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Thatcham Festival
October 6, 2023 - October 15, 2023

The annual Thatcham Festival offers the opportunity for people to get creative in a workshop, learn something new at a talk, explore our local area on a walk and enjoy a range of performances including music, drama and dance. There are also exhibitions and fairs celebrating local leisure activities and crafts. Many of these activities are offered to the public free of charge or for a small booking fee.
View the 2023 Festival Brochure online
Download the PDF of the 2023 Festival Brochure
You can also follow what is happening on Facebook @ThatchamFestival.
06-Oct-23 | 7.30pm | Crime Author: JS Monroe | Thatcham Bowling Club | Book Here |
06-Oct-23 | 2pm – 3.30pm | Thatcham u3a Open Afternoon | Catholic Church Hall | |
07-Oct-23 | 10am – 4pm | Retro Computer & Games Console Exhibition | The Pavilion | |
07-Oct-23 | 10am – 2pm | Ailsa’s Walks and Talks: Birds of Berkshire | Nature Discovery Centre | Book Here |
07-Oct-23 | 10am – 4pm | Festival Art Exhibition | Old Bluecoat School | |
07-Oct-23 | 10am – 3pm | Thatcham Jubilee Tableau Open Day | Frank Hutchings Community Hall | |
07-Oct-23 | 2pm – 5pm | Organ-a-Thon | St Mary’s Church | |
07-Oct-23 | 11am – 12pm | Sing with Confidence | St Mary’s Church | Book Here |
07-Oct-23 | 9am – 10.30am | Ukulele for Beginners | St Mary’s Church | Book Here |
07-Oct-23 | 4.30pm – 9pm | The BIG Thatcham Fest Off | Thatcham High Street | |
08-Oct-23 | 12pm | Blue Plaque Unveiling | London Road Cemeteries | |
08-Oct-23 | 4pm | Thatcham Thrives Dance Gala | Kennet School | Book Here |
08-Oct-23 | 6.30pm | Thatcham Thrives Dance Gala | Kennet School | Book Here |
08-Oct-23 | 10.30am | History of Thatcham Cemetery: Talk and Walk | London Road Cemeteries | Book Here |
08-Oct-23 | 2pm – 4pm | Bird Walk with Graeme Stewart | Nature Discovery Centre | Book Here |
08-Oct-23 | 10am – 4pm | Festival Art Exhibition | Old Bluecoat School | |
08-Oct-23 | 7pm – 9pm | Incantata: A Concert of Musical Delights, with No Strings Attached: Melodies and Harmonies | St Mary’s Church | |
08-Oct-23 | 2pm | Who Was the Real James Bond? | Town Council Chamber | Book Here |
09-Oct-23 | 2pm – 5pm | Jigsaws and Board Game Fun | Thatcham Library | |
10-Oct-23 | 8pm | Mark T, Paul Hancock and Sarah Daniels: An evening of Irish Music and Song | Old Bluecoat School | Book Here |
11-Oct-23 | 6.30 – 7.15pm | Thatcham Jubilee Tableau | Frank Hutchings Community Hall | Book Here |
11-Oct-23 | 7.30pm | Thatcham, Listed, Lasted, Lost. Part 2 | Frank Hutchings Community Hall | Book Here |
11-Oct-23 | 11am – 12.30pm | The Curious Case of the Common | Greenham Control Tower | Book Here |
11-Oct-23 | 8pm – 9.30pm | The Common People | Kennet School | Book Here |
12-Oct-23 | 7pm | Kennet School Dance Show, Themed: Battle of the Bands | Kennet School | |
12-Oct-23 | 7pm | Open Rehearsal with Watership Cantabile | St Mary’s Church | |
12-Oct-23 | 7pm | Illustrated Talk: Birds, Bins and a Brew | Town Council Chamber | Book Here |
13-Oct-23 | 7.30pm | Thatcham Comedy Club | Thatcham Bowling Club | Book Here |
13-Oct-23 | 7pm – 9pm | Astronomical Observing Evening | Nature Discovery Centre | Book Here |
13-Oct-23 | 11am – 1pm | A Walk Through Greenham Common’s History | Greenham Control Tower | Book Here |
13-Oct-23 | 2pm – 5pm | Jigsaws and Board Game Fun | Thatcham Library | |
14-Oct-23 | 9.30am – 5pm | Thatcham Photographic Club | Old Bluecoat School | |
14-Oct-23 | 10am – 3pm | Leisure and Craft Fair | St Mary’s Church | |
14-Oct-23 | 11am and 12pm | Barfield Handbell Ringers | St Mary’s Church | |
14-Oct-23 | 10am – 12pm | Jigsaws and Board Game Fun | Thatcham Library | |
14-Oct-23 | 7pm | The Man in Black Presents: Tales for Halloween | Thatcham Parish Hall | Book Here |
15/10/2023 | 11am – 1pm | Pride Brunch Social | Thatcham Garden Centre Café | |
15/10/2023 | 10.30am – 12.30pm | Ecology Walk with Ailsa Claybourn | Crookham Common | Book Here |
15/10/2023 | 11am – 3pm | Apple Day | Nature Discovery Centre | |
15/10/2023 | 12pm | Willow Weave, Willow Wander, Willow Wonder | Nature Discovery Centre | Book Here |
15/10/2023 | 9.30am – 4.30pm | Thatcham Photographic Club Exhibition | Old Bluecoat School | |
15/10/2023 | 2pm | Willow Weave, Willow Wander, Willow Wonder | Nature Discovery Centre | Book Here |
15/10/2023 | 7pm | Cold Ash Brass Band Festival Finale Concert | St Mary’s Church | Book Here |
14/10/2023 | 9am – 1pm | Thatcham Tornadoes | The Moors, Lower Way |
- JS Monroe
- A group of people from u3a playing a game
- A realistic painting of a springer spaniel
- Vox Fresh
- Dunstan House
- Thatcham Cemeteries
- Pacman
- Thatcham Discovery Centre
- James Bond
- Incatata
- Thatcham Thrives
- Greenham Control Tower
- Queen’s Coronation
- Mark T
- Games and Puzzles
- Listed Lasted and Lost
- The Common People
- Watership Cantabile
- Bird Talk
- Thatcham Astronomical Society
- Thatcham Comedy Club
- The Fire Plane
- Thatcham Dance
- Thatcham Photographic Club
- An green tree bearing red apples
- Willow Weave, Willow Wander, Willow Wonder
- Cold Ash Brass Band
- The Bus Tours