Saturday, 11th October 2025

Alison McNamara.,our MC for the eening will also be doing a solo set. Ali usually play in Undercurrent and can be heard at venues around the Reading area. 

Muntjac is a rock cover band based in Reading consisting of Dan (guitar & vocals), Andy (drums) and Dave (bass & vocals).  They met via Meetup a decade ago.  Muntjac want to find the sensitive side to Nu Metal and make pop songs anxious.  Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl is their creative muse, admittedly more by accident than by design..   

Andy Lavery has honed his craft as a performer and singer-songwriter on guitar and keyboards in a variety of iconic line-ups and folk clubs, festivals and venues in the UK, Europe and beyond.  He’ll be sticking to guitar for this appearance including tracks from his album Twilight which was one of Rock ‘n’ Reels reviewers 3 great albums of 2023.

Ben Smith is host of open mic night The Acoustic Ballroom. He plays original tunes built on loops of guitar and violin. Ben is also in Band of Hope.  

Dave King needs no introduction. . . he is very well known around a vast area of Didcot and Reading, looking for his camel while filling reams of books with self-penned songs and poems.  Tonight he celebrates his 55th birthday with some specially chosen songs.

Graham Young (aka The Martian Pariah) is a local singer/songwriter and plays solo acoustic, originals and covers, mainly in the rock/blues genre. He was in the rock band No Connection for 20 years and with the Spanish/Latin acoustic act Los Dos Gringos for 14 years, has played in six different countries and made 15 albums. 

The buffet is yummy . . . . 

The stage is set . . .