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Brighton band The Rattlebacks rocked The Facebar in Reading Picture: Dijana Capan/DVision Images
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Rattlebacks bring Brighton energy to Facebar’s rock show

The Facebar was buzzing on Thursday, October 23, as a mix of Reading and Brighton acts delivered a high-energy showcase packed with riffs,...

Soft Cell headlined the opening day of Rewind South Picture: Dijana Capan/DVision Images
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Rewind South 2025: Soft Cell, Boyzlife and Go West light up Henley on day one

Set against the backdrop of Temple Island Meadows, Saturday at Rewind South proved once again why this retro celebration has become such a...

The Wombats wowed the crowds at Englefield Live - a man playing an electric guitar
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Wombats bring joy to Englefield ahead of Beach Boys only UK date

The first of four great nights of music launched with a set headlined by The Wombats. Englefield Live returned to the West Berkshire...

The Stylistics in action at The Hexagon on Wednesday, November 13 Picture: Dijana Capan/DVision Images
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The Stylistics – with help from Elton John tribute Tom Cridland – bring warm nostalgia to The Hexagon in Reading

A touch of Philadelphia soul mingled with some R’n’B came to Reading’s Hexagon, thanks to The Stylistics.  On a cold November evening, the...

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Countdown on to Reading’s Christmas light switch-on

Festive displays across the town centre start from Saturday, 14 November

Flight Club Reading gets festive with Christmas party Social Darts

Station Hill’s Social Darts bar adds Christmas trees, wreath-wrapped oches and festive cocktails from 16 November

All the pantomimes in Berkshire for Christmas 2026

Reading’s Hexagon to stage Aladdin, while Theatre Royal Windsor to welcome Jack and the Beanstalk

Kathak dance show BIRD tells survivors’ stories at Norden Farm

Amina Khayyam Dance Company’s Edinburgh Fringe award winner, with a live score by Jonathan Mayer, visits Maidenhead on Wednesday 18 November

Anything Goes sets sail at The Mill at Sonning this Christmas

Gemma Sutton and Josh St Clair lead the cast of Cole Porter’s ocean-liner musical, from 19 November to 17 January

Heaven 17 announce orchestral greatest hits tour including London date

Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory team up with full orchestra and special guests China Crisis for November 2027 show at London Royal Festival...

Kenneth Williams centenary celebration comes to Norden Farm

Simon Cartwright, Russell Davies, Mark Farrelly and Madeline Smith share scenes, sketches and diary extracts on Wednesday 25 November

Larry Lamn directs Of Mice and Men at Norden Farm

Larry Lamb directs Nigel Miles Thomas and Michael Roy Andrew in Steinbeck’s story of friendship in the Great Depression on Thursday 19 November