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Thursday, November 17
EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Re:Fresh with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – The Centre for Heritage and Family History, 2nd Floor, Reading Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Family history advice clinic. 11am. Free. Details: 0118 950 9553.
READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents Liar’s Teeth 7.45pm. £14, concessions £11. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk.
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane. Inspector Drake and the Black Widow. 7.45pm. £16, concessions £15, child £9. 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
WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosiac lunch club with Friendship table. Noon-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, All Saints Church, Norreys Avenue, Wokingham RG40 1UE. Wokingham and East Berkshire Camera Club meeting: round 2 PDI. 7.30pm. Details: www.webcc.org.uk.
WOKINGHAM – Main hall, Baptist Church, Milton Road, RG40 1DE. Wokingham Literary Society: Eddie Webb will speak about John Donne. 7.30pm. Annual Subscription is £15. Non-members, £2 per meeting. Details: wokinghamliterarysociety.org.uk
WOKINGHAM – The Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School, Luckley Road RG40 3EU. Wokingham Film Society presents: Compartment No 6 (15). £6.50, £4 members. 7.30pm. Details: wokinghamfilmsociety.com
Friday, November 18
CROWTHORNE – GW Annenberg Performing Arts Centre, Wellington College, Duke’s Ride, RG45 7PU. Crowthorne Choral Society Concert: Messiah (Part I), with performance by Wellington College Chamber Choir. 7.30pm. £15, students £5. Details: www.crowthornechoral.org.uk
EARLEY – St Nicolas Church, Sutcliffe Avenue RG6 7JN. Re:Fresh cafe with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents Liar’s Teeth 7.45pm. £14, concessions £11. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk.
READING – St Bart’s Theatre, St Bartholomew’s Road RG1 3QA. Access to The Arts Charity Quiz Night. £11.37, READ College students £5.98. 7pm. Details: www.readcollege.org
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane. Inspector Drake and the Black Widow. 7.45pm. £16, concessions £15, child £9. Details: www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk
WOKINGHAM – Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road RG40 5TU. Wokingham Comedy Night: Jen Brister, Don Biswas, James Redmond –& Michael Fabbri. Over 18s only. £17. Details: wokinghamlions.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, November 19
CROWTHORNE – Baptist Church, High Street RG45 7AT. Men’s Breakfast: speaker Keith Vinall, retired clinical team leader at Broadmoor Hospital. £5. 8.15am-10am. Details: 01344 761725.
PURLEY – St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Avenue,RG8 8BJ. Chris Fox in concert. 7pm. Details: www.stmaryspurley.org.uk
READING – Argyle Community Church, Argyle Road. Quiz night for international aid agency Tear Fund. Teams of up to six. 7pm. Details: https://bit.ly/ACC-TBQ
READING – Cattle Market, Great Knollys Street RG1 7HU. Reading Farmers Market. 8.15am-noon. Details: www.thamesvalleyfarmers market.co.uk
READING – Town centre. Christmas light switch-on day. Live music from 1.30pm. Details: www.visit-reading.com/whats-on/christmas
READING – Reading Central Salvation Army, Castle Hill RG1 7QB. Christmas market, includes Father Christmas. Bacon rolls and more. Free entry. 10.30am-2pm. Details: readingcentral.org.uk
READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road RG1 5EX. Wokingham Choral Society Concert. Brahms: A German Requiem (Sung in German), Brahms: Schicksalsleid (Song of Fate), Purcell: Funeral Sentences, Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No.2 in C minor (extracts: Allegro maestoso e vivace & Fugue). £17.50, students and under 18s £5. Pre-concert talk 6.30pm, concert 7.30pm. Details: www.wokingham-choral-society.org.uk.
READING – IKEA, Pincents Kiln Industrial Park, Pincent Lane RG31 7SD. Jolly Gingerbread: decorate biscuits. 11am-5pm. Free. Details: www.ikea.com
READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Progress Theatre presents Liar’s Teeth 7.45pm. £14, concessions £11. Details: www.progresstheatre.co.uk.
READING – Smart Works, London Street. Fashion sale: womenswear, shoes and accessories sold in aid of Smart Works. Entry by ticket only, from £5. Details: reading.smartworks.org.uk
SINDLESHAM – Sindlesham Court RG41 5EA. Christmas market. 10am-4pm. Free entry.
SHINFIELD – Shinfield Players Theatre, Whitley Wood Lane. Inspector Drake and the Black Widow. 7.45pm. £16, concessions £15, child £9. Details: www.shinfieldplayers.org.uk
SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, Swallowfield Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players: Goldilocks, Three Bears and the Detectives. 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Details: russellplayers.co.uk
WOKINGHAM – Carnival Hub, Wellington Road RG40 2AF. WADE charity concerts: The Glenn Miller Orchestra 2.15pm, Ultimate Elton and the Rocket Band and The Police Academy. 7.45pm. Details: ticketsource.co.uk/wade-concert
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 precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents Saturday market. 9am-3pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
WOODLEY – Oakwood Centre. Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society presents: Tutankhamun’s Last Secret: The Search for the Mortuary Temple of Nebkheperure Tutankhamun, a lecture by Dylan Bickerstaffe. 2pm.
WOOSEHILL – Woosehill Church, Chestnut Avenue RG41 3RS. Sip and Share with friendship table. 11am-noon, every second Saturday. Details: linkvisiting.org
YATELEY – St Swithun’s Catholic Church, Firgrove Road GU46 6NH. Yateley Choral Society Concert: Songs of the Sea. Elgar: Sea Pictures – ‘Haven’ and ‘Where Corals Lie’, Ireland: Sea Fever, Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby, Dyson: Four Songs for Sailors, Chilcott: The Skye Boat Song. £15, students £5, under 16s free. 7.45pm. Details: www.yateley-choral.org.uk.
YATTENDON – Village Hall, Church Lane RG18 0UE. Modern Makers Collective Yattendon Winter Market. 10am-4pm. Free entry.
Sunday, November 20
BINFIELD – Salisbury Hall, Newbold College RG42 4AN. Bracknell Choral Society Concert: Rossini ‘Petite messe solennelle. 6pm. £18, under 18s free. Details: www.bracknellchoral.org.uk
BURGHFIELD – Willink Leisure Centre RG7 3XP. Christmas Craft fair. Noon-4pm. 50p entry.
CAVERSHAM – MADEbyTamalia, Creativ.Spaces, Southview Business Park, Marsack Street RG4 5AF. Artisa Christmas Market. 10.30am-3.30pm. Free entry. Details: www.madebytamalia.co.uk
CALCOT – Beanhseaf Community Centre, Linear Park RG31 7AW. Chance to Dance Christmas market. Noon-4pm.
READING – Blue Collar Corner, 15 Hosier Street RG1 7QL. Blue Collar Record Fair & Social from 11am-3pm. Secondhand vinyl, CDs and band/label merchandise. DJs until 6pm. Details: bluecollarreading.co.uk
READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road RG1 5EX. Reading Symphony Orchestra Autumn Concert. Grieg: Piano Concerto – Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony. 4pm. £15, under 18s and students £5. Details: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/558795/
READING – Phantom Brewing, Meadow Road RG1 8LB. Vintage Bizarre Bazaar. 1pm-6pm. Free entry. Cash for traders, cards at the bar. Street food. Details: www.phantombrew.com
READING – Reading Hackspace rLab, Unit C1, Weldale St, RG1 7BX. Reading Repair Cafe: “if it’s broken, bring it along and we are sure to have a go or at least provide some advice about what your best course of action might be”. 12.30pm-4pm. Free, donations welcome.
SPENCERS WOOD – Village Hall, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Community and farmers’ market. From 10am.
SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, Swallowfield Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players: Goldilocks, Three Bears and the Detectives. 3pm. Details: russellplayers.co.uk
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents car boot sale. 8am-1pm. Cars £10, vans £15. Details: 07861 654674 or www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
YATTENDON – Village Hall, Church Lane RG18 0UE. Modern Makers Collective Yattendon Winter Market. 10am-4pm. Free entry.
Monday, November 21
ARBORFIELD – Royal British Legion, Eversley Road RG2 9PR. Friendship table. 9.30am-11.30am. Details: linkvisiting.org
BINFIELD – Newbold Church RG42 4AN. Wokingham Arts Society presents a talk on Marc Allum’s life as an auctioneer. 7.45pm. Details: www.TheArtsSocietyWokingham.org.uk
CROWTHORNE – Baptist Church, High Street RG45 7AT. Coffee Stop for Ukrainian refugees and their hosts: socialise and take part in English lessons. 12.30pm-2.30pm. Details: 01344 761725.
READING – St Mary’s Church, Castle Street RG1 7RD. Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group AGM and talk:Mexborough and the Glass Bottle Industry of South Yorkshire. 7.30pm.£2.50 for refreshments. Details: http://biag.org.uk
WOKINGHAM – Holme Grange School, Heathlands Road RG40 3AL. Wokingham Rock Choir free taster session. 7.30pm. Booking essential. Details: https://www.rockchoir.com/join/Wokingham_Late_Session
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
Tuesday, November 22
EARLEY – Earley CResCent Resource Centre, Warbler Drive RG6 4HB. Friendship table. 2pm-3pm. Details: linkvisiting.org.
FINCHAMPSTEAD – FBC Centre Cafe, Gorse Ride North RG40 4ES. Friendship table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – 100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park RG2 6GP. Reading Climate Fayre. 10am-3pm. Details: www.ethicalreading.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
Wednesday, November 23
EARLEY – Brookside Church, Brookside Close RG6 7HG. Open Door cafe with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – IKEA, Pincents Kiln Industrial Park, Pincent Lane RG31 7SD. Festive family film night. 5.30pm. Free. Booking essential. Details: www.ikea.com
READING – RISC, London Road. Global Justice Reading presents Gambling With Food, a talk by Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now. 7.30pm. Free, donations welcomed. Details: groups.globaljustice.org.uk/reading
SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, Swallowfield Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players: Goldilocks, Three Bears and the Detectives. 6.45pm. Details: russellplayers.co.uk
WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosiac 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
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents Artisan market. 9am-2pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
Thursday, November 24
BRADFIELD – Bradfield College RG7 6AU. The Ensemble Concert. 7.30pm. Free. Details: www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk
EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close RG6 5HZ. Re:Fresh with Friendship Table. 2pm-4pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – IKEA, Pincents Kiln Industrial Park, Pincent Lane RG31 7SD. Festive family film night. 5.30pm. Free. Booking essential. Details: www.ikea.com
READING – St Bart’s Theatre, St Bartholomews Road RG1 3QA. READ College open day. Details: www.readcollege.org or 0118 966 6275.
READING – The Centre for Heritage and Family History, 2nd Floor, Reading Central Library, Abbey Square RG1 3BQ. Huntley and Palmers, an online talk organised by the Berkshire Family History Society and given by Mark Stevens. 2pm-3.30pm. £5, £4 members. Details: 0118 950 9553.
STRATFIELD SAYE – Wellington Farm Shop, Welsh Lane RG27 0LT. Christmas shopping evening: tasting sessions, meet craft food producers, enjoy Christmas shopping, seasonal refreshments. 6pm-8.30pm. Details: 0118 932 6132.
SPENCERS WOOD – Spencers Wood Pavilion, Clares Green Road RG7 1DY. Social Seniors Tea and Coffee with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org
WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Wokingham Methodist Church, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Cafe Mosiac lunch club with Friendship table. Noon-1.30pm. Details: linkvisiting.org
WOKINGHAM – The Cornerstone, All Saints Church, Norreys Avenue, Wokingham RG40 1UE. Wokingham and East Berkshire Camera Club meeting: Talk by David Clapp. 7.30pm. Details: www.webcc.org.uk.
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents French market. 9am-5pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
Friday, November 25
EARLEY – St Nicolas Church, Sutcliffe Avenue RG6 7JN. Re:Fresh cafe with Friendship Table. 10am-noon. Details: linkvisiting.org
READING – All Nations Christian Centre, Berkerley Avenue RG1 6JE. Film screening: Testament: a retelling of the parables in the modern day. £5. 7pm. Details/booking: fellowscreen.com/screenings/testament
READING – IKEA, Pincents Kiln Industrial Park, Pincent Lane RG31 7SD. Festive family film night. 5.30pm. Free. Booking essential. Details: www.ikea.com
READING – Progress Theatre, The Mount RG1 5HL. Jazz at Progress presents The Nat Steele MJQ Quartet. 7.30pm. £18, £16 concessions, £9 under 16s, plus booking fee. Details: www.jazzinreading.com
THREE MILE CROSS – South Of Reading Christian Fellowship. Reading Creation Group presentation by Simon Turpin from Answers in Genesis UK on Creation and the Flood. 7.30pm. Details: answersingenesis.org
TILEHURST – The Avenue Special Needs Academy, Conwy Close. Christmas Fayre: craft stalls, music, games, tombola, refreshments and more. 4.30pm-7pm. Details: www.avenue.reading.sch.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, November 26
READING – English Martyrs Church hall, Liebenrood Road. Charity Christmas Fayre, in aid of charities including Life, the Children’s society, Knit for peace and 80th. Reading Explorers jamboree fund selling gifts, cards, plants, handicrafts, books, cakes etc. Admission free.11am-1pm. Details: 0118 942 9245.
READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road RG1 5EX. Whiskey Affair. 1pm-5pm, 6pm-10pm. £9. Booking essential. Details: www.thewhiskeyaffair.co.uk
READING – St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road RG1 5JT. Reading Haydn Choir’s autumn concert: Little Organ Mass, Faure’s requiem. £15, concessions £13, under 19s £5. Details: www.haydnchoir.org.uk
SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall, Swallowfield Street RG7 1QX. Russell Players: Goldilocks, Three Bears and the Detectives. 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Details: russellplayers.co.uk
WOKINGHAM – WADE, London Road RG41 1EH. Christmas Fair: raffles, tombolas, Christmas gifts, homemade cakes, refreshments and more. Parking at Masonic Hall opposite. 11am-2pm. £1, children free. Details: wadecentre.org.uk
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents Saturday market. 9am-3pm. Details: www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
WOODLEY – Crockhamwell Road precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents Christmas light switch-on and carols. 4.30pm-5.30pm. Details: 07861 654674 or www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
Sunday, November 27
CAVERSHAM – Weller Centre, RG4 5NA. Fifi’s Vision Christmas Market. Free entry. Event includes workshop to make reindeer food. 2.30pm-5pm. Details: Fifisvision@gmail.com
CHARVIL – Village Hall, The Hawthorns RG10 9TR. Charvil Art Group 50th anniversary show. 10.30am-5pm. Free entry. Details: www.charvilartgroup.co.uk
CROWTHORNE – St John the Baptist Parish Church, Waterloo Road, RG45 7NT. Advent fair after the 10am service: tombola, stalls, games, cakes and refreshments. Details: crowthorneparishchurch.org.uk
READING – The Rising Sun, Silver Street RG1 2ST. Sunday Alternative:Stories, Why we tell them and why we shouldn’t always listen. Plus Coffee and Catchup. 10.30am. Free. Details: 0118 986 6788.
READING – Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road RG1 5EX. MERLy Christmas Shopping Event. 11am-3pm. Details: merl.reading.ac.uk
TILEHURST – Double Barelled Brewery, Stadium Way RG30 6BX. Comedy at the Taproom with Dane Baptiste. 6.30pm. Details: doublebarrelled.co.uk
TWYFORD – Bell Corner. Christmas light switch-on, and launch of Tree of Christmas Wishes. 5.30pm. Details: twyfordtogether.org/upcoming-events
WOKINGHAM – Across town centre. Wokingham winter carnival 2022. 11am-5pm. Stalls, games, food, music, dance, displays, magic and more. Details: https://www.wintercarnival.co.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 precinct. Woodley Town Centre presents car boot sale. 8am-1pm. Cars £10, vans £15. Details: 07861 654674 or www.woodleytowncentre.co.uk
WOOSEHILL – Woosehill Church, Chestnut Avenue RG41 3RS. Sip and Share with friendship table. 11am-noon, every second Saturday. Details: linkvisiting.org
