The Village Easter Festival 2024
We are now nine weeks away from the first gig of The Village Easter Festival 2024. Gigs are being added as they are confirmed. Pop the dates in your diary; the first gig will be on Thursday 28 March at The Retreat. …
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Your Type Can Save Lives
The NHS is appealing for more people to become donors at the Reading plasma donor centre. Did you know, that The Retreat is only a 3-minute walk from the Reading donor centre at 121 Kennet Street, Kings Road, Reading RG1 3ES? …
O’Donnell Moonshine
O’Donnell Moonshine Tough Nut and O’Donnell Moonshine Sticky Toffee are both now on sale at The Retreat. Read all about these fine liqueurs.
Berkshire Artistree Awards 2023
We are delighted to announce that Di Whitaker and David Gray have been nominated to receive the award for Outstanding Contribution to Live Music and the Arts on behalf of the Berkshire Artistree community! We are told, “Somebody somewhere got …
The Winners of the Bloody Mary Contest 2023
1st = Dan Hunter and Nyomi Miah2nd = David Gray and Mark Birmingham3rd = Clair Price and Kevin Harrington Another great fun contest. And it’s hard ro believe it’s become a spectator event as well. Read about Dan and Nyomi’s …
10 Great Reasons to Join CAMRA
Those fine folk from CAMRA dropped off some leaflets at The Retreat this week. They are all about the reasons to join CAMRA. We thought we would share them here as well, just in case you don’t get a chance …
Date announced: The Bloody Mary Contest 2023
The Bloody Mary Contest 2023 will be held on Sunday 1 October 2023 >>> more information
The Retreat Recommended on Restaurant Guru
A welcome recommendation for The Retreat from Restaurant Guru – Recommended. Tucked away in St John’s Street, Reading, we continue to meet people that might have heard of The Retreat but didn’t know where we are, so recommendations like this …
Great Jazz Names in Reading
Look at this list of great jazz players that have performed at The Retreat over the last year with Simon Price and Stuart Henderson: Simon and Stuart continue to attract some of the best players to join them; the Sunday …