Little Red

Fri 20 NovDoors 20:00

Rootweave

Rising Sun Arts Centre · Reading

Rootweave is the creative revolutionary work of Brighton based multi-instrumentalist and wordsmith Em Swift. They blend contemporary folk and invocation-like spoken word, with influences ranging from Celtic trad, strings metal, and Italian folk-pop. Their raw, powerful lyrics, voice and unique folk style thread together stories of grief, community, ancestral reconnection, deep time, change and liberation. Their music truthfully and passionately accompanies listeners through this age of collapse and transformation. For fans of Kae Tempest, Climbing Poe Tree, La Nina, Grace Petrie We're very excited to be bringing them to Reading and to the Rising Sun Arts Centre. Support comes from Famous Red Tights, a solo folk artist focusing on fingerpicking, illustrative narration and the folkish revival. She draws inspiration from an amalgamation of local music, folk artists such as Pentangle and from scanning a fretboard until it sounds right enough.

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Fri 27 NovDoors 20:00

Future Transmissions presents Wilswood Buoys/Rocket Kings/Nick Saxton

Rising Sun Arts Centre · Reading

Wilswood Buoys, formed in the summer of 2017, initially started as two friends simply jamming together. However, their passion quickly evolved into creating their own unique music. With distinct musical backgrounds, Josh and Joe blended various genres to craft a raw and fresh alt/folk island sound. Rocket Kings Nick Saxton

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Fri 29 Jan 2027Doors 20:00

Future Transmissions Robb Johnson

Rising Sun Arts Centre · Reading

Robb Johnson is now widely recognised as one of the finest songwriters working in the UK today. “An English original”,(Robin Denselow, the Guardian) … “one of our best singer-songwriters ever” (Mike Harding)… a “renowned folk-punk”(Time Out). His songs feature in the repertoires of a wide variety of musicians, from folk legend Roy Bailey to cabaret chanteuse Barb Jungr, and he enjoys a similarly diverse spectrum of critical acclaim – “a modern-day Dostoyevsky” said the US’s Dirty Linen, Mojo made the double CD Gentle Men, a song suite family history of the First World War and its consequences, Album Of The Month, while The Daily Telegraph made it their Folk Album Of 1998. A revised version was recorded in 2013 to coincide with the centenary of the First World War featuring Roy Bailey Barb Jungr, and was again greeted with widespread critical acclaim. Tony Benn said Johnson’s “Winter Turns To Spring” is his favourite song, while Jeremy Corbyn’s favourite is “Bob Crow”. He has played pubs, clubs, pavements, pickets and benefits, arts centres and festivals, local radio, BBC Radio 3 and 4, Belgian Radio 1, Nicaraguan TV and Channel 4, the Albert Hole...

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Fri 26 Feb 2027Doors 20:00

The Dazed Minded - In Malcolm We Trust Number 16

Rising Sun Arts Centre · Reading

In Malcolm We Trust Number 16 The annual knees up to celebrate the birth of Malcolm Unwin The Dazed Minded Horse Rock Mal Function the New Wave Poet Rat Boy's Magic Show

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Fri 24 Sep 2027Doors 18:00

Just Radiohead

Chalk · Brighton

Gigs00sTribute

Fri 24 Sep 2027Doors 18:30

Oasis Supernova | Freight Island, Manchester

Freight Island · Manchester

The acclaimed Oasis tribute is coming to Manchester this September with the Subarctic Monkeys.

GigsBrit PopIndie Pop

Fri 24 Sep 2027Doors 18:30

Tyber & Pete from The Dualers

Thekla · Bristol

From Kingston With Love Tour 2027

GigsReggaeDub & Ska

Fri 24 Sep 2027Doors 19:00

Marquee Square Heroes

St Peter's · Marlborough

⭐ MARQUEE SQUARE HEROES – THE FISH YEARS CELEBRATION ⭐ If you lived through the 80s, you’ll remember when music was EVERYTHING. When we waited for every scrap of news in the music press or on teletext, desperate to know what MARILLION were doing next. From Fish joining in ’81 to the Script for a Jester’s Tear breakthrough in ’83, the rise was explosive. A No.1 album, and the single Kayleigh dominating the summer of ’85. In 1986 60,000 fans attended Milton Keynes for the Welcome to the Garden Party show— MARILLION became arguably the biggest band in the UK, maybe Europe. Seven magical years we’ll never forget. 🎭 MARQUEE SQUARE HEROES have been keeping that magic alive across the UK and Europe, recreating the Fish era with incredible authenticity. One of the standout moments of the 2026 tour was performing Misplaced Childhood in full at St Peter’s Church, Marlborough — followed by 90 minutes of classics and a stunning Grendel. A night to remember. 🌟 2027 – A VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND AT ST PETER’S We’re coming back for a unique two night celebration. Each night: two full studio albums, plus non album tracks from the same era. Every recorded song from th...

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