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...and there we are, bottom right of course because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight is #TheDing
And this week's session is the one where YOU 🫵 make the music. Our sessions are UNPLUGGED, so we're straight into the music.
See you there!
#FolkMusic #LiveMusic #UKFolkMusic
October 8, 2026 at 12:17 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
🎶 TONIGHT 🎶🎵
We're looking forward to sharing music with you in #TheDing
October 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
readifolk.bsky.social
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...and there's our theme night "Fisher Folk" It's the one where you make the music) bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing
October 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
🎵🎶 TONIGHT 🎶🎵
#SundayNight
#FolkMusicNight in #TheDing
#UKFolkMusic
🎶🎵 TONIGHT 🎵🎶
readifolk.bsky.social Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵 @readifolk.bsky.social · 16d
Our next session is an evening of song with Steve Turner. Steve is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of the best voices in the business. @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social
Image advertising Readifolk's guest night with Steve Turner on Sunday 27th September at 8pm. In the centre is a photo of Steve playing the concertina. Steve is looking to the side and smiling The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £10 cash on the door (£5 if you are under 25) and you bring your own refreshments. The poster surrounding the photo I filled with musical images of notes and instruments and flowers and seasonal images like ears of wheat and acorns. It includes a QR code leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and a logo for the club. There are social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.
September 27, 2026 at 7:20 AM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
We're ready to share 🍻🫖🧀🎶 with you!
#TheDing #FolkMusic #UKFolkMusic
September 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
🍻🍷🫖+🧀+🎶🎶+🫵
TOMORROW in the ❤️ of #TheDing
September 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
🍻🍷🫖+🧀+🎶🎶+🫵
TOMORROW in the ❤️ of #TheDing
castletapsessions.bsky.social 🎵🪕The Castle Tap Sessions🎶🪗 @castletapsessions.bsky.social · 23d
Just over a week to go to our next session, and we are excited to share with you our new flyer. Look out for it around town and come and make music with us on Wednesday 23rd September!
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social #LiveMusic #FolkMusic #UKFolkMusic
The flyer is a colourful image of people singing and playing music in the Castle Tap pub. The main text says "The Castle Tap Sessions - 4th Wednesday of the month from 8pm" There are icons for Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram with the handle @castletapsessions. A description says "singaround/session with good beer, good cheese, good company and good music". The address for the pub is given as 120 Castle Hill, Reading. In the centre of the flyer is a sign on a pub table saying "Reserved for folk session". In the bottom left corner is a QR code, taking you to www.facebook.com/castletapsessions.]
September 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
So much music in #TheDing this weekend!
As usual #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight and there we are in the photo bottom right making music together. We hope you will join us this week whatever your level of skill or experience, and you're also welcome to sit back and join in a chorus or two.
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rdgwhatson.bsky.social What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 21d
Warriors and fishmongers and angels and teenagers... well, sort of - it's the WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

Packed with punk, funk, folk, blues, jazz and more.
whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...
montage of gig posters
September 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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There we are bottom right making music together because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing, and we hope you'll join us to share songs and tunes. All levels of skill and experience are welcome, but no pressure: you're welcome too to sit back and join in a chorus or two.
September 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
TONIGHT!
🍻🫖🍷+🧀+🎶🎵🎶+🫵= another come-all-ye at the Castle Tap
#FolkMusic #LiveMusic #UKFolkMusic in #TheDing #ReadingUK #ComeAllYe #Unplugged
Set of images advertising a come-all-ye music session at The Castle Tap pub in Reading. There are images of people singing and playing music in the pub and a sign on a table with the words "Reserved for Folk Session". A guitar is propped up by the table and you can see a concertina behind the sign. The session is on the 4th Wednesday of the month and starts at 8pm. All the instruments are unplugged.
August 26, 2026 at 8:11 AM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
🎶 Midweek music (made by you, no plugging in, just your voices and your instruments)
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🧀 Cheese
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🍻🍷🫖 Beer, wine, cider, mug of tea
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🙂😃😁 A convivial town centre pub
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A Castle Tap Session

See you on Wednesday from 8!
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social #LiveMusic #TheDing
Photo collage of people singing and playing music in a pub (The Castle Tap). The photo is in black and white which lends a nostalgic feel. The address of the Castle Tap is given: 120 Castle Street, Reading.
August 25, 2026 at 9:03 AM
readifolk.bsky.social
On this bank holiday, festival weekend Sunday 30th August our next session is a theme night:
"Friends Like These".
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All are welcome to share songs and tunes on the theme (or we'll find a link!).
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing
Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "Friends Like These" on Sunday 30th August. There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is an image of silhouettes of some birds perched together on a set of lines. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.
August 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
readifolk.bsky.social
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There we are bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing, with a singers' night where all are welcome to share songs and tunes and all levels of skill and experience are welcome.
August 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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There we are bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing, with a theme night, "The Road Less Travelled".
All are welcome to share songs and tunes on the theme (or we'll find a link!). In the right-hand corner are colourful images of musical notes and instruments.
August 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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Our next session is a theme night on Sunday 16th August.
"The Road Less Travelled".
All welcome to share songs and tunes on the theme (or we'll find a link!).
Find us at 8pm in the ❤️ of Reading
#SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #TheDing
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social
Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "The Road Less Travelled" on Sunday 16th August. There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is an image of a track in the hills. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.
August 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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...and there we are again, bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing. [Readifolk's image shows singers and instrument players taking part in one of our friendly, unplugged singers' nights.]
July 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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That's our flyer, bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing.
Dog Days of Summer is the theme for your songs and tunes, and in our colourful flyer you can see images of musical instruments and notes and even a dog.
See you on Sunday.
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July 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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Our next session is another of our Summer theme nights on Sunday at 8pm in the ❤️ of #TheDing. Next week is Bastille Day, so we are sharing songs and tunes on the theme "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité". @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight
Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" on Sunday 12th July. There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is a group of people period clothes. One man is speaking with his arm raised. The others are listening and looking to speak too. The main colours are red, white and blue, the colours of the Tricoleur, the national flag of France. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments. The poster also includes a QR code, leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.
July 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
...and there's our theme night "Fanny and Willy" (two popular names in folk song and music) bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing
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rdgwhatson.bsky.social What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · Jun 25
What's hotter than the sun?
OUR WEEKEND GIG GUIDE, THAT'S WHAT!

It's jam-packed with big names, local names, people pretending to be big names, songs about names, and possibly even your name!
whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...
montage of gig posters
June 25, 2026 at 12:23 PM
castletapsessions.bsky.social
Less than a week to our next session of 🍻🧀🫖🎶🎵 in the ❤️ of #TheDing
@acespacenewbury.bsky.social @rdgwhatson.bsky.social
Collage of photos of people singing and playing music in the Castle Tap pub. There are some details: a singaround/session withtgood beereand cheese, good company and good music - 4th Wednesday of the month 8pm at the Castle Tap, 120 Castle Hill, Reading
June 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
What a weekend of music it is, and there we are, bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight #InRdg in #TheDing
This Sunday's a singers' night and the snaps are from one of our welcoming singers' nights where it is you who make the music (you can also come to sit back and listen).
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rdgwhatson.bsky.social What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · Jun 11
Sometimes it's a case of quality over quantity... like in your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!

We've got soul music, rock music, weird music, electronic music, Britpop music and YOUR music!

Including @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social, @readifolk.bsky.social and more
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Montage of gig posters
June 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
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TONIGHT in the ♥️ of #TheDing
readifolk.bsky.social Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵 @readifolk.bsky.social · Jun 6
Tomorrow night's a theme night "Protest Songs" and you can hear the sort of music we like in our weekly @readifolkradio.bsky.social podcast www.mixcloud.com/pigeon/ctrz/...
Graphic collage advertising Readifolk's theme night "Protest Songs" on Sunday 7th June. There are shapes of musical notes, instruments and flowers. In the centre there are protest placards with the words "Theme Night" and "Protest Songs". The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.
June 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
readifolk.bsky.social
We are excited to be part of another wonderful weekend of music in #TheDing #InRdg with our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight theme night which celebrates the rich vein of “Protest Songs” running through the history of folk music.
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Everyone who wishes will have an opportunity to sing or play.
rdgwhatson.bsky.social What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · Jun 4
Festivals! Tributes! Country! Folk! And LOTS of Jazz! It's your packed WEEKEND GIG GUIDE!
whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...

Featuring @readifolk.bsky.social, @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social, @hayseed-dixie.com and more folk who aren't on Bluesky yet
Montage of gig posters
June 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
What a wonderful weekend of music in #TheDing #InRdg with our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight theme night which will celebrate the rich vein of “Protest Songs” in folk music.
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[bottom right is our poster advertising us with music images and placards declaring it's "Protest Song" night.]
June 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
readifolk.bsky.social
Our next guest night is an evening with "the voice of fairytales", Daria Kulesh
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Sunday 21st June, 8pm in the ❤️ of Reading (Watlington House Hall, RG1 4RA, access on foot from South Street)
#SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #InRdg #TheDing
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social
Image advertising Readifolk's guest night with Daria Kulesh on Sunday 21st June at 8pm. In the centre is a photo of Daria. Her dark hair is swept up and decorated, predominantly in red with jewels and a scarf. She is looking pensive. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £10 cash on the door (£5 if you are under 25) and you bring your own refreshments. The poster surrounding the photo is filled with musical images of notes and instruments and flowers. It includes a QR code leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and a logo for the club. There are social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.
June 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM