GSG FRIDAYS: 👀🖤

GSG Fridays are back at Gun Street Garden on Friday 4 December, part of the weekly run that's been going for the last year. It's billed as Reading's biggest Friday night, and the core of it is hip-hop, R&B and Afro bangers. If those are your go-to sounds, you'll find plenty of them here.

What makes the night work is that it doesn't just stick to the main room. The music reaches across dance hits, R&B, bashment and hip-hop, but it also pulls in some more unexpected tastes. Over the course of the run, that's meant country singalongs, drum & bass raves, Desi nights and K-Pop, so the vibe can shift quite a bit from one week to the next. It's a broad tent, and the hip-hop, R&B and Afro side of things is the constant that ties it together.

Gun Street Garden is set up for it, too. There's a full club soundsystem, two rooms to move between, and an exclusive VIP terrace if you're after something a bit more tucked away. The nights usually draw around 350 students, so it's a proper crowd rather than a quiet one. It's an over-18s night, and last entry is at 1:30am, which gives you a good window to get in and settle in.

It runs from 10:00pm to 3:00am, so it's a late one. Tickets are £6 to £7.50, and you'll find the venue at 5-6 Gun St, Reading RG1 2JR.