Reading Pride 2025

The team at Siren Craft Brew are getting into the Festival spirit as Reading Pride 2025 nears, taking place this year on Saturday, August 30. 

The Finchampstead brewery is releasing an exclusive beer for the event which will support Reading Pride and the associated MyUmbrella LGBT+ awareness project. Meanwhile the brewery’s RG1 bar on Friar Street in Central Reading has been designated an official after party venue. 

The result of some creative thinking and experimentation within the production team, led by Jez and Emily, Low-Key Loud is the Festival beer, a 5% IPA with Pineapple and Peppercorns. 

In Reading, RG1’s outside area will be extended across Station Hill with an outside bar including beers from LGBTQ+ brewery Queer Brewing on tap, DJ and additional furniture, including bean bags outside of Ebb&Flow from 12pm to 5pm.  

RG1’s Pride menu will include Poutine with a peppercorn sauce matching the food up with the Festival beer. At the bar, visitors will have the option of Siren’s unrivalled beer range as well as ‘Pride Spritz’, followed by an evening of Pride Cocktails. 

Reading Pride takes place at King’s Meadow in Reading from 12:30pm to 7:30pm with a full line-up of entertainment across multiple stages, a funfair, family area and plenty of food an drink. 

Preceding the event, the Love Unites Parade will commence at 11am, travelling around the Town Centre, through Forbury Gardens and will arrive at the Festival site for midday. 

Comment Rachelle Bownes, General Manager at Station Hill: 

We’re proud to have Siren Craft Brew as part of Station Hill, and to be working alongside its RG1 bar to support Reading Pride 2025 as part of a celebration that brings our community together, in the spirit of inclusion and equality. Station Hill is a development open to everyone, and we believe that events like this help to make Reading a place where every person feels seen, valued, and proud of who they are. 

Comment from Lucy Finnis, Assistant General Manager at RG1:  

Our goal for RG1 is to become the centre of this community. We’re a new bar, and there’s a new community being built around us. We want the bar to be a central hub for it.  

We’ve built good relationships in the immediate area, which you can see from the funding provided by Station Hill and Ebb & Flow.  

A former resident above us put us forward as a Pride ‘after party’ venue this year, and we’re part of a group of venues for Pride attendees to head to after the event, alongside great Reading venues like the Oakford Social Club and Blagrave Arms.  

RG1 as a venue is open to everyone and we look forward to seeing you all for the Pride after party! 

Editorial Notes 

Siren RG1 outside party – 12pm to 5pm on Saturday 30th August 

Siren RG1 inside after party – 7pm to 12am on Saturday 30th August 

About Siren RG1 

Welcome to our Flagship Bar in central Reading, just a two minute walk from Reading train station. As well as 28+ lines of beautiful brewery fresh beer, from both Siren and guests we have fully stocked fridges for your takeaway cans - did someone say train beers!? 

We also have an incredible wine list, and some gorgeous cocktails. Not to mention plenty of great tea and coffee, soft drinks and our very own Sparkling Hopwater. For those who are hungry, check out our menu of amazing small plates, burgers, salad bowls, sharing platters and puddings. See you here soon!

More about Siren RG1 at https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/our-venues/reading-bar 

About Station Hill 

Lincoln MGT, a joint venture between Lincoln Property Company (‘Lincoln’) and MGT Investment Management, is bringing forward Station Hill, the landmark, market-leading £850 million mixed-use development with sustainability and community at its heart, creating a new focal point in Reading and setting a new benchmark for regional regeneration. 

Station Hill is transformational for the city and will create a new thriving hub for businesses, residents, and the wider community in the centre of town, within walking distance of Reading’s new Elizabeth Line station. 

Once complete, Station Hill will comprise up to 625,000 sq ft of best-in-class office space, which will cater to over 8,000 employees, 1,300 private and affordable homes, a 600-unit Build-to-Rent community, 100,000 sq ft of new lifestyle-led retail and leisure space, including potential for a 200-bed hotel, later living accommodation and two acres of new public realm designed to be accessible to all users offering a variety of experiences. 

ONE Station Hill is the office element of the development. A strong commitment to sustainability and the highest levels of energy efficiency are at the core of this ambitious project, which will achieve a net zero carbon footprint. 

For event updates and announcements, follow Station Hill on Instagram: @stationhill_reading 

For more details about Station Hill, visit: https://stationhill.co.uk/   

For more information on Ebb&Flow apartments to rent, visit: https://ebb-and-flow.co.uk/ 

Contact: Tom Canning press@sirencraftbrew.com

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