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.
Liz Real Studio Sale – Sale of artwork and art related materials – August/September. Liz is preparing to move so there will be pictures (both framed and unframed), art materials, works on paper, collage pots, greetings cards etc. Everything reduced by 50% – with prices starting at £5, and a donation to Launchpad Reading based on a percentage of the sales. To visit the studio, contact Liz for an appointment on 0790 976 6733 or email lizreal1@icloud.com
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 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.
Until Saturday 27 September – Exhibition of works by Sally Castle: To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Tuesday 2 September – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 0118 947 5176
Wednesday 3 September – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Friday 5 September – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Friday 5 September – 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 6 September – Reading Abbey Gateway Rooftop Tour – 11:00 A 45 minute tour of the restored Abbey Gateway. For details see https://whatsonreading.com/venues/abbey-gateway/whats-on/reading-abbey-gateway-rooftop-tour
Sunday 7 September – Thatcham Reedbeds and Greenham Common Walk – 6.0 Miles – 10:30 Meet at The Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Post Code RG19 3FU Pang Valley Ramblers.
One of a programme of regular walks in the area – pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Thursday 11 September – Reading Haydn Choir Open Rehearsal – 19:45 – St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JT – no obligation to join, music supplied. If interested, email Eileen at rdghaydnchoir@gmail.com
Saturday 13 September – 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
Saturday 13 September – Heritage Open Days – Caversham Court Gardens and talks at Caversham Baptist Church. See www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on for all Open Days events and
for the Reading programme see whatsonreading.com, or links from the CADRA website www.cadra.org.uk/en/Events
Sunday 14 September – Reading Cycle Festival – 11:00-16:00 Christchurch Meadows. See www.readingcyclefestival.co.uk for details
Wednesday 17 September – 150 Years of Jackson’s Corner, a talk by Thomas Macey – 19:00 The Reading History Society at the Abbey Baptist Church: £2 for non-members of the Society. It is likely to be popular so pre-booking is advised, through historyofreadingsociety@yahoo.com
Monday 22 September – So you think we don’t make anything any more? British manufacturing in the 21st Century – 14.00 at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Talk to Reading u3a by Berkshire historian Richard Marks. Non-members welcome, free entry. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Friday 26 September – I did it my way – comme d’habitude, talk by Peter Prowse – 19:30-21:30 at Church House, 59 Church Street, RG4 8AX. Le Cercle Français, 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
Coming Up in October
Friday 24 October-Saturday 1 November – Concerts in Caversham Autumn Festival – St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road, Caversham. Tickets and details www.concertsincaversham.co.uk
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