Sent 22 October 2025

What's on this weekend in Reading? (25th October 2025)

🍴 Alternative Markets, Reading Rising 2025, and Fine Food

1. 1.Reading Alternative Market @ Halloween

   📍 Reading · 🗓 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 (10:30)

   40 stalls of pure alternativeness to explore. Join in Halloween spirit — come in costume and get a gift. Giveaways, dress up photobooth, scare actors and more throughout the day.

2. 2.Reading Rising 2025

   📍 Facebar, Reading · 🗓 Saturday 15th - 16th November 2025 · 💷 Tickets available here

   Reading Rising is a two-day Alt-Rock and Metal festival showcasing 22 rising bands across two stages — with no clashes, so you can catch every set. Headliners include Still Remains, Devil Sold His Soul, Millie Manders & The Shutup, and Hawxx. A must-attend for rock and metal fans!

3. 3.Halloween Pottery Event

   📍 Two Sisters Crowthorne, 165 High Street, Crowthorne, RG45 7AF · 🗓 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 (11:00) · 💷 no cost

   Join us for a spooky Halloween themed Pottery Painting Event. This pottery session is focused on a Halloween theme. Be part of this spooky pottery event.

4. 4.Fine Food & Craft Market

   📍 Marriotts Walk, Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6GW · 🗓 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 (10:00) · 💷 no cost

   Now it is Oxford, but I thought I’d add this one in here since Food market’s go down a treat. Explore unique crafts at our Fine Food & Craft Market. Enjoy food and crafts in Witney. It might be worth the trip!

5. 5.The Journey of Sound System Culture

   📍 Mount Pleasant, Reading, RG1 2TD, United Kingdom, Reading (RG1 2TD) · 🗓 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 (05:00)

   Celebrating eight decades of UK Sound System Culture (Reggae, Ska) . Featuring recognition of the Sounds and Artists who built a legacy from the ground up. This is both history and music in one.

6. 6.Banging Bingo Bonanza

   📍 Street address not specified, City not specified · 🗓 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 (19:00)

   Fantastic Bingo night full of side games, shot rounds and extras on top of the Bingo rounds. An adult, alcohol fuelled fun games night. Many prizes throughout the night to be won.

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