The lineup is local and diverse, with several stages and tents, and artists playing Americana, funk, blues, folk, jazz, samba, punk, reggae, bhangra, hip-hop, grime, house, and techno. Reading School Term Dates Calendar 2019-20 (PDF Download) Term: Start date: End date: 6: Monday 1 June 2020: Tuesday 21 July 2020: Please note that these are the remaining dates for 2019-2020 for schools under Reading Local Authority control. There’ll also be free live music on 27 May.Around 30,000 visitors and residents come together on Midsummer Common, by the River Cam, for this annual festival of arts and music celebrating the city. The event was inspired by the traditional spring fairs of southern Spain, many of which are now huge regional events with communities dancing and eating together and celebrating in the streets.The Slipways where the Titanic and Olympic ships were launched are hosting a long weekend of maritime fun, with boatbuilding demos, film screenings and hands-on activities. What's on at Reading Museum. There are rocky paths heading around the hilltops and stepping stones across the water. Taking over streets and spaces across the city, with its Playhouse and Arts Centre leading the way, this two-week festival includes free performance events and workshops. Picnic benches are available or bring a picnic mat and sit on the lovely, big lawn!Please note that the museum’s car park can fill up quickly at busy times.

Elsewhere, other free family events include an interactive “follow your food” session at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (30 May) and a beekeeper flash mob with the Bee Friendly Trust (25 May). Please visit our The Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading uses its diverse collections to explore how the skills and experiences of rural people, past and present, help shape our lives.Use the form below to select the newsletters you would like to receive!The Museum reopened in October 2016, following a major redevelopment, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. There’ll be There’ll be activities for young horticulturists throughout half-term (as part of this national week) at 19th-century Circus, art and dance are heading to the quayside in Salford for a free festival of culture that runs to 2 June, in and around Nothing says May bank holiday like a country fair, and there is a host of shows taking place this weekend (see It has more than seven hectares of fortifications to explore, around ramparts, secret tunnels and ammunition bunkers, plus costumed guides, videos and displays illustrating the life and work of soldiers at the fort. In the main gallery space, a new Lis Rhodes exhibition starts on 25 May, tracing 50 years of her experimental filmmaking. On 1 June, the No Reading Reading Clubwill discuss a 1978 feminist essay by Rhodes entitled Whose History?

Monday, February 16 Printing - All Creatures Great and Small. The Museum is encouraging residents of all ages to come along and take part in a whole host of fun activities this February, with the reminder that for the Museum it is still open for business as usual despite the big changes taking place at Reading Town Hall. The team at Reading Museum is currently working on plans to reopen and details of our exhibitions and other events will appear on this page. All rights reserved. Local organisations including Cambridge Love Music Hate Racism, green campaign groups and art collectives are also involved.Breathtaking aerial performances will take place around the natural amphitheatre of the bay at what will be the fourth year of this event, which is expected to attract around 165,000 spectators over two days. The Ugly Art Club runs free art technique workshops, including an avant-garde stamp-making and shape work session on 26 May.

When: One-hour sessions at 10am, 11.15am, 1pm and 2.15pm Where: Reading Museum and Town Hall, Blagrave Street Cost: £3 - … There’s also a Young Artist Crits peer-to-peer advice session on 31 May, and a curation course starting in June. The volunteer-led event has been going for more than 40 years and this year’s theme is Love. For half-term, there are guided wildlife walks (25 and 26 May), den-building (30 May), and campfire cooking (31 May). Also, around the quays there will be bridge building, kite making, theatre, dance, a street food market, sea shanties, live bands and a light show finale.Try a host of paddling activities, or develop your skills, at a series of canoeing and standup paddleboarding (SUP) events around the country, as part of Go Paddling week. Redlands Road, Reading FAMILIES are in for an arty treat at Reading Museum this February, with creative workshops galore. You are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy in the garden.