Evening events, free events

Swindon-based indie-rock five-piece.

Classic rock and pop-influenced trio from the North East.

Punk covers group.

The band plays bluegrass and psychedelic music.

If you like Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain and Jason Byrne, but can't afford to see them; then come see this show. Granted it doesn't have any of them in it, but it does have the best up-and-coming Irish comedians. The Tommys, Dylans Daras, and Jasons of tomorrow, or at the very latest, the week after next.

The seven-piece band performs ska, punk and reggae covers.

An evening of performances, screenings and readings to send volume 16 and 17 of 2HB, a journal of experimental art writing, into the world.

The band plays rock and indie covers.

Douglas Adams said the answer to the big question of Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. I am 42 this year. I want to know everything about everything: Life, the Universe, Everything. For example why do Jack Russells stick out their tongues when they are mating? Science doesn’t know. Is it because they are too…

For one week only! James O'Connor, Dalia Malek, and special guests will spread a variety of comedic love with an occasional sprinkling of dark humour into the ether! Come along, laugh, be entertained! Fourplay… You know you want to! 

Independence Day celebration picnic. Includes live band.

DJ Adam Green plays dance, R&B, pop and cheese.

Rock covers band.

Schools from across Reading and West Berkshire join forces to showcase new work.

The ban performs indie and alt-rock covers.

Irresponsible Decorators Theatre Company / Free Festival. 76 Million People and Me is the story of four 20th-century dictators: Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot, stuck on a rowing boat to hell. Their conversations lurch from national anthems to the finer points of genocide, while taking on fine dining…

Resident DJs play pop classics, dance and retro hits.

An evening of gaming and experimental electronics. With classic and recent consoles, visuals and electronic music.

Aussies, long bumpy bus journeys, Germans, hostels, Americans, Lonely Planet, backpacks, hippies, tours, gap year, Israelis, TripAdvisor. It’s all here and more in this acutely observed guide to backpacking by avid traveller Jody Kamali.

Aaron Twitchen / Laughing Horse Free Festival. Disney promised we'd be princesses, so why are we crying into our Haagen-Dazs? Forget kissing frogs and marrying trolls, let's rewrite the rules and bring back princess power with help from our friends Kate Middleton (Royal princess), Jasmine (Disney princess) and Britney…

The Swedish popsters get their hits covered.

The Algerian singer and multi-instrumentalist, now living in London, performs an eclectic fusion of Gypsy-folk, rai, jazz and world-dance.