What’s on in your area this week
Friday
Hungerford Christmas Fair, Town Hall and Corn Exchange, November 1 and 2, 10am to 4pm, £3.
Many new stallholders, Christmas cards and café. Gate and raffle in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association Reading and West Berkshire Branch.
Unplugged open mic night, ACE Space, 7pm.
Doors and bar from 7pm, performances start at 7.30pm.
Bandaoke with The Apollo Big Band, Sutton Hall, Stockcross, 8pm, £12.40 per adult, £10.40 per child.
Five local singers get the opportunity to sing with a live big band. This will be a great evening of music and song with talented singers backed by the Stockcross-based Apollo Big Band. Buy tickets at https://rebrand.ly/3z1oocm
Peter’s Disco, Royal British Legion, Pelican Lane, 8.30pm to 11pm.
Saturday
Newbury Model Railway Club’s model railway exhibition, St Bart’s School, 10am to 4.30pm, adults £7, children £3.50 and family ticket £17.50.
Over 15 layouts, trade stands and demonstrations.
Jumble sale, Padworth Village Hall, 2pm.
In aid of The Wessex Cancer Trust.
Newbury Lions charity fireworks spectacular, Newbury Racecourse, 7.30pm, adults £14, children £7 and family ticket £30.
Gates open at 5pm for 7.30pm display. Tickets must be purchased beforehand at https://rebrand.ly/b2coh0i
RNLI 200th anniversary concert, The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College, 7pm to 10pm, £16.96.
Join The Reading Male Voice Choir, The Senior Songsters Shanty Group and Pangbourne RNLI at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI. The evening will be packed full of maritime songs, sea shanties and tales from the life saving activities of Tower RNLI Station. Mulled wine will be served during the interval. All proceeds to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Tickets available at https://rebrand.ly/i06rm7w
Sunday
Local history talk, Boxford Heritage Centre, 2.30pm, free.
‘Boxford Folk: from Blacksmiths to Admirals’ will be a lighthearted look at the characters who have lived in Boxford from someone with a long family history there. Free entry but donations welcome.
Monday
Bradfield Historical Society meeting, Bradfield Southend Cricket Club Pavilion, Heath Road, 7.30pm.
Local historian David Peacock will give a talk on the history of Donnington Castle. There is no entry fee, but a donation of £4 per person towards expenses would be appreciated.
Kintbury Wildlife Group meeting, Coronation Hall, Inkpen Road, 7.30pm, £3.
Local resident Ed Makin will talk on The Kintbury Eco Centre, his project to restore and promote wildlife on the Kintbury Chase between Kintbury and Inkpen.
