WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
What do Wokingham Lions Do?
We run numerous fund-raising events throughout the year, including:
#Woky Comedy Nights at the Wokingham Theatre
The Wokingham Classic Motor Show
Last year we raised over £70,000, while the events we organised helped charities raise at least another £55,000 for themselves. We donate most of the money we raise to support local charities, partly through our Golden Awards scheme, but we also support families and individuals facing hardship.
We also donate around 10% to worldwide disaster relief and global causes via Lions Club International Foundation.
We provide services to the local community through projects like Message in a Bottle, ReTec, Spektrek, Lions Share, Can-Can and we support other charities, fellow Lions Clubs and fund-raisers whenever we can.
Finally, we have fun doing it and organise great social activities for our members.
Learn more about our club here.
Latest News
Lovely photos – thanks for coming to the Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025, Wokingham Link Visiting Scheme!
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Nice work team Cranstoun!
Thanks to Places Leisure Wokingham for their support!
#WokinghamLions #wokinghamlionsswimathonOur fundraising team made a splash yesterday at the Wokingham Lions Club Swimathon! 🏊♀️
Colleagues from our Wokingham alcohol & other drugs service completed 60 laps of the pool in 50 minutes (which is 120 lengths!) and managed to raise just over £1000 🤩🥳
There’s still time to donate! The money will help to fund leisure centre memberships for people who use our service – and the kind team at Wokingham Leisure Centre have offered to provide double the amount of memberships 🌟
The Great #Woky Pub Quiz is going live again! Join us for a fantastic evening of quizzing at Wokingham Cricket Club On Friday September 19th!
Wokingham Lions are excited to bring you another great live Quiz.
Bring your own food – there's a full bar available so no drinks please.
We’ll supply the quiz and a great raffle – all in aid of local charities!
Teams of 8 – if booking places separately, please book the same table number as your team-mates!
Over 14's only please. Doors open at 7pm, quiz starts at 7:30pm
Tickets here www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/89342?embed
#Woky #wokinghamlions #WeServe #wokingham #quiz #quiznight
Thank you for coming to the Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025 Maiden Erlegh PE Department!Our Year 7/8 team have arrived in Wokingham for the Wokingham Lions Club. They are representing BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support) and are raising money for them! Good luck Team MES!
www.justgiving.com/campaign/maidenerleghswimathon2025?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL
Foundry College are taking part in today’s Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025 – raising funds for Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service!
Support them here: www.justgiving.com/page/foundry-college-3
#wokinghamswimathon
Foundry College – Swimathon – 16 July
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Help Foundry College raise money to support Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service
Great work Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue – BLSAR!
👉 DONATE: www.bit.ly/Swimathon2025
🏊80 lengths. 50 minutes. One mission.
The BLSAR Torpedoes are taking on the #WokinghamSwimathon to raise vital funds for #BerkshireLowlandSearchAndRescue – a 100% volunteer-led charity.
📍 Taking place at the Carnival Hub, Wokingham, Wednesday 16 July | 10am
We assist Thames Valley Police, the NHS, and local authorities in locating high-risk missing people and assisting during floods, health crises, and major incidents.
💡 BLSAR relies entirely on public donations – we must raise £30,000 each year just to stay operational and save lives.
Thank you
#BLSAR #BerkshireLowlandSearchAndRescue #WokinghamLions #WokinghamEvents #SearchAndRescue
Clasp Wokingham were on BBC Berkshire this morning talking about their participation in today’s Wokingham Lions Club Swimathon – listen in here!
Thanks CLASP!
The whole show is here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fkj5?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
#WokinghamLionsSwimathon #MakeASplash #SwimForACause #WokinghamLions
It's Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025 day – we’re all setup! We have a number of teams joining us at Wokingham Leisure Centre today – many of whom are looking for sponsors! If you could support any of these local charities that would be fantastic!
Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue – BLSAR TORPEDOES: bit.ly/Swimathon2025
The Cowshed DAISY DIPPERS: justgiving.com/campaign/cowshedswimathon2025
Clasp Wokingham SWIMCREDIBLE: justgiving.com/campaign/clasp20
Cranstoun WAVES OF CHANGE: cranstoun.enthuse.com/pf/wokingham-swimathon
Building for the Future Wokingham – Play, Support & Therapy: justgiving.com/campaign/bftf-swimathon2025
Wokingham Link Visiting Scheme LEGENDS: localgiving.org/fundraising/Link-Legends-2025
THE Wokingham BOKKE: justgiving.com/page/thebokkefromwokingham
Maiden Erlegh School, Swimming for BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support): justgiving.com/campaign/maidenerleghswimathon2025
Good luck to all the teams taking part!
Thanks to our sponsors Places Leisure and Clifton Ingram
#wokinghamlions #WeServe #twyford #wokingham #SwimForACause #WokinghamLionsSwimathon #MakeASplash #SwimAndGiveBack
Great to see everyone at CLASP getting behind their team for tomorrow’s Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025!
#wokinghamlionsswimathon #WokinghamLions
Eight students from Maiden Erlegh PE Department are taking part in tomorrow’s Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025 to raise funds for BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support) – details on how to support them below!
#WokinghamLions #wokinghamlionsswimathonA reminder that 8 of our students will be taking part in the Wokingham Lions Club charity Swimathon on Wednesday! They are raising valuable funds for Babies in Buscot Support (BIBS).
If you would like to help their fundraising efforts, Julia, Elena, Josh, Seb, Henry, Ib, David and Henry have already raised £650 and they would love to raise £1,000 if they can! Thank you for any help towards their target.
www.justgiving.com/campaign/maidenerleghswimathon2025?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL
We've reached half our target in the Wokingham Borough Community Lottery – thanks to everyone who has supported us so far!
Would you like to support us and be in with a chance of winning £25,000? Go to wokinghamlions.org.uk/lottery
#wokinghamlottery #wokinghamlions #WeServe
This Wednesday 16th July it's the Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025. Please support team "Waves of Change" who are raising funds for Cranstoun! For over 50 years, Cranstoun has supported people to rebuild their lives, inspired transformation and empowered positive change.
You can support them here: cranstoun.enthuse.com/pf/wokingham-swimathon
We still have a couple of slots left for teams to swim at lunchtime – details here wokinghamlions.org.uk/swimathon
#wokinghamlions #WeServe #SwimAndGiveBack #WokinghamLionsSwimathon #JoinTheChallenge #MakeASplash #SwimForACause
Next Wednesday 16th July it's the Wokingham Lions Swimathon 2025. Please support Calum, Kai, Jack, Ryder, Sam and the moms Sarah, Gosia and Natascha who are part of team "The Wokingham Bokke" who are raising funds for Wokingham Lions Club! You can support them here: www.justgiving.com/page/thebokkefromwokingham
We still have a couple of slots left for teams at lunchtime – details here wokinghamlions.org.uk/swimathon
#wokinghamlions #WeServe #SwimAndGiveBack #WokinghamLionsSwimathon #JoinTheChallenge #MakeASplash #SwimForACause
Wokingham Lions Club Annual Celebration 2025
In 2024 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Wokingham Lions Club held a celebratory event in Wokingham Town Hall. Supporters, sponsors, local charities and representatives from the Town Council joined them to celebrate the past 50 years and donations were made to several local good causes too. The 2024 event was so well received that it has been decided to hold an annual event to celebrate Wokingham Lions Club and the service they give to Wokingham and the surrounding area.
Each Lion year runs from 1st July to 30th June the following calendar year. So, Thursday 3rd July was a timely date to reflect on the year past and look forward to the year to come. The celebration was again held at Wokingham Town Hall, with outgoing President Andy Goffin taking everyone through the proceedings.
To set the scene a video was played, it outlines the life of the club over the last twelve months – you can see it below.
Jane Bentley and Lyn Baily then explained how the ‘Community Service’ team works. How they talk to local charities and individuals in need, discussing what their requirements are and providing or suggesting solutions. This may be a donation but could equally be making them aware of another charity that would meet their needs, or some practical help such as running the pre-loved uniform shop at First Days Children's Charity on a Thursday afternoon.
Michelle Munro from CLASP (a self-advocacy group for people with learning disabilities in Wokingham Borough) accompanied by Clasp Wokingham member Nicole, spoke about how Wokingham Lions Club had helped them in the last year. They had received one of our Golden Awards which had enabled them to hire a venue and showcase their members’ art and craft work, demonstrating what they were truly capable of. Lions had also staffed the bar, the tea, coffee and cake bar and the raffle, at their highly successful Variety Show at the Whitty Theatre. Finally, many members had a fantastic fun day out at Marwell Zoo in June.
Wokingham Lions Club are delighted to award ‘The Gerry Aggett Award’ this year to Stan Hetherington. The award is named after a much-missed Lion, who was the driving force behind bringing The May Fayre to Wokingham and headed the May Fayre team for a number of years. It is given to someone within our community who in the opinion of Wokingham Lions Club has contributed significantly to life in the Wokingham area.
Stan has been the driving force behind the set-up of Wokingham Festival, Wokingham Music Club and with Wokingham Lion, Andy Slay, The Wokingham Walk. He still helps Wokingham Lions Club with Wokingham Music Club and is also an avid fundraiser for ‘Headway, Thames Valley’, who helped his daughter following an accident a few years ago. Next year he will be walking up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for them. Stan was delighted to accept the ‘Gerry Aggett Award’ from Ursula Aggett (Gerry’s widow), he also accepted the charity donation of £2,500 which came with it, on behalf of Headway – the brain injury association, Thames Valley.
Also present were some of the sponsors of Wokingham Lions Club, including representatives of Wokingham Town Council, Town Mayor, Cllr Louise Timlin & Deputy Town Mayor, Cllr Alwyn Jones and Laura Inskip & Alison Gair, representing Wokingham Lions Club’s major sponsor Clifton Ingram. Andy thanked all the club’s sponsors and supporters, whose input can be financial helping cover the costs of events, but can also be free press coverage, free supplies, or practical help at events. Laura replied, saying how much Clifton Ingram valued their relationship with Wokingham Lions Club and that they were looking forward to continuing working with the club during 2025/2026.
Andy also talked about the events and service Wokingham Lions would be bringing to Wokingham over the next twelve months. “As well as the regular well-known events, the biennial Wokingham Classic Motor Show 2026 will be back for its third outing on Elms Field on Saturday 20th June 2026, and on 27th September this year, Wokingham Music Club will host Chris Difford, co-founder of Squeeze at a new larger venue, All Saints Church. Wokingham”.
Wokingham Lions Club also took the opportunity to present the three May Fayre major beneficiaries with a cheque for £5,000 each. Promise Inclusion, Building for the Future Wokingham – Play, Support & Therapy and Younger People with Dementia were all delighted with their donations and told a little of what is currently happening within their charities.
To sum up his year as President, Andy thanked Wokingham Lions Club for allowing him the privilege of leading them for a second term and quoted some figures, which he felt the whole club should be very proud of:
“We have given 5,000 volunteer hours, served 33,000 people, raised and donated £70,000 and enabled other charities to raise £55,000 for themselves, a total of £125,000”.
Andy then passed the presentation over to Wokingham Lions Club’s new President Gareth (Gee) May. It has been the tradition in Wokingham Lions Club to induct The Town Mayor as an honorary member for their year in office. Gee welcomed our new Town Mayor, Cllr Louise Timlin to the Club and she replied that she was delighted to be an honorary Lion, wished Gee a successful year as President and said she was looking forward to joining us at some of our events, especially as she had heard that we often ran a bar!!!
#wokinghamlions #WeServe #wokingham #twyford
Polehampton Swimming Association were one of the recipients of our 2025 Golden Awards – with the donation they've acquired new lane ropes and chairs which were very badly needed. Their adult lane swimming sessions are extremely popular, especially Early Birds so the ropes are very welcome!
They are also gradually replacing their aging chairs, benches and parasols and the grant had enabled them to make a good start on those improvements.
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Forthcoming Events
Wokingham Music Club – Bruce Juice – The Springsteen Tribute Band
The Whitty Theatre
From Bruce Juice you can expect an ‘E-Street’ experience that captures the unique seven-piece band line-up that reproduces the original arrangements from the 1970s Wild, Innocent and a slow, bluesy ‘E Street Shuffle’ as well as the iconic anthems from the ‘Born to Run’ tour.
More gems from the 1980s capture the crisp, rasping sound of the ‘Professor’s’ piano, Federici’s organ and Clarence’s sax from ‘The River’ tour, as well as a few stadium foot-stompers from the ‘Born in the USA’ tour.
See them live here: www.facebook.com/BruceJuice53/videos/1504358923597900
The term ‘tribute band’ doesn’t really fit – it is just that there isn’t another word. They are not trying to pay tribute to Bruce as if he has won an award or passed away. Instead, they absolutely LOVE his music and everything about the energy and passion with which he and the E Street Band deliver unforgettable shows.
Bruce Juice aim to take a strong flavour from Bruce’s live performances and combine them with legendary arrangements mixed in with the rich texture of the E Street Band and give audiences a Springsteen-inspired experience full of E Street magic – delivering a high-energy show inspired by Springsteen, to send you home with a strong injection of Bruce Juice!
Wokingham Music Club – Acoustic Beatles Shambles
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A group of musicians who put equal emphasis on "acoustic", "Beatles" and "shambles".
The Acoustic Beatles Shambles grew from a chance meeting at an after hours music session at a Watlington pub. It is not a Beatle tribute band as such. There are no electric guitars, no drums, and no pretensions to be a slick note-for-note reproduction. Rather it reflects that Beatle songs have become a folk music of our time. The audience is involved in choosing from the 188 original and 25 cover songs recorded and released by the band between 1962 and 1970. The spirit of the Beatles is particularly reflected in the blend of the voices of 4 people spanning generations who all grew up loving the music.
www.facebook.com/AcousticBeatlesShambles
The Band:
Lawrie Wright
Carlton Taylor
Matt Girling
Peter Wright
🤔 The Great #Woky Pub Quiz is going live again! Join us for a fantastic evening of quizzing!
Wokingham Lions are excited to bring you another great live Quiz.
Bring your own food – there's a full bar available so no drinks please.
We’ll supply the quiz and a great raffle – all in aid of local charities!
Teams of 8.
If booking places separately, please book the same table number as your team-mates!
Over 14's only please. Doors open at 7pm, quiz starts at 7:30pm
Wokingham Music Club – Chris Difford in concert – ‘Not Only But Also’
All Saints Church Wokingham England
NB Rescheduled concert.
Wokingham Music Club are delighted to announce a show featuring legendary Squeeze co-founder and songwriter Chris Difford.
Being on tour is something Chris really enjoys, seeing people and being with people is part of his experience as a performer.
Chris will be playing songs from the Squeeze catalogue and from his solo albums he has recorded over the last 23 years.
His story is told through stand up and some sit down, a trip back to his council estate in South London, from his very first lyrical expression to the dressing rooms of this show.
His new songs written with Boo Hewerdine tell a story of celebration, 25 years writing lyrics and playing on stages big and small.
A journey he look back on with great fondness and gratitude. He can’t wait to climb back on stage and perform for you at Wokingham Music Club.
He may have been shy in the past he now find himself feasting on the here and now deep within the shell like of your ear.
He will be joined on stage by a pedal steel player who is no strange to our club have played for us as part of Los Pacaminos
Chris and Melvin Duffy will deliver an evening of warm and funny stories.
'Not Only But Also' is not just a look back on 50 lyrical years, it's a journey that asks, What Happened? What happened to all those years and mates he grew up with before he formed a band.
chrisdifford.com/
Seating is unallocated but there will be a seat for everyone
Wokingham Theatre
A fantastic night of comedy right here in Wokingham!
Three brilliant acts and a great MC – come early and enjoy a drink at our bar with your friends. Doors & bar opens at 19:00, show at 20:30.
Over 18s only.
Tickets available from July 2025 from: uk.patronbase.com/_WokinghamTheatre/Productions
There are also spaces for two patrons using wheelchairs – please contact the Box Office here www.wokinghamtheatre.org.uk/contact/ if use of these spaces is required.
Parking available.
All profits to charity – Wokingham Lions (1180632).
Please note that acts are subject to change at short notice.
#WokyComedyNight #Woky #LoveWokingham
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The Wokingham Walk is a charity walk in and around Wokingham arranged by Wokingham Lions – there are 5, 10 or 15 mile routes.
All proceeds from Wokingham Walk entry fees will be used to support local charitable causes.
The event will start in Elms Field, Wokingham with a rolling start time from 9am until 10.30am.
The finish will be manned until 5pm so there is no need to rush.
Full details of the event are on our website here: www.wokinghamwalk.co.uk
If you'd like to raise funds for Wokingham Lions by getting sponsored you can setup a JustGiving page here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising-page/creation/?cid=3111561&eid=6751497 to collect sponsorship.
If you are raising funds for another charity through JustGiving don't forget you can link your efforts to the event – just select Taking Part In An Event after you have selected your charity and search for "Wokingham Walk". Message us if you have any problems.
Wokingham Music Club – Logicaltramp
Royal British Legion, Wokingham, United Kingdom
School, The Logical song, Breakfast in America, Goodbye stranger, Take the long way home…
A few amongst many of the massive hits that make up the timeless repertoire of Supertramp! These songs are now worldwide rock classics that over the last five decades have remained in the hearts of millions of fans… and in the hearts of the musicians that make up Logicaltramp…
…the one and only English tribute to the mighty Supertramp
Founded in 2004 and based in and around London, Logicaltramp is an English band made up of talented professional musicians with amazing credits, who all share a collective love and passion for the music of Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson…
They bring their own unique approach to the music of Supertramp playing full-on two-hour rock shows that includes all Supertramp’s greatest hits, their stand-out epic album tracks, and even a few rarities for the die-hard fans!
Logicaltramp has performed concerts worldwide, receiving amazing reviews from press and Supertramp fans alike wherever the band has played. Fans have enjoyed their unique take on the classic Supertramp sound!
The year 2023 ended with a fabulous concert in Paris with Supertramp's legendary saxophonist John Helliwell, This year the band is playing the whole of Supertramp's iconic live album Paris, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary.
Get ready for a genuine Supertramp Experience!
www.logicaltramp.co.uk/
Tickets £21.00 in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk/wokinghammusicclub
Wokingham Music Club – Gordon Giltrap & John Etheridge – 2 Parts Guitar
After the success of their 2024 tour, Guitar supremos Gordon Giltrap & John Etheridge join forces again and return for an unforgettable evening of top class musicianship performed by two of the UKs most respected and influential musicians.
These innovative guitarists will be performing many of their incredible songs with incredible arrangements in what promises to be an electrifying show. Performing material from their respective careers and favourite pieces throughout the landscape of their musical visions and influences.
A show guaranteed to enthrall guitar aficionados, acoustic enthusiasts and music lovers in general, don’t miss the chance to see these influential guitarists in action.
Advance tickets £25
Wokingham Charity Fireworks Spectacular 2025
Cantley Park
Tickets go on sale 15th September 2025 from wokingham-fireworks.co.uk
PROVISIONAL EVENT PROGRAMME
The fun starts at 5.30pm when the funfair opens on Cantley Field for those who choose not to join the procession. This year the funfair promises to be even bigger than ever with many rides for young children, as well as scary rides for the older ones!
At around 6:15pm the torchlight procession leaves from Market Place in the town centre – you can buy torches from our stand in Wokingham Marketplace. The procession will be led by St Sebastian’s band and various local dignitaries. If you have never attended the procession we strongly recommend it. The sight of several thousand people with flaming torches walking down Broad Street is truly memorable!
The fireworks start at 7:30pm on Cantley Field and the display will be bigger and better than ever and sure to wow the audience just like previous years.
All proceeds go to local charities. Our target this year is to raise as much as possible for good causes, so please support us.
The 2024 nominated charities were KeepMobile, Home Start, The Samaritans of Bracknell, Wokingham, Ascot & Districts, and debra. 2025's charities will be announced in due course.
The Wokingham Fireworks Charitable Trust (CIO Registration No. 1168821) is made up of volunteers from:
Wokingham Rotary Club
Easthampstead Rotary Club
Wokingham Lions Club
Windsor Forest Unicorn Club
All of these are service clubs which have the objective of helping the community and at the same time providing social activities for their members.
We warmly welcome new members at any time. If you would like to do something worthwhile and at the same time make new friends and enjoy a wide variety of social activities, why not consider joining one of them?
Fireworks can be dangerous and whilst all reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of spectators, all those attending this event do so at their own risk.
Wokingham Music Club – Small Fakers in Concert
Royal British Legion Winnersh Map
Formed in 2007, the Small Fakers are the UK's only tribute to the sensational Small Faces.
Hits galore at every show including All Or Nothing, Itchycoo Park, Lazy Sunday and many more mixed in with B-sides and rare gems from the Small Faces' back catalogue.
A visual and musical feast for all music fans but particularly Small Faces fans.
Wokingham Music Club – Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders
The Whitty Theatre
Andy Fairweather Low came to prominence as the lead singer in Amen Corner. The 60s saw them clock up hit after pop hit. Songs such as 'Bend Me Shape Me', 'Hello Suzy', '( If Paradise is ) Half As Nice' are internationally remembered to this day. But if you were paying close attention, you might have picked up a clue in their first single the magnificent ‘Gin House’ as to Andy’s future musical collaborations.
Since the early days Andy has gone on to work with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, David Crosby, The Band, Elton John, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, The Who, BB King, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Joe Satriani,, Jeff Beck, The Impressions, Lonnie Donegan, Mary J. Blige, Georgie Fame, Bonnie Raitt, Otis Rush, Van Morrison, Chris Barber, Jackson Browne, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow, Pete Townshend, Kate Bush…… and literally hundreds more.
Now following a solo path, his first solo album in 24 years Sweet Soulful Music was released late in 2007 followed by The Very Best Of Andy Fairweather Low which was released in the UK in June 2008 with a Live DVD following hot on it’s heels.
In fact Andy has been touring and releasing CD Albums ever since and has built a strong following having now released 10 Albums including Two Live DVD shows and a Three disc Box Set DVD / Double Live CD which debuted in the Amazon Box Set Top 50 in it’s first week of release. A double live vinyl “Lockdown” Internet concert followed and his CD & Vinyl release Flang Dang recently debuted which in February 2025 was superseded by The Invisible Bluesman on Blue Vinyl, CD & Download.
Eric Clapton invited Andy to perform as a featured artist at the 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Los Angeles and again with his band The Low Riders to open the UK & Ireland leg of his 2024 tour & now the UK / European dates on his 2025 tour.
A remarkable front man, a remarkable band. Following them into 2025 Andy’s The Invisible Bluesman Album entered the Official UK charts at Number 1 and the Spring tour broke all records selling 99% across the whole tour.
Andy Fairweather Low – Guitar & Vocals
Ian Jennings – Bass
Paul Beavis – Drums
Nick Pentelow – Tenor Sax / Baritone sax & Clarinet
Richard Milner – Hammond Organ & Backing Vocals
Pete Cook – Baritone Sax
andyfairweatherlow.com
www.facebook.com/AndyFairweatherLowAndTheLowRiders
Wokingham Winter Carnival 2025
Wokingham Market
The 2025 Wokingham Winter Carnival will be a FUN day out for the whole family organised by Wokingham Lions. The town is closed to traffic for the day so children can join in the fun in a totally safe environment.
There’s a whole host of street entertainers, music, singing, dancing and the fun of the fair with loads of different rides, whether you’re young or old.
Santa will be in his grotto and for lunch there are stalls offering an amazing choice of food and drink.
There are stalls selling gifts too, so why not get your Christmas shopping sorted?
Bookings for stallholders will open in August 2025 – join our mailing list here www.wintercarnival.co.uk/stalls and we'll mail you when bookings open. Please ignore any spammers trying to get you to book by other methods!
Thanks to our main event sponsor Clifton Ingram.
Lions Share Can Can Collection at Tesco
Tesco Superstore (78 Finchampstead Rd, Wokingham) Map
The Can Can is a community service project Wokingham Lions Club have been doing for over 20 years. Now part of our Lions Share initiative, we liaise with local supermarkets who allow us to set up a stall outside their store. We then ask customers if they could buy a non-perishable food item as part of their shop and donate it to us.
We then work with Wokingham Foodbank to distribute the food to families.
wokinghamlions.org.uk/community-service/lions-share/
Wokingham Music Club – Who’s Next in Concert
Royal British Legion Winnersh
Who’s Next are the premier live tribute to The Who.
They capture a magical point in time when many believed that The Who were the greatest pop and rock group on Earth.
Who’s Next’s live show aims to recreate this period in the early 1970s with the aid of authentic stage wear and instruments.
The result is a time machine ride back to the days of Live at Leeds, The Isle of Wight Festival, Tanglewood and the Fillmore shows. It is a must for any Who fan!
Lions Share Can Can Collection at Waitrose
Waitrose & Partners (Wokingham)
The Can Can is a community service project Wokingham Lions Club have been doing for over 20 years. Now part of our Lions Share initiative, we liaise with local supermarkets who allow us to set up a stall outside their store. We then ask customers if they could buy a non-perishable food item as part of their shop and donate it to us.
We then work with Wokingham Foodbank to distribute the food to families.
wokinghamlions.org.uk/community-service/lions-share/
Lions Share Can Can Collection at Waitrose
Waitrose & Partners (Wokingham)
The Can Can is a community service project Wokingham Lions Club have been doing for over 20 years. Now part of our Lions Share initiative, we liaise with local supermarkets who allow us to set up a stall outside their store. We then ask customers if they could buy a non-perishable food item as part of their shop and donate it to us.
We then work with Wokingham Foodbank to distribute the food to families.
wokinghamlions.org.uk/community-service/lions-share/
Wokingham Music Club – dS:uK …in Tribute to Dire Straits
The Whitty Theatre
Saturday 20th December 2025 | The Whitty Theatre (Wokingham Music Club)
DS:UK are BACK with one of their most popular tours – “Brothers in ’85”.
In 1985, Dire Straits were at the apex of their career as one of the biggest music brands and concert touring bands in the world. Still today, Mark Knopfler remains one of our most beloved guitarists in modern Rock.
Their biggest album, Brothers in Arms, still sits in the top 10 of the best selling albums in chart history, and 2025 sees 40 years since the release of this seminal album.
“DSUK…in tribute to Dire Straits” began touring in 2016 and have quickly become regarded as *the* quintessential tribute band among Dire Straits fans with their incredible attention to musical and sonic detail, the humour, fun, and interesting history that they pack into their shows.
To say that “dS:uK” sound like Dire Straits is an understatement. And don’t take it from us – take it from our audience on the streets:
“…these guys are the epitome of a tribute band: they play and sound like you want to them to…”
“…Thank you for a great evening in Worthing this week. Being a fan of Dire Straits for the last 50 years, you did not fail as a tribute band…”
Their 2025 “Brothers in 85” tour, once again, pays tribute to the worldwide Brothers in Arms tour, with the band bringing fans the ultimate 1985 Dire Straits experience and all of those legacy songs that you want to hear, including Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing!
Here comes Johnny singing oldies goldies…. itʼll truly give you a shiver in the dark!
Donʼt miss it!
Wokingham Classic Motor Show 2026
Elms Field Wokingham
Following on from our successful 2022 & 2024 events, the third Wokingham Classic Motor Show on Elms Field will take place on Saturday 20th June 2026.
A show for all vehicles including cars, motorcycles, old and new plus a few specials… and more surprises to be announced!
View the programme for the 2024 event here: tinyurl.com/wokymotor24 or view this tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik16Pq8_BbY – thanks to Lot 76 Cars.
Applications to exhibit your vehicle will open in early 2026 – follow this event for updates!
Aerial Photos by Wokingham Aerial Photography