KAMIKAZE TEST PILOTS @kamikazetestpilots
Genre bending, big riff, heavy, alt-rock Reading locals return to The Turtle.
With Rest Up (France) @restupband
support TBC
8pm FREE ENTRY // 18+ ID Required
06.11.2025 18:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@bone_idleuk
Reading indie rock band Bone-Idle first hometown headline show at The Purple Turtle
Supports TBC
8pm FREE ENTRY // ID Required
@readingfc @groovecultshindigs @alt_berks @clubreckless @readingrocksociety @rubandsoc @readingindielife
#purpleturtlerocks #whatsonreading #gotoagigthismonth
27.10.2025 18:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FRIDAY NIGHT @daftcoverband
DAFT! rock, pop, indie & party
FREE ENTRY // 18+ ID Required
21.10.2025 20:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@thealchemyofficial Full Lineup
@theoutliers_band
@superdeadhead.official
FREE ENTRY // 18+ ID Required
@clubreckless @rubandsoc @readingrocksociety @readingsu.president
21.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pride of Reading Awards 2025
"Putting Reading On The Map"
The Amazons
sponsored by The Purple Turtle and @jacobsjewellers @theamazons @porawards
18.10.2025 10:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Sunday Sessions
3 young up and coming band/musicians playing the The Turtle stage
Clay Doll @claydoll.official
Twenty Ten @twentyten_official
Savannah (Solo)
3pm FREE ENTRY // 14+ // Bring ID
U18s MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT
@rgsoundwaves @rgmusicspotlight #whatsonreading
15.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One for our favourite bands AQUALINE @_aqualine returns to the Turtle
"explosive, melancholic alternative rock with hints of shoegaze, grunge and experimental ambience"
With support from Sleep Room @sleep_room and Pisces @piscespostbox from London
8pm FREE ENTRY // 18+ ID Required
15.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SUB FACTORY DnB
Celebrating 20 years of SubFactory Drum and Bass 2005 - 2025
Turtle Bassment
FRIDAY 28th November 2025
10pm to 3am FREE ENTRY // 18+ ID Required
@subfactorydnb #whatsonreading #drumandbass
07.10.2025 12:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THIS FRIDAY
BIG AUDIO TWYNAMITE
Playing the hits from the 80s/90s00s and more
8.30pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
06.10.2025 08:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
TH Da FREAK (France)Th Da Freak (France)
Bordeaux-based, known for their raw, experimental rock music, often described as grunge-infused, proto-punk.
@doopsband - spacey post punk
@pejband- noise rock
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
@rubandsoc @readingrocksociety @rgmusicspotlight @thebestnewindie
29.09.2025 08:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@fortyfeettall (USA) crafting politically-charged post-punk
@i.am.masquerader Math punk noisy bois
@stupidchief post punk alt synth
FREE ENTRY / 14+
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
@thebestnewindie @clubreckless @readingrocksociety @rubandsoc
24.09.2025 07:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
1st October
22.09.2025 09:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LINE UP CHANGE
In a rare moment where two bands have had to pull out of a show at the same time, @underpassuk from Brighton and @pinkwalrusband from London have stepped in to replace SLUNG and PVRIAH support @bisonbanduk
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
19.09.2025 18:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tomorrow Night
NUETOPIA - Old Skool Rave and Techno
Acid/Rave/Hardcore/House/Jungle/Garage
with DJs
Tasha Kp
Russ G
Galeforce
Subject
Turtle Bassment
10pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
19.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tonight FOUND NATIVE
with Mr Sango
Afrobeats/Amapiano
Turtle Bassment
10:00pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
18.09.2025 14:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tonight @RADIOWIGWAM - GRASS ROOTS CONNECT
Radio Wigwam invites you to an evening to celebrate the local grassroots music scene
- Meet the team
- Share your voice
- Network with the community
With performances from @thestretchofficial and @coldjulyband
6pm onwards - FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
18.09.2025 07:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Broadmoor Sirens
The Thames Valley’s premier covers band for the best of…
NEW WAVE - PUNK - SKA - 2 TONE
Playing classic hits by classic artists
The Jam - The Police - The Sex Pistols - Buzzcocks
The Undertones - The Stranglers - Sham69 and more
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
16.09.2025 09:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Sunday Sessions return with four new up and coming bands/artists from the Reading area
@flightpath.band
@tommythompsonofficial
@impulse_music.abzlm
@postmodernfantasyband
STAGE TIMES TBC
3pm to 6pm
FREE ENTRY / 14+
Under 18s Must be acompanied by a parent or adult
15.09.2025 18:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Berkshire EMOM
SUNDAY 5pm to 10pm
Electro/Techno/Ambient/Synth Pop/Breakbeats/Acid
FREE ENTRY
@theberkshireemomproject @tomkinascious.live @_miett333 @sprytelectra @projectedform @suddencreation @electrohed @anduna_j @sebastianreynolds_ @broken.semitone @johnsculpture #emom #electronicmusicopenmic
15.09.2025 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Afrobeats/Amapiano at The Purple Turtle
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
Found Native with Mr Sango
10:30pm Turtle Bassment
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
#amapiano #afrobeatsreading #whatsonreading
11.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FRIDAY NIGHT
Code Red / ROCK, INDIE, POP PUNK Covers
8:30pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
09.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Skeeta Sounds Presents...
4 Electronic Bands
@lifel00000se - Hot punk gabber Memphis techno duo
@radiowavesgoodbye - Dance-punk/electronic-pop duo
@myliberalpony - A multimedia, genre-bending, permanent work in progress
@thatfog - Freak pop trip-bop duo
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Reqd
08.09.2025 08:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
September, October and November brings bands from Iceland, Netherlands, France, The USA, Australia.
It also brings From The Blindspot - Day Psych Festival 14th September
7 Bands, Live Projections 2:30pm to 8pm
ALL FREE ENTRY
08.09.2025 06:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@factor50protectyourskin
Bristol-based quintet Factor 50 touch down somewhere between the boxes of Crank Wave, neo-folk & indie rock
Using a plethora of instrumentation & a diary like lyrical honesty, they have built themselves a reputation for their lively shows across the UK
FREE ENTRY 18+ ID Reqd
03.09.2025 09:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LIPWORMS Support added
WING! @wingroulette
Fresh from their Green Man Rising / Mountain Stage appearance, London trip-hop trio return to the Turtle with their dub / ambient vibes.
@thelineofbestfit @lipworms @alt_berks @skeetasounds @greenmanfest
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
03.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Every 1st Saturday of the Month SOUNDJAM
TECH/HOUSEGARAGE/BASS
10pm Turtle Bassment
FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
02.09.2025 11:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NATIVE SUN (USA)
Native Sun blends the raw energy of early punk & garage rock with the melodic sensibilities and depth of art rock.
“Blistering NYC rockers, Native Sun, put on ambitious display in the form of classic guitar posture & enviable, electric attitude” So Young Magazine
FREE ENTRY
01.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PUBLIC CIRCUIT (USA)
Support Added @heavy.wild
"The band's sound veers between dreamy, grungy synth-rock of
The Jesus & Mary Chain & the gothic, lo-fi post punk of Joy Division"
“Wasteland” is a brooding whirlwind of a tune featuring
shimmering, reverb-drenched guitars & distorted synths”
FREE ENTRY
23.08.2025 09:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Ding Dong Daddios
Masters of Swing, Jive and Jazz dance music of the 40's and 50's. Swing and Jump Jive is what this band is all about with a hint of early Rock n Roll!!!
FREE ENTRY 18+ ID Required
#whatsonreading #purpleturtlereading #jumpjive #jivemusic #thedingdongdaddios
19.08.2025 08:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
