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What’s on across Reading and Wokingham boroughs – March 14-24, 2024

by Phil Creighton
March 13, 2024
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A round-up of events taking place across Reading and Wokingham boroughs over the next 10 days.

Holding a community event? Email events@wokingham.today for inclusion in our guide.

Thursday, March 14

CROWTHORNE – Hatfields, High Street RG45 7AD. Warm Up Crowthorne Vintage Rides x Hatfields. From 7pm. Details: 01344 772674.

CROWTHORNE – Baptist Church, High Street RG45 7AT. Coffee morning. 10.30am. Details: 01344 761725.

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EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Re:Fresh with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

KNOWL HILL – The Royal Oak, Knowl Hill Common RG10 9YE. Thames Valley Mini Club meet-up. 8pm-10pm. Details: 01628 822010.

READING – Reading Biscuit Factory, Queens Walk RG1 7QE. Creative Connection End of Year Celebration. A networking event for filmmakers and creatives to watch films & to develop connections. From 6.15pm. £5, £3.50 students and unwaged. Details: Search Eventbrite for Creative Connection.

READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents The Last Quiz Night on Earth by Alison Carr. 7.45pm. £15, concessions £12. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk

READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road RG30 1EE. Coffee morning. 10am-noon. Details: 0118 937 5100.

READING – Palmer Park Library, St Bartholomew’s Road RG1 3QB. Rhymetime. Booking essential. 10.30am. Details: 0118 937 5106.

READING – Reading Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Rhymetime. Booking essential. 10.15am and 11.15. Details: 0118 937 5950.

SPENCERS WOOD – Spencers Wood Pavilion, Clares Green Road RG7 1DY. Social Seniors Tea and Coffee with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

SOUTHCOTE – Library, Southcote Community Hub, Coronation Square RG30 3QP. Rhymetime. 9.45am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5109.

TILEHURST – Library, School Road RG31 5AS. Rhymetime. 2.15pm Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5112.

TILEHURST – Double-Barrelled Brewery, Unit 20 Stadium Way, Tilehurst RG30 6BX. The Ultimate 90s TV Quiz. 7pm. Details: doublebarrelled.co.uk

WHITLEY – Library, South Reading Community Hub, 252 Northumberland Avenue, RG2 7QA. Rhymetime. 11am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5115.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1UE. Link Thursdays at Space for All: activities, friendship tables, cakes, and more. Dementia friendly. 10am-4pm. Details: 0118 979 8019 or linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosaic lunch club with Friendship table. Noon-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UE. Wokingham Photography Club meeting. Group Challenge & Three Print Judging. 7.30pm. Details: www.webcc.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

Friday, March 15

CAVERSHAM – Library, Church Street RG4 8AU. Games club. 10.30am-noon. Free. Details: 0118 937 5103.

CROWTHORNE – Wellington College, Dukes Ride RG45 7PU. Wellington College Concert Band and Jazz Orchestra concert in aid of Crowthorne Minibus. 8pm. £10. Details: www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/events

EARLEY – Earley St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road RG6 1EY. Reading Camera Club meeting. BRIAN HODGSON TROPHY- THEME “The River Thames”. 7.45pm. £5. Details: www.readingcameraclub.co.uk

EARLEY – St Nicolas Church, Sutcliffe Avenue RG6 7JN. Re:Fresh cafe with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road RG30 1EE. Rhymetime. 10am and 11.15am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5100.

READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents The Last Quiz Night on Earth by Alison Carr. 7.45pm. £15, concessions £12. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk

READING – The Purple Turtle, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Comedy at Turtle with Headliner Junior Booker, Andy Gleeks, Dave Wilder and Carl Richard. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 959 7196.

READING – South Street arts centre RG1 4QU. Poets cafe. Details: 0118 960 6060.

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM – Salvation Army, Sturges Road RG40 2HD. Cafe Refresh Friendship table. 10am-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UU. T&C at SHARE Wokingham Friendship table. 12.30pm-2.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road RG41 1EH. Coffee and Chat: a warm welcome, a listening ear and refreshments. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 979 2122 or church.office@spauls.co.uk.

WOOSEHILL – Acorn Community Centre, Fernlea Drive RG41 3DR. Acorn Cafe with Friendship table. 10.30am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

Saturday, March 16

CROWTHORNE – St John the Baptist Parish Church, Waterloo Road RG45 7NT. Thames Voyces Concert: choral classics. £15, under 16s free. Details: 0118 967 7319 or www.thamesvoyces.org.uk

CROWTHORNE – Wellington College, Dukes Ride RG45 7PU. Crowthorne Choral Society spring concert: Vivaldi’s Gloria and Stabat Mater, and other baroque choral works. £15, students £5. Details: crowthornechoral.org.uk

GORING – St Thomas of Canterbury Church RG8 9DS. Reading Bach Choir presents Stabat Mater by Dvorak. 7.30pm. £15, under 18s £5. Details: www.readingbachchoir.org.uk

READING – Jelly, Broad St. Mall, Broad Street RG1 7QE. Artists in Residence – Artist talk an introduction to Colour Theory. 2pm-3pm. Free, donations welcome

READING – Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Welcome to Reading coffee morning: meet residents, learn more about the town. 11am-1pm. Drop-in, free. Details: info@readinglibraries.org.uk or call 0118 937 5950.

READING – Garden Hall, Watlington House, Watlington Street RG1 4RJ. Reading Civic Society AGM & Rescuing Ruins: The Work of the Landmark Trust. 2pm. £5 donations for The Landmark Trust. Details: www.readingcivicsociety.org.uk

READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents The Last Quiz Night on Earth by Alison Carr. 7.45pm. £15, concessions £12. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk

READING – Reading Museum, Blagrave Street RG1 1QH. Bayeux Tapestry Tours. 2pm. £5.50. Booking essential. Details: www.readingmuseum.org.uk

READING – Reading Rep Theatre, King’s Road RG1 4LY. Teddy Bear Storytime: music, dance, storytelling and sensory play. For 18 months to five years. £5 per child and adult, £2.50 for additional child. 10.30am or 11.30am. Details: https://www.readingrep.com

READING – Rising Sun arts centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Art market. 11am-4pm. Details: risingsunartscentre.org

READING – Start point on application. Walk Reading presents Reading Abbey walk. £9. 11am. Details: www.walk-reading.co.uk

READING – Tutu’s Ethiopian Table, Palmer Park Lodge, Wokingham Road RG6 1LF. Park Poets Poetry in the Park. 11am.

READING – Wycliffe Baptist Church, Kings Road RG1 4LS. Community concert: Ukrainian choir and dance groupand more. Free entry. 6pm. Donations towards Bed for the Night, Reading Ukrainian Community Centre and Foodshare. Details: wycliffe.church

SOUTHCOTE – Southcote Community Association, Coronation Square RG30 3QP. Southcote Community Association spring market with children’s treasure hunt. 2.30pm-4.30pm. Free entry, treasure hunt £1. Details: sca85@outlook.com

UPPER WOOLHAMPTON – Douai Abbey RG7 5TQ. Reading Festival Chorus presents Lenten Reflections with music by Purcell, Tallis, Brahms and more. 7.30pm. £19.40. Details: www.readingfestivalchorus.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Bar and Cafe, Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. Friendship table available. 9am-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOODLEY – Bulmershe School Theatre, Bulmershe School, Chequers Way, RG5 3EH. Woodley Concert Band spring concert: 7pm. £14, £12 concessions, £5 under 16s. Details: 0870 321 2186 or www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk.

WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. General market. 9am-3pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk

YATELEY – St Swithun’s Catholic Church, Firgrove Road GU46 6NH. Yateley Choral Society Concert: Commemoration and Coronation. £17, students £5, under 16s free. Details: 01276 31850 or www.yateley-choral.org.uk

Sunday, March 17

HURST – Dinton Pastures, Davis Street RG10 0TH. Wokingham 5km and 10km. 9.30am. Details: www.barnesfitnes.co.uk

READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk RG1 7QF. Berkshire Music Trust presents Rainforest Rumble junior music festival. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk RG1 7QF. Henley Symphony Orchestra in concert. 7pm. £14-£22. Under 16s from free. Students half-price. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Phantom Brewing Co, The Haunt, Meadow Road RG1 8LB. The Reading Board Games Social presents Sunday Gaming at Phantom Brewery. 1pm-6pm. Details: https://www.phantombrew.com/

READING – The Narrowboat, Blakes Lock, Gas Works Road Rg1 3EQ. The Floating Comedy Club at the Narrowboat with Stand and Deliver Comedy: Acts to be confirmed. From 5pm. £12 in advance, £15 on the door. Details: www.narrowboatreading.co.uk

READING – rLab, Unit C1, Weldale Street. Reading Hackspace presents Repair Cafe. 12.30pm-4.30pm. Details: repaircafe@transitionreading.org.uk

READING – Rose and Thistle, Argyle Road RG1 7YL. St Patrick’s Day quiz, karaoke, and more. 3pm. £1 per player. Details: 0118 957 3851.

READING – St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road RG1 5JT. Reading Haydn Choir spring concert: Stabat Mater by Pergolesi (1736), and Karl Jenkins (2008). £15, under 19s £5. 7.30pm. Details: www.haydnchoir.org.uk

SPENCERS WOOD – Village Hall, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Community market. 10am-1pm. Free entry.

WOKINGHAM – Baptist Church, Milton Road RG40 1DE. Bracknell and Wokingham Community Band presents Second Wind in concert in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity. £12, under 16s free. 7pm. Details: www.bwcb.org/second-wind

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road. Pinewood Miniature Railway publicrunning. 1.30pm-4pm. £1.50 per ride, £5 multi-ride tickets, under threes free. Details: www.pinewoodrailway.co.uk

WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. Car boot sale. 7am-2.30pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk

Monday, March 18

ARBORFIELD – Royal British Legion, Eversley Road RG2 9PR. Friendship table. 9.30am-11.30am. Details: linkvisiting.org

BINFIELD – King’s Academy Binfield, Wood Lane RG42 4FS. The Arts Society Wokingham meeting. Turner vs Constable: the great British paint-off by Nicola Moorby. 7.45pm. £8. Non-members welcome. Details: www.theartssocietywokingham.org.uk

READING – The Outlook, Kings Road RG1 3BJ. Mates Rates Comedy Raw: new acts and new material. 7.30pm. £5.

READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk RG1 7QF. Berkshire Music Trust presents Rainforest Rumble junior music festival. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – The Narrowboat, Blakes Lock RG1 3EQ. Bring your baby pub quiz. Noon-2.30pm. Details: bringyourbaby.org

TILEHURST – Library, School Road RG31 5AS. Rhymetime. 9.45am and 10.45am Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5112.

WOKINGHAM – Salvation Army, Sturges Road RG40 2HD. Cafe Refresh Friendship table. 10am-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UU. T&C at SHARE Wokingham Friendship table. 12.30pm-2.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOODLEY – Woodley Baptist Church, Hurricane Way RG5 4UX. Four Seasons cafe Friendship Table. 1.30pm-3.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOODLEY – The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Woodley Photographic Club meeting: TOC6 Print Competition – Open + “Old” – Judge Amanda Wright. 7.45pm. Booking essential. Details: woodleyphoto.co.uk

Tuesday, March 19

LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Rhymetime: songs and rhymes for babies aged 0 to four. 10am-10.30am. Free. Booking recommended. Details: 0118 931 2150.

THATCHAM – Start point available on booking. Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group presents: A linear walk along the K&A Canal from Thatcham to Newbury. From 10.30am. Walking boots advised, pub lunch part of plan. Details: http://biag.org.uk/

TILEHURST – Library, School Road RG31 5AS. Rhymetime. 9.45am and 10.45am Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5112.

READING – Milk, Merchants Place RG1 1DT. Comedy at Milk: Nathan Caton and Jonathan Elston. 8pm. £7 plus booking fee. Details: milkreading.com

SOUTHCOTE – Library, Southcote Community Hub, Coronation Square RG30 3QP. Coffee morning. 10.30am-11.30am. Details: 0118 937 5109.

SPENCERS WOOD – Village Hall, Basingstoke Road. Spencer’s Wood Village Hall Board Games evening. Bring your own, play others, paint miniatures, or just watch. 7pm-10pm. £5. Drinks and snacks available to buy. Details: Search Meetup.com for Spencer’s Wood Village Hall Board Games.

WHITLEY – Library, South Reading Community Hub, 252 Northumberland Avenue, RG2 7QA. Berkshire mini maestros. 2.30pm-3pm. Details: 0118 937 5115.

WOKINGHAM – Salvation Army, Sturges Road RG40 2HD. Cafe Refresh Friendship table. 10am-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UU. T&C at SHARE Wokingham Friendship table. 12.30pm-2.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Broad Street Tavern, Broad Street RG40 1AU. Quiz night. 8pm. £2. Details: 0118 977 3706.

WOKINGHAM – Library, Carnival Hub, Wellington Road RG40 2AF. Storytime for under sevens. 4pm-4.30pm. Booking recommended. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. CLASP Wokingham cafe with Friendship table. 10am-noon. Every third and fourth Tuesday of the month. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Bar and Cafe, Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. Friendship table available. 9am-4pm.Details: linkvisiting.org

WOODLEY – Woodley Baptist Church, Hurricane Way RG5 4UX. Four Seasons cafe Friendship Table. 1.30pm-3.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

Wednesday, March 20

EARLEY – Brookside Church, Brookside Close RG6 7HG. Open Door cafe with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

NEWBURY – West Berkshire Museum, The Wharf RG14 5AS. The Kennet and Avon Canal: Connecting with Wildlife, a talk with Roger Stace, from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT). 2pm. Free. Booking essential. Details: tinyurl.com/2p979a8h

READING – Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square RG1 3BE. The History of Reading Civic Society AGM and meeting: The History of Reading Civic Society with Richard Bennett. 7.30pm. £2. Visitors welcome. Details: www.historyofreadingsociety.org.uk

TILEHURST – St Catherine of Siena Church, Wittenham Avenue, RG31 5LN. Vivace Voices Spring Concert. £5, cash only. 2.30pm. Details: www.vivacevoices.uk

TWYFORD – URC Hall, Church Street, RG10 9DR. Twyford Arts Group Life Drawing Sessions. 7pm. Details: www.twyfordartgroup.co.uk

WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosaic with Friendship table. 11am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Salvation Army, Sturges Road RG40 2HD. Cafe Refresh Friendship table. 10am-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Library, Carnival Hub, Wellington Road RG40 2AF. Rhymetime for under fours. Booking recommended. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. Artisan market. 9am-2pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk

WOODLEY – Crumbs Woodley, Library Parade, RG5 3LX. Comedy at Crumbs: Marlon Davis, Danni Johns, Lee Hudson and Jonathan Elston. 8pm. £13+booking fee. Details: laughtercraftcomedy.com

Thursday, March 21

ONLINE. Berkshire Family History Society presents an online talk on The Battle of Britain with Richard Marks: how the RAF’s systems and equipment allowed them to prevent the invasion of the Luftwaffe. 2pm-3.15pm. £5. Booking essential. Details: 0118 950 9553 or berksfhs.org

CROWTHORNE – Baptist Church, High Street RG45 7AT. Coffee morning. 10.30am. Details: 01344 761725.

EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Re:Fresh with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road RG30 1EE. Coffee morning. 10am-noon. Details: 0118 937 5100.

READING – Palmer Park Library, St Bartholomew’s Road RG1 3QB. Rhymetime. Booking essential. 10.30am. Details: 0118 937 5106.

READING – Reading Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Rhymetime. Booking essential. 10.15am and 11.15. Details: 0118 937 5950.

READING – Start point on application. Terry’s Walkabouts presents Crime & Punishment Walkabout. 9.50am. Booking essential. Donations £5-£10. Details: terry.dixon89@virginmedia.com or by ringing 07505 351517.

SPENCERS WOOD – Spencers Wood Pavilion, Clares Green Road RG7 1DY. Social Seniors Tea and Coffee with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

SOUTHCOTE – Library, Southcote Community Hub, Coronation Square RG30 3QP. Rhymetime. 9.45am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5109.

TILEHURST – Library, School Road RG31 5AS. Rhymetime. 2.15pm Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5112.

TILEHURST – Double-Barrelled Brewery, Unit 20 Stadium Way, Tilehurst RG30 6BX. Big Jay’s Drag Bingo. Details: doublebarrelled.co.uk

UPPER WOOLHAMPTON – Douai Abbey RG7 5TQ. Berkshire Family History Society visit to Douai Abbey. Booking essential. £5, £4 members. Details: 0118 950 9553 or berksfhs.org

WHITLEY – Library, South Reading Community Hub, 252 Northumberland Avenue, RG2 7QA. Rhymetime. 11am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5115.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1UE. Link Thursdays at Space for All: activities, friendship tables, cakes, and more. Dementia friendly. 10am-4pm. Details: 0118 979 8019 or linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosaic lunch club with Friendship table. Noon-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UE. Wokingham Photography Club meeting. Print Competition – Round 3 – Judge: Kevin Day. 7.30pm. Details: www.webcc.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Lecture Room, Baptist Church, Milton Road RG40 1DE. Wokingham Literary Society: JL Carr, the varied achievements of an English eccentric, with Eileen Davis. 7.30pm. Visitors £2. Details: wokinghamliterarysociety.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

Friday, March 22

CAVERSHAM – Library, Church Street RG4 8AU. Games club. 10.30am-noon. Free. Details: 0118 937 5103.

EARLEY – St Nicolas Church, Sutcliffe Avenue RG6 7JN. Re:Fresh cafe with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

EARLEY – Earley St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road RG6 1EY. Reading Camera Club meeting. The Way I See It with Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS APAGB AFIAP ABPE. 7.45pm. £5. Details: www.readingcameraclub.co.uk

MORTIMER – De Vere Wokefield Estate, Goodboys Lane RG7 3AE. Comedy night with Abi Carter Simpson, Noel James, and Mike McClean. £30, £50 including two-course meal. Details: www.devere.co.uk/wokefield-estate

READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road RG30 1EE. Rhymetime. 10am and 11.15am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5100.

WOKINGHAM – Salvation Army, Sturges Road RG40 2HD. Cafe Refresh Friendship table. 10am-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue RG40 1UU. T&C at SHARE Wokingham Friendship table. 12.30pm-2.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road RG41 1EH. Coffee and Chat: a warm welcome, a listening ear and refreshments. 2pm-4pm. Details: 0118 979 2122 or church.office@spauls.co.uk.

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

WOOSEHILL – Acorn Community Centre, Fernlea Drive RG41 3DR. Acorn Cafe with Friendship table. 10.30am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org

Saturday, March 23

CAVERSHAM – Queen Anne’s School, Henley Road RG4 6DX. South Chiltern Choral Society in concert: Karl Jenkins Requiem, Caccini’s Ave Maria, Schubert’s The Lord is my Shepherd, Bruckner’s Locus Iste, and Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus. 7.30pm. £20. Details: www.southchilternchoralsociety.org.uk.

GORING – Goring Social Club, High Street RG8 9BA. Back to the 70’s: fundraising evening with six singers in aid of Royal Berks Charity. 8pm. Details: 07949948310 or https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/royal-berks-charity.

READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road Campus RG1 5AQ. Wokingham Choral Society spring concert: Duruflé: Requiem, Finzi’s Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings. 7.30pm. £17.50, £5 students and under 18s. Details: www.wokingham-choral-society.org.uk

READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk RG1 7QF. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Noisy Kids. 11.30am. Details: 0118 960 6060.

READING – Reading Museum, Blagrave Street RG1 1QH. Bayeux Tapestry Tours. 2pm. £5.50. Booking essential. Details: www.readingmuseum.org.uk

READING – Reading Rep Theatre, King’s Road RG1 4LY. Teddy Bear Storytime: music, dance, storytelling and sensory play. For 18 months to five years. £5 per child and adult, £2.50 for additional child. 10.30am or 11.30am. Details: https://www.readingrep.com

READING – Reading Ukrainian Community Centre, Sidmouth Street RG1 4PP. Monthly Board Gaming and Role Playing Evening hosted by Kevin and Pete. 6pm. £5.

READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Just The Tonic comedy special: Carey Marx, Pat Cahill, Abi Clarke, Roger Monkhouse. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 959 5395.

READING – The Wren School, Bath Road RG30 2BB. Holi 2024 festival of colours. 1pm-5pm. Details: Search eventbrite.co.uk for Holi 2024- Festival of Colours Reading Berkshire

SINDLESHAM – Sindlesham Court, Mole Road RG41 5EA. Easter craft market. 10am-4pm. Free parking, free entrance.

SOUTHCOTE – Grange United Reformed Church, Circuit Lane RG30 3HD. Easter fayre. 2.30pm-4pm. Free entry. Details: 0118 958 4131.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1TN. Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra spring concert.: Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Ruth Gipps. 7.30pm. £15, under 18s free. Details: www.crowthorneorchestra.com/

WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Theatre presents The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 7.45pm. £16. Details: www.wokingham-theatre.org.uk.

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT – Pinewood Bar and Cafe, Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. Friendship table available. 9am-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org

WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. General market. 9am-3pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk

WOODLEY – The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society online meeting. Subject to be announced. 2pm. £4 non-members. Details and booking: www.tvaes.org.uk

Palm Sunday, March 24

BINFIELD – Salisbury Hall, Newbold Collge, St Mark’s Road RG42 4AN. Bracknell Choral Society Concert: Brahms Requiem. 4pm. £20, under 18s free. Details: www.bracknellchoral.org.uk

CAVERSHAM – Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road RG4 7BG. Parenthesis Choir spring concert: Duruflé’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Lotti’s Crucifixus. £15, under 16s free. Details: parenthesis.org.uk

PANGBOURNE – Village Hall RG8 7AN. Pangbourne Twinning Association French Film Night: Let The Sunshine In (15). £7. Doors 6.45pm, film 7.30pm. Details: www.pangbourne-twinning.org or 0118 984 4401.

READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road Rgh30 1EE. Bengali Cultural Society presents Rangiye Diye Jao. 1.30pm. £7, non-members £10, under 10s free. Pre-registration essential. Details: www.facebook.com/groups/bcsreading

READING – Phantom Brewing Co, The Haunt, Meadow Road RG1 8LB. The Reading Board Games Social presents Sunday Gaming at Phantom Brewery. 1pm-6pm. Details: https://www.phantombrew.com/

TILEHURST – The Royal British Legion Club, Downing Road RG31 5BB. Easter craft fayre. 11am-2pm. Details: 0118 942 9606.

WARGRAVE – St Mary’s Church, Station Road RG10 8EU. Twyford Singers Easter performance: extracts from Vivadli’s Gloria and Rutter’s Gloria. £12, under 18s £5. Details: http://twyford-singers.org.uk/

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1TN. Trinity Concert Band’s Spring Concert: music from stage and screen. 6pm. £13, students £7, accompanied under 16s free. Ukrainian refugees and newcomers free. Details: www.trinityband.co.uk or 0118 449 2099.

WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. Car boot sale. 7am-2.30pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk

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