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What’s on in and around Wokingham June 23-July 2

by Phil Creighton
June 23, 2017
in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Uncategorised, Wokingham
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Each week, we print the biggest local what’s on guide you’ll find anywhere.

And now we’re bringing it in pixels to your computer.

The following events are all taking place within Wokingham borough – which includes Earley, Woodley, Lower Earley, Twyford, Ruscombe, Wargrave, Finchampstead and Hurst, among other parts of the borough.

Is youe event not listed here? Drop us an email at [email protected] and we’ll add them here.

Thursday, June 22

ARBORFIELD – Arborfield Village Hall, Eversley Road RG2 9PQ. Arborfield Gardening Association: members strawberry contest. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 976 1848.

BINFIELD – Salisbury Hall, Newbold College, St Mark’s Road RG42 4AN. Wokingham Decorative and Fine Arts Society meeting: The Challenge of Cubism with Tricha Passes. 7.30pm. Details: [email protected]

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EARLEY – Palmer Building, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus RG6 2AH. Reading Film Theatre presents: Viceroy’s House. 7.45pm. £5 members, £8 non-members, £7 concessions. Membership £20. Details: 0118 378 7151 or readingfilmtheatre.co.uk.

WARGRAVE – Marquee, Mill Green. Bingo Night. 7pm-10.30pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WARGRAVE – St Mary’s Church, Mill Green. Flower Festival preview. 6pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. The Victorian Schoolmaster: a look at education in the 19th century. 2pm-3pm. £5. Details: 0118 978 1368.

Friday, June 23

WARGRAVE – St Mary’s Church, Mill Green. Flower Festival 10am-5pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WARGRAVE – Marquee, Mill Green. Festival Ball. 7.15pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Adult storytelling session. 1.45pm-2.45pm. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat: listening ears, hot drinks, a chance to chat, friendly faces and more. 2pm-4pm. 0118 979 2122.

Saturday, June 24

BRACKNELL – Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road RG12 9SE. Baby and children’s market. 2pm-3.30pm. £1.50. Details: 07979 867004.

BRACKNELL – Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road RG12 9SE. Tribute To George Michael and Wham! £10. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 973 7823.

BRACKNELL – Bracknell Town FC, Larges Lane, RG12 9. Bracknell ROCKS Autism fun day including Fred In The Shed, ice cream van, Ray Wilkins and Paul Ganoville, bouncy castle, face painting, barbecue, quiet zone, specialist talks and more. £5, £1 children, under fives free.

EARLEY – Trinity Church, Chalfont Close. Trinity Concert Band summer concert. 7.30pm. £10. Details: www.trinityband.co.uk or 0845 226 3047.

EARLEY – University of Reading Students’ Union, Whiteknights Campus RG6 6AZ. Chand Raat Eid Festival. From 3pm to midnight. Details: 07572 344278.

HURST – School Road. Hurst Show and Country Fayre including the UK’s first Hobby Horse Jumping Championships, pony rides, classic cars, food, drink, stalls and more. 10am-5pm. £4, teenagers & seniors £2, under 12s free. Details: www.hurstshow.uk

SHINFIELD – School Green. St Mary’s Church Fete. Noon-3.30pm. Cake stall, lunches, tombola, children’s entertainer, dog show, music and more.

WARGRAVE – St Mary’s Church, Mill Green. Flower Festival 10am-5pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WARGRAVE – Across the village. Festival parade. 12.30pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WARGRAVE – Marquee, Mill Green. Festival fete. 2pm-5pm. Wargrave Variety Show. 7pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB. Understanding Stress and Anxiety with Jordi Jiminez Alavarez. £2. 10.30am-noon. How to start your Family History research. 2pm-3.30pm. £3. £5. Details: 0118 978 1368.

WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Wokingham Horticultural Society summer show.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1UE. Wokingham Summer Music Festival: Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man, performed by All Saints Choir. 7.30pm. £12.50. Details: WoknghamConcerts.co.uk.

Sunday, June 25

CAVERSHAM – Queen Anne’s School, Henley Road RG4 6DX. Tamesis Chamber Choir Summer Concert ’Places and Spaces. 4pm. £12, £10 concessions. Details: www.tamesischamberchoir.co.uk

FINCHAMPSTEAD – Lower Cottage, White Horse Lane, Finchampstead RG40 4LZ. Open gardens in aid of Air Ambulance and Sue Ryder. Noon-5pm.

HURST – School Road. Hurst Show and Country Fayre including the UK’s first Hobby Horse Jumping Championships, pony rides, classic cars, food, drink, stalls and more. 10am-5pm. £4, teenagers & seniors £2, under 12s free. Details: www.hurstshow.uk

READING – Palmer Park, Wokingham Road. East Reading Festival from noon. Includes: Nepalese community performance, children’s Bollywood display, Back In The Day, Ryewolf, Miranda and the Kool Notes, Saida Mugdol and Rahi Bains, Chris Trim, Reading College showcase and more. Free entry. Details: www.eastreadingfestival.co.uk

READING – Forbury Gardens, RG1 3EJ. Afternoon concerts: Basingstoke Silver Band. 3pm. Details: 0118 937 2271.

READING – Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road Campus RG1 5AQ. West Forest Sinfonia: Orchestral Concert with Mozart’s Overture to the Magic Flute, Brahm’s Piano Concerto No 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 6. 4.30pm. £15, £14 concessions, £2.50 students. Details: www.westforestsinfonia.org

SPENCERS WOOD – Village Hall, Basingstoke Road RG7 1AP. Jive, Lindy Hop and Swing class. 8pm, each week starts with a beginners and revision session, with an intermediate Lindy Hop session straight afterwards. £7 per session, add £3 for the Lindy Hop session. Details: http://jive-cats.co.uk.

WARGRAVE – Marquee, Mill Green. Festival Service. 10.30am. Family barbecue. 11.45am. BBO Big Band. 7pm. Details: www.wargravefestival.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Cantley Park. Wokingham Bikeathon 2017: 15 or 25 mile routes around Wokingham. £20, £15 ages 12-17, under 12s free. 8.45am-10.45am start time. Details: www.wokinghambikeathon.co.uk

WOKINGHAM – Easthampstead Park Conference Centre, Off Peacock Lane, RG40 3DF. VAG (Volkswagen Audi Skoda) at the Manor. 10am-5pm. £10, under 14s free.

Monday, June 26

ARBORFIELD – St Eligius Chuch, Tope Road. Arborfield Military Wives Choir summer fundraising concert featuring Jack Shepherd and the Ed Sheeran Experience in aid of the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. 7.30pm-9pm. Admission by donoation. Details: 07944 563523.

SWALLOWFIELD – Parish Hall. Swallowfield Art Group meeting. 2pm-4pm.

Tuesday, June 29

FINCHAMPSTEAD – St Mary & St John’s Parish Centre, Vicarage Close RG40 4JW. Mothers’ Union Cheese & Wine evening & presentation by Tony King: Another Opening, Another Show – a history of the musicals. 7.30pm. Details: 0118 973 0133.

Wednesday, June 28

SWALLOWFIELD – From Farriers Pub RG7 1AE. Parish walk 5. 7pm. Come dressed for the weather.

WOKINGHAM – Bradbury Centre, Rose Street RG40 1XS. Contact club: Evening concerts. Ticket only. £5.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1UE. Wokingham Summer Music Festival: Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin. 7.30pm. £12.50. 
Details: WoknghamConcerts.co.uk.

WOODLEY – Studio 3, Vibez Dance (above Iceland), 81 Crockhamwell Road, RG5 3JP. Jive, Lindy Hop and Swing class. 7.30pm, each week starts with a beginners and revision session, with an intermediate Lindy Hop session straight afterwards. £7 per session, add £3 for the Lindy Hop session. Details: http://jive-cats.co.uk.

Friday, June 30

WOKINGHAM – St Paul’s Church Parish Rooms, Reading Road. Coffee and Chat: listening ears, hot drinks, a chance to chat, friendly faces and more. 2pm-4pm. 0118 979 2122.

Saturday, July 1

BINFIELD – St Mark’s Church, Popeswood Road RG42 4AH. Thames Voyces Concert: Musical Voyces. £14, £12 concessions, accompanied under 16s free. Details: 0118 967 7319 or www.thamesvoyces.org.uk

CROWTHORNE – The Old Gym, Wellington College RG45 7PU. Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert: Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp soloists and Mahler: Symphony No. 1. 7.30pm. £15, £13 in advance. Tickets: www.crowthorneorchestra.com

EARLEY – Edith Morley Building, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus RG6 6UR.  The Roman Schoolroom Experience for children aged five to 18. 12.30pm or 4pm. Advance booking essential. £5. Details: [email protected]

EVERSLEY – The Frog and Wicket, The Green RG27 0NS. Mods at the Frog. From noon. Details: 0118 973 1126.

READING – Wesley Methodist Church, Queen’s Road RG1 4BW. Reading Festival Chorus summer concert: Rutter’s Requiem and Harry’s Mass of the Martyrs, with Simon Dinsdale (organist) and the British Sinfonietta. 7.30pm. £15, under 17s free. Details: 0118 983 4523 or [email protected]

READING – RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS. Open Gardens for NGS. Noon-4pm. £3.50, children free. Garden accessed by external staircase. Details: www.ngs.org.uk

READING – Town Hall, Blagrave Street RG1 1QH. Reading Symphony Orchestra summer concert: Beethoven Symphony No 9. Featuring choirs from the Forest School, The Holt School and The Abbey School. 7.30pm. £15, £12.50 concessions, £5 students. Details: 0118 986 0707 or 0118 973 5517

SHINFIELD – St Mary’s Church, Church Lane. Music at St Mary’s: soprano Rebecca Cooch. Noon, followed by light lunch. Entry free, retiring collection. Details: www.loddonreach.org.uk

WINKFIELD ROW – Carnation Hall, Chavey Down Road, Winkfield Row RG42 7PA. Meadowbrook Summer Fayre including Fred In The Shed, 
penalty shoot out, 
Pimms tent and more. Noon-4pm. Free entry. In aid of Friends of Meadowbrook. Details: 07950 707399.

WOKINGHAM – All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road RG40 1UE. Wokingham Summer Music Festival: What the Floyd? Cruel but Fair. 8pm. £12.50. Details: WoknghamConcerts.co.uk

WOODLEY – Coronation Hall, Headley Road RG5 4JB. Chemogiftbags Afternoon Tea in aid of Breast Cancer patients in the Thames Valley. £10. 2pm-5pm. Booking essential. Details: www.chemogiftbags.org

YATELEY – St Peter’s Church, Reading Road GU46 7LR. Yateley Choral Society Summer Concert 2017: Saturday Night at the Movies. 7.45pm. £12, Students £5, under 16s free. Details: 01276 682749 or www.yateley-choral.org.uk

Sunday, July 2

HURST – Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre, Nelsons Lane RG10 0RR. Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre fun day. 10am-5pm. Details: 0118 934 1122.
READING – Forbury Gardens, RG1 3EJ. Afternoon concerts: Reading Central Salvation Army. 3pm. Details: 0118 937 2271.

SWALLOWFIELD – Across the village, from The Street RG7 1QY. A selection of gardens opening together in aid of NGS. 2pm-6pm. Combined admission £6, children free. Details: www.ngs.org.uk

WOKINGHAM – Joel Park, off Jubilee Avenue. Joel Park Residents’ Association Picnic in the Park. Bring your own food and drink. Refreshments stall, children’s races and more. 2pm till late.

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