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Top story Reading Halloween 2026: Pumpkin Patches, Trails, Discos Halloween in Reading: four pumpkin patches from £6.50, a free Broad Street Mall party on 24 Oct, a river disco and ghost walks on 31 Oct. Dates and prices. · 6 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 10 Oct Dracula Reading Rep Theatre · From £25.50
  2. Mon 5 Oct Windrush flag procession and exhibition 1pm · Broad Street Mall · Free
  3. Mon 5 Oct Alan Davies: Think Ahead 7.30pm · The Hexagon · From £33
  4. Tue 6 Oct Curator Tour: Women Artists and the Reading School of Art, 1890 to 1930 12pm · The Museum of English Rural Life · Free
  5. Tue 6 Oct Bayeux Tapestry Tours 2.30pm · Reading Museum · From £10
  6. Tue 6 Oct Leon McCawley, piano 7.30pm · Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall · From £14
  7. Wed 7 Oct Tai Chi with Sport in Mind 3.30pm · The Museum of English Rural Life · Free
  8. Wed 7 Oct Chris Ramsey: Here, Man! 7.30pm · The Hexagon · From £33.50
  9. Thu 8 Oct Bayeux and Bubbles 5.30pm · Reading Museum · From £25
  10. 9 to 30 Oct Winnie-the-Pooh at 100 Reading Central Library · Free
  11. Fri 9 Oct Sindhu Vee: Swanky 7.30pm · Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall · From £31.50
  12. Sat 10 Oct Reading parkrun 9am · Thames Valley Park · Free

More stories

Christmas Santa's Grotto in Reading 2026: From 7 Nov, Free at Beale Where to see Father Christmas in Reading: the Winter Wonderland grotto from 7 Nov, free with entry at Beale Park in December, and two Santa afternoon teas. · 5 min read Events 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 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 go on at about 5pm on Saturday 14 November, with entertainment on Broad Street from 2pm. Free; the market opens that day and runs to 3 January. · 5 min read Christmas Reading Christmas Market: Broad Street, 14 Nov to 3 Jan Broad Street's Christmas market runs 14 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 10am to 8pm (6pm Sundays). Plus one-day markets in Caversham and the Town Hall. · 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, Nearest Is Sat 17 Oct Reading has had no town fireworks since 2022. Nearest 2026 displays: Sparks in the Park on 17 Oct, then Wokingham and Windsor on 7 Nov. Times and prices. · 6 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