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The Village Easter Festival 2024

Music, beer and fun in The Village

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All events are free entry. All events are subject to change or cancellation, check with the venues or artists.

Thursday 28 March 2024

The Big River Blues Band
@ The Retreat
21:00 – 23:00
#Blues

Friday 29 March 2024

Café Zazous
@ The Lyndhurst
13:00 – 15:00
Swing Gypsy Jazz, “An evening of Parisian illusion and dancing.”
#Swing Gypsy Jazz

The Keith Alen Band
@ The Retreat
15:00 – 17:00
An eclectic mix of blues, rock, folk and soulful ballads.
#Blues, #Folk, #Rock

Steve Morano & Band
@ The Lyndhurst
17:00 – 19:00
The ever-popular Steve Morano and Band playing his own style of Folk Country/Blues.
#Blues, #Folk, #Folk Rock, #Pop, #Rock

Phil Braithwaite & Friends
@ The Retreat
19:00 – 21:00
Guests to be confirmed.
#Blues, #Funk, #Indie, #Jazz, #Rock, #Soul

David Gray & John “Dusty” Dunsterville
@ The Lyndhurst
21:00 – 23:00
#Blues, #Old school R’n’B, #Rock

Saturday 30 March 2024

The Thomas Heppell Band
@ The Retreat
13:00 – 15:00
Encapsulating the heart of Blues, the energy of Rock & Roll, and the sophistication of Jazz.
#Blues, #Jazz, #Rock and roll

Heather Jayne and The Red Shoes
@ The Lyndhurst
15:00 – 17:00

Jackie Doe & The Uncertainty of Passion
@ The Retreat
17:00 – 19:00
An eclectic mix of original songs with a European flavour.
#English Chanson

The Hugh Turner Funk Trio
@ The Lyndhurst
19:00 – 31 Mar 21:00
Hugh Turner – guitar, Jerry Soffe – bass guitar, Paul Glover – drums
#Blues, #Funk, #Jazz

Rufus Ruffcut
@ The Retreat
21:00 – 23:00
#Blues, #Old school R’n’B, #Rock, #Soul

Sunday 31 March 2024

Mayor & James
@ The Retreat
13:00 – 15:00
A whole stream of mirthful anecdotes, blurry-fingered precision and sweetly sung blues, standards and folk songs.
#Blues, #Classical, #Folk, #Swing

Fleur Stevenson and Hugh Turner
@ The Lyndhurst
15:00 – 17:00
The alluringly graceful and charismatic jazz singer Fleur Stevenson is joined by the talented guitarist Hugh Turner.
#Jazz

Marshall Couzens Band
@ The Retreat
18:00 – 20:00
Original and classic songs in the style of Southern Rock, Blues, Soul and Americana.
#Americana, #Blues, #Rock, #Soul

HybridPIG
@ The Retreat
21:00 – 23:00
Folk-rock with original material, rock and pop covers and even a little community singing.
#Folk, #Folk Rock, #Pop, #Rock

Monday 1 April 2024

The Acoustic Beatles Shambles
@ The Retreat
15:00 – 17:00
A wonderfully uplifting sing-a-long experience.
#Acoustic, #Pop, #Rock

Limpopo Groove
@ The Polish Club
19:00 – 21:00
Limpopo Groove will be playing out and closing The Village Easter Festival 2024.
#Afro-jazz dance, #Funk

Venues

Piwnica (The Polish Club)
81 London Road, Reading, RG1 4DX
Phone: 0118 958 9908

The Lyndhurst
88-90 Queen’s Road, Reading, RG1 4DG
Phone: 0118 950 3888
www.thelyndhurstreading.co.uk

The Retreat
8 St John’s Street, Reading, RG1 4EH
Phone: 0118 376 9159
www.theretreat.pub