11. Hot tickets

Former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy heads the cast of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado which the Carl Rosa company brings to Windsor Theatre Royal next week.

12. Liberty at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

The French Revolution is the stormy backdrop for a new play, Liberty, which is at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud theatre this week and moves on to Oxford Playhouse next week.

13. Beer delivery is first past the post at Ascot

Three days of racing, real ale and family fun is almost here again with the return of the Ascot Festival.

14. Heaven sent

A new international music festival to replace Womad will launch in Reading next year, the Evening Post can exclusively reveal today.

15. It's showtime!

This weekend, celebrate all that’s good about the countryside at the County Show The Household Cavalry, in a glittering display of high speed riding, will be topping the bill at this year’s Royal County of Berkshire Show.

16. Laugh until you cry

Two weeks of top-notch, rib-tickling entertainment is set to hit Reading next month as some of the country’s best comedians and wannabe funny-men and women descend on the town.

17. Progress Theatre - Honour

18. Let the laughs begin

Get ready to exercise your chuckle muscles: the Comedy Festival is here again.

19. Folk duo celebrate 30th anniversary

Bob Fox and Stu Luckley (pictured above), one of Britain’s most celebrated folk duos, will be in Nettlebed later this month on a celebratory tour.

20. It’s David O’Doherty time

Hang on to your mind’s world, David O’Doherty, the viscount of rumpled whimsy, the marble fawn of tiny keyboard based musical comedy is coming!