Reading Festival

last updated: Thu 12th Dec 2019

This is the granddaddy of them all, having originally started in Richmond as the National Jazz Festival in 1961 (run by the National Jazz Federation). It moved to Reading in 1971 at the invitation of the local council and chamber of commerce to celebrate the town's 1000th anniversary.

In 1998 the current organisers (Festival Republic, formally Mean Fiddler) started a northern leg of this festival in Leeds, with just about all the same bands (there can be one or two variations) playing both festival sites but on different days.

around the festival site (Friday)

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Reading Festival 2020
festival details

last updated: Thu 13th Feb 2020

tickets on sale for Reading & Leeds Festivals 2020
with Rage Against The Machine, Liam Gallagher, Stormzy, & many more

last updated: Thu 13th Feb 2020

Stormzy, Rage Against The Machine, and Liam Gallagher are the Reading & Leeds 2020 headliners
loads more announced too!

last updated: Tue 11th Feb 2020

Reading Festival 2020
line-ups & rumours

last updated: Tue 11th Feb 2020

Rage Against The Machine for Reading & Leeds 2020

last updated: Tue 11th Feb 2020