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
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 reading.gov.uk/ leisure/all-libraries/caversham-library
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 334 8195 for further information. bridgewebs.com/cavershampark
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.redifolk.co.uk
Until Saturday 17 August – Exhibition of Japanese Wood Cuts – 19th century Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kuniyoshi and Kunisada – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Friday 2 August – Bereavement Café – 14:00-15:30 at St. Barnabas, Emmer Green. The café is 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
Sunday 4 August – Poems in the park (for ages 5-11) – 10:00 – 11:00 – Reading Children’s Book Group. Caversham Court Gardens, Church Rd, Reading RG4 7AD. Join them for some summertime fun. If it’s wet, it will take place at Fourbears Books, Prospect Street. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Free but pre-booking essential by 16:00 on Saturday 3 August via www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-details or 0118 948 1747
Sunday 4 August – ‘Peter Pan’ – SISATA – Open Air Theatre – 18:00 at Caversham Court Gardens. For details and to book tickets (£14-£17) see www.ticketsource.co.uk/sisata/t-ojaordj
Tuesday 6 August – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel. 01189 475176
Wednesday 7 August – Rosehill Ladies, speaker Richard Anderson talks about ‘Wallace Simpson’ – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Friday 16 August – Fred in the Shed’s magic show – Caversham Library – As part of the Marvellous Makers Summer Reading Challenge, why not come along and see? Tel. 0118 9375103 or see reading.gov.uk/ leisure/all-libraries/caversham-library
Saturday 17 August – Moonage- the Best of Bowie Tribute Band – 20:00, The Flowing Spring, Henley Road, Playhatch, RG4 9RB Tickets £20 from the pub, see https://theflowingspringpub.co.uk/live-music
From Wednesday 21 August to 28 September – Exhibition – Floral Reverie by Melissa Lawrence – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Sunday 25 August – Third Lung – Live music in St Martin’s Precinct – 13:00, Pop Classics present a free performance, see www.pop-classics.com for details
Monday 26 August – Sonning Common Food Market – 10:00 – 14:30, Millennium Fields, Sonning Common. 20+ Artisan stalls, including Loddon Brewery, Compassionate Loaf with live entertainment from Peppard Unplugged
Saturday 31 August – Caversham Horticultural Society Autumn Show – 14:00 – 16:30, Emmer Green Primary School. See www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
Advanced notice for music lovers:
Friday 27 September – Piano Recital by David Jenkins – 19:30, Caversham Baptist Church, South Street RG4 8HY. David will play some of his own compositions, alongside music by Beethoven, Bernstein, Elgar, Grieg, John Williams and Lennon and McCartney. Performed on the Steinway Grand Piano in aid of Christian Community Action Caversham Drop-In. Tickets £10.00, email concert@cavershammethodist.org.uk for details
