If you have an event planned, please send details to whatson@cavershambridge.org. We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. Later submissions can be included on our online What’s On, which is updated regularly. To see what has been added check: cavershambridge.org/archives/category/around-caversham
Please note, a listing of baby and toddler groups can be found here.
Caversham Library – 09:00-17:00 Tuesday and Friday, 13:00-19:00 Thursday and 10:00-15:00 Saturday. Regular events include:
Rhymetimes for the little ones – popular, so please book first! Every Tuesday at 10:15 and 11:15.
Games Club, Friday mornings 10:30-12:00. All adults welcome – refreshments!
Sit and Stitch 17:30-19:45, on 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month. Refreshments – come and be inspired.
Tel: 0118 9375103 or see Caversham Library – Reading Borough Council
Geo Café – Artists Against Homelessness, an ongoing and changing exhibition of art by local artists at Geo Café, Prospect Street. For each sale the artist makes a donation to Launchpad Reading. Open every day.
Mondays – Caversham Park Bridge Club – at the Milestone Centre,19:15 for 19:30 start. Phone Lin 0118 3348195 for further information. Caversham Park Bridge Club
Tuesdays – Rivarate Choir – Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. 19:30 in term time. Enjoy singing together. For details see rivarate.com
Wednesdays – Caversham Writers – Welcoming enthusiastic hobbyists and aspiring authors alike. Meeting weekly in person or via Zoom. Free to all. For details: meetup.com/CavershamWriters or @CavershamWriter on Twitter (X)
Wednesdays – Light on the Hill Café – 19:30-21:30 at Grace Church, 119 Peppard Road, RG4 8TR. A wellbeing café for adults 18+. Come as you are for tea and a chat. Please see: www.gracechurchcaversham.org.uk
Wednesdays – The Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band-Neville Hall in Waltham St Lawrence RG10 0JJ. 20:00 – 22:00. Free and friendly club for brass instrumentalists. Email: waltham.band@gmail.com
Thursdays – Friendly Over-60s Social Club – 10:00-13:00 at Milestone Centre, Caversham Park Village. Hot lunch, quizzes and the chance to chat. Contact Cheryl at 07964750182 or Trina at 07477570541
Thursdays – Weller Centre Craft Group – 13:00-15:00. Be creative with friends. For details contact Pam Chatfield at pamch32@gmail.com Mobile 07986 905784 or Weller Centre 0118 947 5828
Thursdays – New Caversham Heights Bridge Club – 14:00 at the Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. For details contact Duncan Knight on 0118 9475544 or email duncan.knight@googlemail.com
Fridays – Warm Welcome Space – 10:00-13:30 at Caversham Baptist Church, South Street, RG4 8HY. All welcome, just drop in for free refreshments, including hot soup from 12:00. Tel: 0118 954 5353 www.cavershambaptistchurch.org.uk
Saturdays – Keep Caversham Tidy – A local charity dedicated to eliminating litter and improving public spaces in Caversham. Free to join and no ongoing commitment. Families welcome! Email Keepcavershamtidy@gmail.com, FB Keep Caversham Tidy
Sundays – Caversham Artisan & Farmers Market – Caversham Precinct, 10:00-15:00. See www.facebook.com/CAFMarket
Sundays – Nordic Walk (or just walking). Free to all. Tel: 07931754096 or email Pat at Wirralbird@hotmail.com
Sundays – Readifolk Song and Music Club – 20:00-22:30 in the Community Hall, Watlington House, RG1 4RA. £8 admission for performances, £3 on singing nights. See www.readifolk.org.uk
Until Friday 29th August – Our River Thames – an exhibition exploring our history and interaction with the River Thames – Tuesday-Friday, Royal Berkshire Archives, 9 Coley Avenue, RG1 6AF. See www.royalberkshirearchives.org.uk/whats-going-on for opening times.
Tuesday 1 July – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 2 July until Saturday 10 August – Exhibition of works by Andrew Field artworks inspired by the world around him; his travels along the Thames in his canoe, beautiful country houses, and walks through nature – Caversham Picture Framer, Church Road – for details see cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Wednesday 2 July – Sherborne St John and The Vyne walk (SU627555) 5 miles – 10:30 Pang Valley Ramblers. This walk crosses arable farmland, explores woodland and follows the banks of a stream which skirts The Vyne Estate. There are opportunities to view scenic countryside, historic landmarks and wetland birdlife. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see https://pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Friday 4 July – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Friday 4 July – Bereavement Café – 14:00-15:30 at St. Barnabas, Emmer Green. A safe place to find others who have had their own loss and can appreciate something of your experience. For further info Tel. Gill at 0118 9478772
Saturday 5 July – Reading Haydn Choir summer concert – 19:30, St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road RG4 7PL. The repertoire will be a mix of European sacred music, opera choruses and settings by Finzi of poems by Robert Bridges – something for everyone. Further details www.haydnchoir.org.uk
Saturday 5 July – Oye Santana, Celebrating the music of Carlos Santana – 20:30 The Flowing Spring, Henley Road, RG4 9RB. See www.theflowingspringpub.co.uk/whatson
Sunday 6 July – Choral music celebrating poetry, song and the beauty of the natural world, Glass Ensemble – 17:00 at The Abbey School, Reading RG1 5DZ. Tickets including refreshments: £18 adults (£15 in advance). Under 18s free www.ticketsource.co.uk/glass-ensemble or 07930 690 873. Retiring collection for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Monday 7 to Friday 11 July – Wish It, Make/Sense’s summer show – 19:00 The Performing Arts Centre, Queen Anne’s School, Caversham. Tickets are available to purchase at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/makesense-theatre NOTE. No performance 9 July.
Wednesday 9 July – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Thursday 10 July – 6 September – Don’t Rock the Boat, a comedy by Robin Hawdon – The Mill at Sonning Theatre. See https://millatsonning.com/shows/dont-rock-the-boat for details of times and to book.
Saturday 12 July – Annual Parish Fête – 14:00 Caversham Thameside and Mapledurham Parish, Caversham Court Gardens. Stalls, sideshows, refreshments and music. See www.ctmparish.org.uk/event/parish-fete
Saturday 12 July – Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, Caroline Shaw: To the Hands and Entr’acte and the Telemann Viola Concerto – 19:30 Reading Bach Choir with instrumentalists from Concerts in Caversham at Douai Abbey. Tickets £18 / Under 18’s £5, via the website www.readingbachchoir.org.uk or on the door.
Thursday 17 July – Swanupping on the Thames between Sonning Lock and Mapledurham – 10:15 (approx.) at Caversham Lock. For more details see www.royalswan.co.uk
Monday 28 July – Hospitals of Reading’s Past – 14:00 at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading, talk to Reading u3a by Lionel Williams. Non-members welcome, free entry. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Coming Up in August
Saturday 30 August – Caversham Horticultural Society Autumn Show – 14:00 – 16:00 Emmer Green Primary School, St Barnabas Road RG4 8LN. Exhibitors stage from 9:00, judging 12:00-14:00. There will also be a autumn bulb and plant sale, a seed swap (Reading Food Growing Network), young fruit trees for sale and stalls from the Hedgehog and Canal Trusts. Refreshments (hot and cold drinks and cake) will also be available from 14:00.
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