End of Year x Diwali Celebration

Reading Bhangra Group are hosting their End-of-Year Social x Diwali Celebration at the Best Western Reading Calcot Hotel on Friday 20 November, from 6:30pm to 11pm. It's a double-bill of a night: a social to mark the end of the year and a celebration of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. The group describes Diwali as the biggest night of the Indian year, and they've framed the whole evening as a way to send off the year with laughter and memories, looking back on what they call a fantastic year at Reading.

The night is built around a few different things running together. There's a three-course meal, a DJ, and live dhol players — the traditional Punjabi drums that give bhangra its driving beat. Between the food and the music, they're throwing in games and raffles, so it's a social as much as a party. It's open to both members and non-members, and the group welcomes everyone to come along, whether you've been involved with them all year or you're just hearing about it now.

It's a long evening, running from half-past six until eleven, with the meal and the music taking up the bulk of it. The venue is the Best Western Reading Calcot Hotel, at 98 Bath Road, Calcot, Reading, RG31 7QN. Tickets are £35 for early bird adults, £40 for full price adults, and £25 for children under 12.