| 2008 |
| 1-16 March |
Woodley
Festival of Music & Arts |
| 15-16 March |
RESCUE (Rivers and
Environmental Spaces Clean Up Event)
Annual event for volunteers to clean up our waste
|
| 21 March |
Lambourn
Open Day - stables and yards |
| 29 March |
Oxford/Cambridge
Boat Race |
1-4 May |
Reading Beer and Cider Festival Kings Meadow
350 Beers, 80 Ciders & Perries and 100 Foreign Beers! |
| 4 May |
Abingdon
Air & Country Show
Annual event with 2½hr flying display and ground attractions
for all the family |
| 10 May - 1 June |
Reading
Children's Festival
Fun and entertainment for children of all ages |
10-24 May |
Newbury
Spring Festival of music and arts |
| 20-24 May |
Chelsea
Flower Show |
| 25-26 May |
Highclere Country Fair
Highclere Castle |
| 26 May |
Reading
Community Carnival - Prospect Park |
| May |
Crafty
Craft Race
From Hungerford to Victoria Park, Newbury |
| 1 June |
Tadley
Treacle Fair |
| 14 June |
Woodley
Carnival |
| 14-15 June |
Marlow
Town Regatta & Festival |
| 20-22 June |
Henley
Women's Regatta |
| 21-22 June |
Marlow
Regatta |
| June |
Maidenhead
Carnival |
| June |
Pangbourne Fete |
| June |
Reading
Amateur Regatta
The second largest amateur regatta in the country. Thameside Promedade |
June |
Reading
WaterFest |
| June |
Tilehurst Show
Victoria Recreation Ground 11am-4pm |
| June |
Charity Fun Day at Prospect Park
from 1pm
Reading
Lions Club |
2-6 July |
Henley
Royal Regatta |
| 9-13 July |
Henley
Festival of Music and the Arts |
| 12-13 July |
Woodcote
Rally Festival of steam, vintage & veteran transport with
entertainment for all the family |
| 12-13 July |
Royal
International Air Tattoo (RIAT)
RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
| 14-26 July |
Shakespeare
in the Ruins - The Abbey Ruins
The Taming of the Shrew |
17-19 July |
Real
Ale & Jazz Festival
Christchurch Meadows, Reading
Over 40 real ales and the very best trad jazz |
| 19 July |
Goring
and Streatley Regatta
Bishop's Meadow above Cleeve Lock |
| 19-20 July |
Thames
Traditional Boat Rally Henley |
| July |
Swan
Upping Six traditional skiffs sail the Thames from Sunbury to
Abingdon. Birds are counted, weighed, measured and ringed by The Queen's
Swan Warden |
| 8-9 August |
Wargrave
and Shiplake Regatta |
| 16-17 August |
Berkshire 4x4 Motor Show Grazeley |
| 17 August |
Reading
and Wokingham Country Show
Classic cars, livestock, main arena entertainment,
heavy horses, dog show, beer tent, food stands, horticulture &
craft marquees, bouncy castles. Fun for all the family. |
| August |
Tidmarsh and Sulham Village Fete
2 pm at Sulham House, Sulham |
| August |
Reading
Fringe Festival |
August |
Reading
Festival
Unofficial sites:
- reading-festival.org.uk
- readingfestivalonline.co.uk |
| August |
Swallowfield
Show
White House Farm, Spencers Wood |
| August |
Wallingford
Bunkfest - Concerts, dance displays, musicians' sessions, childrens'
events |
| September |
Reading
O2O 10K road race |
| September |
Heritage
Open Days Access to architecturally and historically important
buildings which are not normally open to the general public |
| September |
Henley
Show |
| September |
Reading
Pride
Celebrating diversity within the Thames Valley |
| September |
Come
Together Henley's Free Community Festival |
September |
Royal
County of Berkshire Show
One of the country's top ten agricultural shows - livestock, crafts,
food, flowers, 100s of trade stands and entertainment for all |
| October |
Sue Ryder Fireworks & Halloween Night organised by Rotary Clubs of Henley
Bridge and Caversham at Sue
Ryder Care Nettlebed |
| November |
Rivermead
Fireworks Rivermead School, Woodley
P rofessionally fired firework display. Friendly atmosphere, hot food
and drinks and illuminated novelties for the kids. |
November |
Firework Fiesta
Annual firework display, organised by the Loddon
Lions Club and hosted in Wellington
Park from 5.30pm |
| November |
Riverside Christmas Spectacular The Oracle |
| November |
The
Broad Street Mall Christmas Light Switch-On |
| December |
Corn
Exchange Newbury
Pantomime: |
| December |
Winter Wonderland Ice Rink The Oracle |
| December |
Civic
Carol Concert The Hexagon
3pm and 7.30pm |
| December |
Haymarket
Theatre Basingstoke
Pantomime: |
| December |
New Victoria Theatre Woking
Pantomime: |
| December |
The Hexagon Reading
Pantomime: |
| December |
Reading
Toy Run
Annual charity motorcycle ride bringing gifts of toys to a major children's
charity |
| December |
Civic Carol Service Minster Church |
| December |
The
Anvil Basingstoke
Pantomime: |
| December |
Christmas at Beale Park |
| December |
Progress
Theatre Reading
|
| 2009 |
| January |
Shinfield
Players Theatre
Pantomime: Jack and The Beanstalk |
| February |
Annual
Charity Pancake Race Broad Street |
| May |
Henley
Food Festival |
| March |
Reading
Half Marathon
NB Major road closures will affect Reading throughout the morning |
| June |
Wargrave
Village Festival 2009
Community festival held every two years |
| July |
Children's Food Festival 2009
Abingdon airfield |
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