{"id":559,"date":"2021-08-04T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:45:29","slug":"were-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/04\/were-back\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It feels like forever since we welcomed customers through our doors due to the pandemic, especially as the opening date kept getting shifted due to restrictions, but we can finally say \u201cwe\u2019re open!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With restrictions eased across much of the country for what we hope is the foreseeable future, we thought a blog post about what\u2019s coming up for the rest of the year at The Jazz Caf\u00e9 would be helpful alongside other uses of the venue that you may be interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Private Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the areas that was impacted the most by restrictions was private events, so it\u2019s no wonder that the number of these are now increasing. This does mean if you\u2019re looking to have your event with us this year that you will need to be quick and get your enquiry to us as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We can cater for events from 65 guests up to 240 and offer a number of flexible dining options whether you fancy a buffet, 3 course meal or even an indoor BBQ. Our bar is always well-stocked and included in hire of the venue alongside a number of bartenders for the duration of your event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Evening-Event-2-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Match Days<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that we\u2019re located between Gates 7 &amp; 8 of the Select Car Leasing Stadium, formerly known as the Madejski Stadium? If you\u2019re a Reading FC fan make sure you head to us either before, during or after the game. We\u2019re open for each home game and serve food and drinks throughout the match \u2013 be sure to check our website for opening times and food serving times too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3326.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wedding Receptions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Weddings are back! How many weddings have you attended since lockdown restrictions lifted? Too many to count? It certainly feels that way, but don\u2019t forget that here at The Jazz Caf\u00e9, you can hire the venue for your wedding breakfast and\/or your wedding reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that your wedding day is one of the most special days of you and your partners lives, so we don\u2019t like to put you in a box with our packages. Instead, we let you tell us what you\u2019d like and then we package it together along with a price, so it\u2019s perfectly tailored to your requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve also got all the equipment you may need if you\u2019re looking for a live band or musician to play at your reception, or if you\u2019d like live entertainment but not sure where to start, we\u2019ve got plenty of fantastic bands and musicians on our books that we can book for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Christmas-Party-Set-Up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Christmas Parties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It may only be August, but that means there\u2019s only 3 months to go until it\u2019s December \u2013 prime Christmas party season! If you\u2019re looking for a venue for your company or your group of friends for a good time out, you can guarantee it with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Joiner Party Nights are perfect for smaller groups of people. Each party night there will be live entertainment from one of our incredible bands and then our resident DJ will take you through to the early hours of the morning. If you\u2019re a Christmas dinner fan, then be sure to book our ticket option with a 3-course meal so that you can enjoy your turkey before the party gets underway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re coming from afar, or just need somewhere to rest your head for the night, why not stay at VOCO Hotel, literally steps away: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/voco\/hotels\/gb\/en\/reading\/xrerd\/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-VX-_-GB-_-XRERD\">https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/voco\/hotels\/gb\/en\/reading\/xrerd\/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-VX-_-GB-_-XRERD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of our Christmas Joiner Party Nights can be found here on our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejazzcafe.co.uk\/alleventslist\">https:\/\/www.thejazzcafe.co.uk\/alleventslist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For any enquiries, you can contact us using the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01189 681 442<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:office@thejazzcafe.co.uk\">office@thejazzcafe.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to welcoming you back to The Jazz Caf\u00e9 very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It feels like forever since we welcomed customers through our doors due to the pandemic, especially as the opening date kept getting shifted due to restrictions, but we can finally say \u201cwe\u2019re open!\u201d With restrictions eased across much of the country for what we hope is the foreseeable future, we thought a blog post about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,35],"tags":[55,56,33,47,36,38,37,40],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-weddings","tag-christmas-parties","tag-eventplanning","tag-livemusic","tag-private-events","tag-wedding","tag-weddingplanning","tag-weddings","tag-weddingvenues","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejazzcafe.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}