGHAM – Hope and Anchor, Station Road RG40 2AD. Indie City. Details: 0118 977 0918.
WOODLEY – The Good Companions, Loddon Bridge Road RG5 4AG. Arachna. Details: 0118 969 3325.
YATELEY – The Dog and Partridge, Reading Road GU46 7LR. Sound Interiors. Details: 01252 870648.
YATELEY – The Royal Oak, Reading Road, GU46 7UG. Soul’d Out. Details: 01252 872459.
Sunday, October 23
READING – Community Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Readifolk presents: Singers night. Details: www.readifolk.org.uk
READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Reggae Sundays. Details: 0118 959 7196.
READING – Queens Head, Christchurch Road RG2 7AZ. Northern Soul Social Sunday. 2pm-5pm. Details: 0118 931 0232.
SONNING – The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye RG4 6TY. Motown’s Greatest Hits: How Sweet It Is. Details: 0118 969 8000.
