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
Thursdays – Weller Voices Community Choir – 19:30-20:30. Weller Centre, 110 Amersham Road, RG4 5NA. Term time only. Singing is fun, free and for all. Join any of our sessions. For details contact wellervoices@gmail.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
From 1 October until 9 November – Exhibition of works by Ronnie Cruwys original mixed media paintings – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Wednesday 1 October: Whiteknights & Maiden Erlegh Lakes – 4.5 miles – 10:30 Meet outside Reading Station Main Entrance at 9:50 to travel by bus to the university or join us at the Pepper Lane Entrance, nearest postcode RG2 7DN. Pang Valley Ramblers. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Wednesday 1 October – Thames Hospice: Quality of life to the end of life, for everyone a talk by Dr Rachael De Caux – 20:00 The Caversham Heights Society at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Wednesday 1 October – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Friday 3 October– Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Friday 3 October – 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 4 October – Plant sale – 10:00-11:00 Caversham Horticultural Society, Oakley Road Allotments (adjacent to Vets)
Tuesday 7 October – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 0118 947 5176
Saturday 11 October – Artists & Makers Fair –10:00-16:00 at Caversham Methodist Hall, Gosbrook Road. Local artists and craftspeople display their work for sale. Free entry. Lobby café.
For further information phone Jean at 07808 966928 or visit www.cavershamcrafts.co.uk
Wednesday 15 October – What is It? A Talk about Unusual Tools with Richard Anderson – 19:30 Caversham Horticultural Society, Caversham Baptist Church. £3 non members. Light refreshments. Details www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk/talks
Wednesday 15 October – How Is Reading Philanthropist Arthur Hill Connected To The National Trust? A talk by Duncan McKay – 19:00 for 19:30 start. The Reading History Society at the Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading, RG1 3BE: £2 for non-members.
Wednesday 15 October – Jane’s story, a talk about Jane Austen by Joy Pibworth – 20:00 The Caversham Heights Society at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Saturday 18 October – ‘Come & Sing’ workshop – 10:00-16:30. Reading Bach Choir invites you to Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, a workshop at Caversham Heights Methodist Church, RG4 7BG.
Everyone is welcome. Tickets, including tea/coffee and music £25 (under 18’s £5) via www.readingbachchoir.org.uk
Saturday 18 October – Meet artist Ronnie Cruwys– 17:30 Caversham Picture Framer. An opportunity to meet the artist, view her exhibition, and share some food and wine. Ronnie will be doing a short artist talk at 18:30. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Friday 24 October – Le 9ème art – a talk by Lou Brimacombe – 19:30-21:30 Le Cercle Français at Church House, 59 Church Street, RG4 8AX. For those who are learning French, love France
and for French nationals. Admission £5 welcome drink included. See www.readingfrenchcircle.co.uk for programme. Email readingcerclefrancais@gmail.com
Monday 27 October – Artists of the Great War – Presentation by art historian Mike Grundy – 14:00 Reading u3a at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Non-members welcome, free entry. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Coming Up in November
Saturday 8 November – Remembrance weekend concert featuring Finzi’s Requiem da Camera and his Lo, the Full and Final Sacrifice, complemented by Bach, Komm Jesu Komm – 19:30 Reading Bach Choir, All Saints Church, Downshire Square, RG1 6NN. Tickets £18 in advance via www.readingbachchoir.org.uk or £20 on the door. Under 18’s £5.
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