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Top story What's On in Reading: Free Food Festival, Then Diwali Free food festival in Forbury Gardens on Sunday 11 October, Diwali on Broad Street on the 24th, plus 40 dated Reading listings with times and prices. · 11 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 10 Oct Dracula Reading Rep Theatre · From £25.50
  2. Thu 1 Oct Bayeux Tapestry Tours 2.30pm · Reading Museum · From £10
  3. Thu 1 Oct Nigel Havers: Talking B*ll*cks 7.30pm · The Hexagon · From £38.50
  4. Fri 2 Oct Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv 7.30pm · The Hexagon · From £33.50
  5. Fri 2 Oct Leveret 8pm · South Street Arts Centre · From £22.50
  6. Sat 3 Oct Reading parkrun 9am · Thames Valley Park · Free
  7. Sat 3 Oct Prospect parkrun 9am · Prospect Park · Free
  8. Sat 3 Oct Reading Libraries Fun Palace 10am · Reading Central Library · Free
  9. Sat 3 Oct Reading Abbey Quarter Tour 11am · Reading Museum
  10. Sat 3 Oct Black British Ballet, a presentation by Dr Sandie Bourne 11am · Reading Central Library
  11. Sat 3 Oct Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us 7.30pm · Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall · From £26
  12. Sun 4 Oct NT Live: The Misanthrope (15) 7pm · The Hexagon · From £12.50

More stories

Remembrance Reading Remembrance Sunday 2026: Minster, Parade, Forbury Reading's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year: 9.25am service at Reading Minster, parade to Forbury Gardens, two-minute silence at 11am. · 2 min read Christmas Reading Museum Opening Times This Winter: Free, Shut Mondays Reading Museum is free, open Tuesday to Saturday, and shut between Christmas and New Year. Bayeux Tapestry tours, Abbey Ruins hours and December family trails. · 4 min read Christmas Reading Christmas Lights Switch-On: Sat 14 Nov, from 2pm Reading's lights come on at about 5pm on Saturday 14 November, with entertainment on Broad Street from 2pm. Free, and the Christmas market opens the same day. · 4 min read Christmas Reading Christmas Market: Broad Street Opens 14 Nov Broad Street's market opens with the lights switch-on on Saturday 14 November. No closing date is set, and two Reading pages disagree on last year's. · 4 min read Christmas Reading Panto: Aladdin at the Hexagon, 5 Dec to 3 Jan Justin Fletcher and Paul Morse return for Aladdin, 48 performances from 5 December. Prices run £20 to £47.50, and Reading gets no captioned show. · 5 min read Bonfire Night Reading Fireworks: No Town Display Since 2022 Reading's own bonfire night display last ran in 2022 and its website has gone. What is left in the borough, and the nearest confirmed 2026 display. · 5 min read Heritage Reading Heritage Open Days: 38 Free Events, 11-20 Sept Thirty-eight free heritage events run in and around Reading from 11 to 20 September, from Basildon Park to the Town Hall organ. Fourteen need booking first. · 8 min read