Purple Turtle

Purple Turtle Purple Turtle, Reading's longest-running independent bar.

OVER 18's ONLY

PAST GUESTS
Maribou State - Live / Fabio & Grooverider / Teleman / Pied Piper / MC DT / Spectrasoul / Bailey / Billy Nasty / DJ Andy Smith / The Parrots / Oscar / Count Skylarkin / Earl Gateshead / Gengahr / Jim Bob (Carter USM) / Sundara Karma / The Amazons / Tibet / Palace / Geno Washington / Son of Dave / Hidden Charms / Cabbage / The Shimmer Band / Dexters / VANT

01/06/2026

Selling Fast get your ticket for Saturday now

01/06/2026
29/05/2026

Saturday June 6th. 3pm

FRIDAY NIGHT Rila's Edge x Split The Dealer8pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required
20/05/2026

FRIDAY NIGHT
Rila's Edge x Split The Dealer
8pm FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required

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19/05/2026

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FREE ENTRY / 18+ ID Required

Jessica Lee Morgan presents JESSTIVAL a Purple Turtle TakeoverIn association with The GiG TV ShowReading born and bred m...
19/05/2026

Jessica Lee Morgan presents JESSTIVAL

a Purple Turtle Takeover
In association with The GiG TV Show
Reading born and bred musician, Jessica Lee Morgan, celebrates her 50th anniversary with an all-star jam at The Purple Turtle.
Jessica invites her friends to celebrate 50 years in the business (and life) with micro-sets of her favourite songs played with some of her favourite people.
Expect rock’n’roll, some of Jessica’s own greatest hits, band members from Those Were The Days and Holy Holy, seasoned performers and a vibe you could stand a spoon up in.
The event will be streamed on several channels, TBA.
You will need to show ID for entry after 9pm, no matter how old you look!
FREE ENTRY
Doors at 3pm, music from 5pm.
Live music ends 9.30pm so you can get home on a schoolnight.
Vibes until whenever
Trains home through the night
Wheelbarrows at 3am
Hearses at 6am.

Guess who's back at The Purple Turtle  ReadingSonicWhip 30th JuneFREE Entry
19/05/2026

Guess who's back at The Purple Turtle Reading
SonicWhip
30th June
FREE Entry

=🇬🇧SURPRISE🇬🇧=
We will also come to England for our new Album Release!🥳🤟 It's gonna be a short visit to Reading and Bournemouth and we'll bring to physical copies of our new record with us so be there🙌

-Album Tour Dates-
28-05 EINDHOVEN, Klokgebouw supporting Skunk Anansie
29-05 NIJMEGEN, Merleyn - Album Release Show
30-05 EINDHOVEN, Bridge Festival
06-06 CULEMBORG, De Gelderlandfabriek
19-06 AMSTERDAM, Q-Factory
21-06 Welons Festival, WINTELRE
29-06 BOURNEMOUTH, Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar (UK)
30-06 READING, Purple Turtle (UK)
05-07 Hootchie Koe Festival, VARSSEVELD
MORE TBA

Bank Holiday Sunday Punk Pile Up 2026FREE ENTRY
19/05/2026

Bank Holiday Sunday

Punk Pile Up 2026
FREE ENTRY

Apologies, due to illness Curser are unable to play tonight.
17/05/2026

Apologies, due to illness Curser are unable to play tonight.

Tomorrow Night 8pmFREE ENTRY
16/05/2026

Tomorrow Night 8pm
FREE ENTRY

Address

9 Gun Street
Reading
RG12JR

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 3am
Tuesday 12pm - 3am
Wednesday 12pm - 3am
Thursday 12pm - 3am
Friday 12pm - 3:30am
Saturday 12pm - 3:30am
Sunday 12pm - 3am

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