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Festival jazzes up the 2025 May programme

03 April 2025
Festival jazzes up the 2025 May programme

Festival jazzes up the 2025 May programme

03 April 2025

This year’s Newbury Spring Festival features world-class musicians and diverse styles, from early jazz influences to contemporary interpretations.


Pick of what’s on in arts&entertainment this week

03 April 2025
Pick of what’s on in arts&entertainment this week

Pick of what’s on in arts&entertainment this week

03 April 2025

Why not kick off your weekend with a laugh at the comedy club?


Knit with Hannah’s virtual academy has more than 52,000 YouTube subscribers and a thriving online knitting community

03 April 2025
Knit with Hannah’s virtual academy has more than 52,000 YouTube subscribers and a thriving online knitting community

Knit with Hannah’s virtual academy has more than 52,000 YouTube subscribers and a thriving online knitting community

03 April 2025

Hannah Gilly blends traditional craft with digital media to keep knitting alive for future generations from her home studio in Whitchurch.


Feel the vibe at this weekend’s jazz club

03 April 2025
Feel the vibe at this weekend’s jazz club

Feel the vibe at this weekend’s jazz club

03 April 2025

Vibraphonist Roger Beaujolais who has been in sessions with many musicians including Suggs and Arthur Brown is special guest at Pangbourne Jazz Club.


Big indie line-up headlined by The Wombats just announced for the final summer show at Englefield

02 April 2025
Big indie line-up headlined by The Wombats just announced for the final summer show at Englefield

Big indie line-up headlined by The Wombats just announced for the final summer show at Englefield

02 April 2025

The Wombats headline huge outdoor show as part of Heritage Live Festival’s summer events in the stunning grounds of Englefield House this summer.


Catch some damn fine music from the damn fine trio that is Damn Tall Buildings

02 April 2025
Catch some damn fine music from the damn fine trio that is Damn Tall Buildings

Catch some damn fine music from the damn fine trio that is Damn Tall Buildings

02 April 2025

Brooklyn based musicians pack bluegrass with a punch in Newbury this weekend.


Town’s own Choral Society aim to raise the rafters with the mighty Dream of Gerontius

02 April 2025
Town’s own Choral Society aim to raise the rafters with the mighty Dream of Gerontius

Town’s own Choral Society aim to raise the rafters with the mighty Dream of Gerontius

02 April 2025

Regarded as one of Edward Elgar’s greatest works, the performance will feature professional soloists and musicians.


Local musicians support The Newbury pub and landlord

02 April 2025
Local musicians support The Newbury pub and landlord

Local musicians support The Newbury pub and landlord

02 April 2025

Who Ate All The Crayons headline Saturday night music at the Bartholomew Street pub.


Bravo! A thriller from Watermill Youth Ensemble actors

01 April 2025
Bravo! A thriller from Watermill Youth Ensemble actors

Bravo! A thriller from Watermill Youth Ensemble actors

01 April 2025

‘A joy to watch the playfulness and characters this young cast had created’, Emil and the Detectives reviewed.


Inkpen nature writer Nicola Chester reveals the 5 top contenders for the Inaugural Climate Fiction Prize

31 March 2025
Inkpen nature writer Nicola Chester reveals the 5 top contenders for the Inaugural Climate Fiction Prize

Inkpen nature writer Nicola Chester reveals the 5 top contenders for the Inaugural Climate Fiction Prize

31 March 2025

One of the judges, award-winning nature writer and former NWN columnist Nicola Chester tells us of the importance of literary prizes such as this.


Bankrupted, sentenced to two years hard labour for gross indecency: Oscar Wilde’s story

31 March 2025
Bankrupted, sentenced to two years hard labour for gross indecency: Oscar Wilde’s story

Bankrupted, sentenced to two years hard labour for gross indecency: Oscar Wilde’s story

31 March 2025

Arts Society Newbury lecture Wilde about Oscar: Famous for being famous (and infamous)


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30 March 2025
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30 March 2025

Our What’s On newsletter gives you eight top stories, plus our pick of what to see in the coming week.


Four great bands take to the stage in first Good Vibes under 18s bandsnight

30 March 2025
Four great bands take to the stage in first Good Vibes under 18s bandsnight

Four great bands take to the stage in first Good Vibes under 18s bandsnight

30 March 2025

Each one of them put on an amazing set in front of a sell-out crowd.


24 local artists focus on 1 tree to create a ‘veritable woodland of rustic wonder in the very heart of Newbury’

30 March 2025
24 local artists focus on 1 tree to create a ‘veritable woodland of rustic wonder in the very heart of Newbury’

24 local artists focus on 1 tree to create a ‘veritable woodland of rustic wonder in the very heart of Newbury’

30 March 2025

The images, mostly paintings, but including prints and photographs are united by imagination and vision.


Corn Exchange youth theatre tackle challenging new writing for National Theatre’s Connections

29 March 2025
Corn Exchange youth theatre tackle challenging new writing for National Theatre’s Connections

Corn Exchange youth theatre tackle challenging new writing for National Theatre’s Connections

29 March 2025

Normalised by Amanda Verlaque was performed this week by the Corn Exchange Intermediate Youth Theatre.


Rave DJ turned artist shows at Arlington Arts

29 March 2025
Rave DJ turned artist shows at Arlington Arts

Rave DJ turned artist shows at Arlington Arts

29 March 2025

Rennie Pilgrem started making art professionally after having work accepted at the Royal Academy Summer show.


This is not goodbye, it’s arrivederci: Interview with Strictly star Giovanni

28 March 2025
This is not goodbye, it’s arrivederci: Interview with Strictly star Giovanni

This is not goodbye, it’s arrivederci: Interview with Strictly star Giovanni

28 March 2025

Last Dance for Italian maestro: Dancing’s what I have done since I was so young, but I knew the time would come when I’d want to do different things.


Pews will rock tonight as Newbury YoungStars’ Sister Act Jr hits the stage

28 March 2025
Pews will rock tonight as Newbury YoungStars’ Sister Act Jr hits the stage

Pews will rock tonight as Newbury YoungStars’ Sister Act Jr hits the stage

28 March 2025

Soulful singing, comedy and infectious energy from a cast of talented young performers at Arlington Arts.


Riotous romp at Ramsbury’s Café René

28 March 2025
Riotous romp at Ramsbury’s Café René

Riotous romp at Ramsbury’s Café René

28 March 2025

Ravensbury Players performed to a full house every night in a side-splitting rendition of ’Allo ’Allo 2: The Camembert Caper.


What’s on in entertainment this week

27 March 2025
What’s on in entertainment this week

What’s on in entertainment this week

27 March 2025

350 literary events to nurture intellectual curiosity, the art of a Rave DJ, and a musical nun on the run… just for starters.


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