What's On in October 2026

This month is all about comedy and drama – with two men named Nick! Nick from Mates Rates Comedy Club talks about their new weekly shows at the Penta Hotel and building a strong grassroots comedy scene in Reading. And Nick from Reading Rep Theatre talks about their two shows this month – Dracula and Two Halves of Guinness – as well as a look towards this year's Christmas Carol.

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What's on in September 2026

This month we catch up with Alex from REDA to talk about this year's Heritage Open Days programme, from events centred around the works of Waterhouse to the Everyday Histories found at Reading Old Cemetery and Caversham Court Gardens. Plus, we round up our other highlights of a very busy month – late-summer festivals, new season theatre and more!

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What’s On in August 2026

This month we head to the new Central Library where Libraries & Museums Manager Simon gives us the tour, chatting about the many wonderful resources – and even more wonderful people who’ve started using the brand-new building for all sorts of reasons! Plus, we round up our other highlights of the month, from summer holiday fun for the kids to big summer festivals and more!

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What's On in July 2026

This month we catch up with Alexa from Reading BID to chat about two wonderful ways for you to explore Reading this summer – Reading Cocktail Week, taking in 24 venues from 3-12 July, and the Reading Dino Trail, where massive brick sculptures pop-up all over town from 25 July! Plus, we round up our other highlights of the month, from outdoor theatre and festivals to more summer holiday fun.

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What’s On in June 2026

This month we catch up with Nick from The Flowing Spring in Playhatch as their summer of Gigs In The Garden kicks off. We chat about their upcoming season of fantastic tribute shows, putting music on all year round, and how their food offering also puts them on the map! Plus, we round up our other highlights of the month – big community festivals, big name bands in concert, comic cons and cabaret!

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What's on in May 2026

This month we chat with Cez from Dazzle Dance Experience, all about how you too can feel the full joy of dance, no matter what level of skill, experience or number of left feet you have, and how dance can bring people together. Plus our picks of what else is on this month, including a LOT of festivals – walks, comedy, music and more!

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What's On in April 2026

This month we catch up with several of the winners from the What's On Awards - Deadlocked Escape Rooms, Whitley Carnival, Becoming Mums and Reading Rep Theatre, recorded live at the event. Plus, our round up what's on this month, from Easter holidays to food festivals to homegrown theatre.

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What’s On in March 2026

This month we’re at Eclectic Games to chat with Becky as they celebrate 20 years of rolling dice, dealing cards and building a games community in Reading – from the customers who’ve been with them over the years to how many more players can join them in their new home on Duke Street. Plus our round-up of what else is on this month, from UK Garage to Japanese animation – and our very own awards!

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For our February podcast we chat with the team at Jelly about this year's GLOW Lantern Parade, from how easy it is to build a lantern in one of their free workshops, to the wonderful time we can all have at the parade itself. We also catch up with Shane from local acapella singing group the Readiophonics who tells us how they're celebrating their 10th anniversary this month, and how you can join them – literally! Plus our other pics of what’s on this month.

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What’s On in January 2026

For our first podcast of the new year, we headed to South Street where we (finally) caught up with Toby and Hannah from RABBLE Theatre to talk about their plans for 2026, including a national tour of Glitch and, closer to home, big plans for their acting classes for all ages – including how you can be part of that! Plus, as we were there, we chatted to John from South Street about their new SITELINES show celebrating Reading’s Sound system culture of the 70s!

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