A round-up of events taking place across Reading and Wokingham boroughs over the next 10 days.
Holding a community event? Email [email protected] for inclusion in our guide.
Thursday, March 7
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 – Abbey Gardens, Abbey Street RG1 3BA. The 4 Elements Photography Exhibition. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: www.thephotographicangle.co.uk or 0800 028 7338.
READING – The Centre for Heritage and Family History, 2nd Floor, Reading Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Berkshire Family History Society presents A History Of Wargrave, a talk by Peter Delaney. 2pm-3.30pm. £5. Details: 0118 950 9553 or berksfhs.org.
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players presents Night Watch, a thriller by Lucille Fletcher. £14, concessions £13, under 16s £8. 7.45pm. Details: www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk
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.
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. Speaker: Simon Wier – Yellowstone Park – Infrared & Nature. 7.30pm. Details: www.webcc.org.uk
Friday, March 8
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. Member’s Evening – Lucky Dip. 7.45pm. £5. Details: www.readingcameraclub.co.uk
LOWER EARLEY – Library, Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way RG6 5HZ. Lego club for ages six to 12. Free, places must be booked. Parents must stay. 3.45pm-4.30pm. Details: 0118 931 2150.
READING – Abbey Gardens, Abbey Street RG1 3BA. The 4 Elements Photography Exhibition. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: www.thephotographicangle.co.uk or 0800 028 7338.
READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road Campus RG1 5AQ. An immersive tribute to Hans Zimmer and John Williams: Cinema’s most magical music performed by London Film Music Orchestra illuminated. 5.15pm or 8pm. Details: https://www.londonfilmmusicorchestra.com/
READING – RISC, London Street RG1 4PS. Reading Trades Union Council International Women’s Day celebration. 7pm. Speakers: Maryam Eslamdoust, TSSA General Secretary, Hannah David, PCS Vice President, Lara Johnson, GMB Branch Secretary R26 Reading & Berks, Katie Gumbrell, NEU Joint Branch Secretary Reading. Light refreshments available.
READING – Battle Library, Oxford Road RG30 1EE. Rhymetime. 10am and 11.15am. Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5100.
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players presents Night Watch, a thriller by Lucille Fletcher. £14, concessions £13, under 16s £8. 7.45pm. Details: www.shinfieldplayers.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 [email protected].
WOOSEHILL – Acorn Community Centre, Fernlea Drive RG41 3DR. Acorn Cafe with Friendship table. 10.30am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org
Saturday, March 9
CAVERSHAM – Caversham Methodist Church Hall, Gosbrook Road RG4 8EB. Artists and Makers Fair. 10am-4pm. Details: artistsandmakersfairs.co.uk
COLEY – All Nations Christian Centre, Berkeley Avenue RG1 6JE. Gospel Vibez 2024: E & Zamar. 4Fingaz, The Reading Community Gospel Choir, and more. 4.30pm. Details: Search eventbrite.co.uk for Gospel Vibez.
EARLEY – Earley St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road RG6 1EY. Herbie Hedgehog quiz night. £15 per person, includes nachos and three-bean chilli. £15 per person, teams of up to six. 7.30pm-10pm. Details: [email protected]
PANGBOURNE – Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College RG8 8LA. Pangbourne Choral Society Spring Concert: Paying it Forward: Celebrating the Legacy of C V Stanford. £15, £8 for under 18s. 7.30pm. Details: pangbournechoral.org.uk
READING – Abbey Gardens, Abbey Street RG1 3BA. The 4 Elements Photography Exhibition. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: www.thephotographicangle.co.uk or 0800 028 7338.
READING – Broad St. Mall, Broad Street RG1 7QE. World Book Day celebrations: Paddington visits 11am-3.30pm. Craft workshops from jelly and more. Free. 11am-3.30pm. Artists in Residence – Open Studio with Emeline Nevers-White. 1pm-5pm.
READING – Hills Meadow, George Street RG4. Community litter pick. 10am-noon.
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 & Design students at Reading College Exhibition: organic. 11am-4.30pm. Details: risingsunartscentre.org
READING – The Roseate, The Forbury RG1 3EJ. Mother’s Day Film & Dine. 6.45pm. Details: https://www.roseatehotels.com/
READING – Start point on application. Terry’s Walkabouts presents Reading’s Architecture Walkabout. 9.50am. Booking essential. Donations £5-£10. Details: [email protected] or by ringing 07505 351517.
READING – Start point on application. Walk Reading presents Reading: The Home of Photography. £9. 11.30am. Details: www.walk-reading.co.uk
READING – Sub89, Friar Street RG1 1EP. Just The Tonic comedy: Josh Howie, Kate Martin, Paul Pirie, Tom Toal. Details: 0118 959 5395.
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players, Whitley Wood Lane RG2 9DF. Shinfield Players presents Night Watch, a thriller by Lucille Fletcher. £14, concessions £13, under 16s £8. 7.45pm. Details: www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk
WOODLEY – The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JZ. Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society meeting. Updates from the King’s Valley: Recent Archaeological Survey and Documentation Research in the Valley of the Kings, a talk by Nicholas Brown. 4pm. £4 non-members. Details and booking: www.tvaes.org.uk
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. General market. 9am-3pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
Sunday, March 10
READING – Abbey Gardens, Abbey Street RG1 3BA. The 4 Elements Photography Exhibition. 10am-3pm. Free entry. Details: www.thephotographicangle.co.uk or 0800 028 7338.
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 – Reading Biscuit Factory, Queens Walk RG1 . The Sunday Alternative coffee and catch-up. 11am-1pm. Details: https://www.meetup.com/sunday-alternative-reading/
READING – Rising Sun arts centre, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Art & Design students at Reading College Exhibition: organic. 11am-4.30pm. Details: risingsunartscentre.org
READING – The Hexagon, Queens Walk RG1 7QF. WASMA ‘Lights, Camera, Action!’. Details: 0118 960 6060.
WOKINGHAM – Market Place RG40 1AS. Vintage and antique street market. 10am-4pm.
WOKINGHAM – Holme Grange Craft Village, Heathlands Road RG40 3AW. Mothering Sunday craft fair: pop-up photo studio, mini-treaments, craft stalls and more. 10am-3pm. Free entry, free parking.
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. Car boot sale. 7am-2.30pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
Monday, March 11
ARBORFIELD – Royal British Legion, Eversley Road RG2 9PR. Friendship table. 9.30am-11.30am. Details: linkvisiting.org
CAVERSHAM – Fourbears Books, Prospect Street RG4 8JG. In Conversation with Veronica Henry. 7pm. £5. Details: www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk or 0118 948 1747.
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 – RISC, London Street RG1 4PS. Depression Xpression colouring for calm support group with Rachel Freegard: abstract stencil patterns. 7.30pm-9pm. Registration essential. Free. Details: https://dx-mar11-2024.eventbrite.co.uk
READING – Zerodegrees, Gun Street RG1 2JR. Cafe Theologique: From Black Power to Black Lives Matter, the Ongoing Trajectory of Black Liberation Theology with Professor Anthony Reddie. 7.30pm. Free, also online. Also on Zoom: u.nu/cafetheo
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: Benji Walker – LiveAndLoudPhoto (Music). 7.45pm. Booking essential. Details: woodleyphoto.co.uk
Tuesday, March 12
READING – The Jazz Cafe, Select Car Leasing Stadium RG2 0FL. Charity quiz night in aid of Royal Berks Charity. Doors 6pm, quiz 7.30pm. £5 per person, teams of up to six. Food can be pre-booked. Details: www.royalberkscharity.co.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
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.
TILEHURST – Library, School Road RG31 5AS. Rhymetime. 9.45am and 10.45am Booking essential. Details: 0118 937 5112.
WHITLEY – Library, South Reading Community Hub, 252 Northumberland Avenue, RG2 7QA. Berkshire mini maestros. 2.30pm-3pm. Details: 0118 937 5115.
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 – 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 WITHOUT – Pinewood Bar and Cafe, Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road RG40 3AQ. Friendship table available. 9am-4pm.Details: linkvisiting.or
WOODLEY – Coronation Hall Headley Road Woodley RG5 4JB. WISE Over-50s Forum: Sue Young from AgeUk on the work of AgeUk – including dementia. 2pm-4pm. Raffle 50p a ticket or five tickets for £2. £3 entry. Details: [email protected] or: 0118 969 6206.
Wednesday, March 13
EARLEY – Brookside Church, Brookside Close RG6 7HG. Open Door cafe with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
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
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. Storytime for under sevens. 4pm-4.30pm. Booking recommended. Details: 0118 978 1368.
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road shopping precinct. Artisan market. 9am-2pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
WOODLEY – Library, Headley Road RG5 4JA. Rhymetime for under fours. Booking recommended. Free. 10am-10.30am. Details: 0118 969 0304.
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.
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 [email protected].
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: [email protected] 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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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
