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RASPO Calypso & Carols Concert

The award winning Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra returned to Broad Street for the annual Calypso & Carols fundraising concert on Saturday 20 December 2025 12-4pm outside M&S.

Reading shoppers got a taste of the orchestra performing with a concert of festive favourites and popular calypso music.

The free concert raises donations for free workshops for children and young people under 16 at the CultureMix Arts & Music Centre.

DONATE HERE so children and young people under 16 can learn music at CultureMix Arts at no cost.

A woman wearing a very merry message on her back plays with a steel band in the high street - RASPO Calypso & Carols 2025 image by Julia Brazil

A black woman with red lipstick and dreadlocks smiles wearing a red had and coat with reflective sunglasses - RASPO Calypso & Carols 2025 image by Julia Brazil

The CultureMix Steel Band Festival at The Hexagon Theatre 2019 - image by Robert Varga Peterson

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