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.
listed events:-
- Reading Festival 2021
Reading Festival- CANCELLED 2020- Reading Festival 2019
- Reading Festival 2018
- Reading Festival 2017
- Reading Festival 2016
- Reading Festival 2015
- Reading Festival 2014
- Reading Festival 2013
- Reading Festival 2012
- Reading Festival 2011
- Reading Festival 2010
- Reading Festival 2009
- Reading Festival 2008
- Reading Festival 2007
- Reading Festival 2006
- Reading Festival 2005
- Reading Festival 2004
- Reading Festival 2003
- Reading Festival 2002
- Reading Festival 2001
- Reading Festival 2000
latest on this festival
Reading Festival 2021line-ups & rumours
last updated: Wed 28th Jul 2021
Reading Festival 2021festival details
last updated: Wed 28th Jul 2021
Biffy Clyro to co-headline next months Reading & Leeds Festivals 2021plus Inhaler, Russ Millions, BBC Introducing stage acts, and line-up changes
last updated: Wed 28th Jul 2021
Sugarmen - Sold (Reading + Leeds 2017)video of the day
last updated: Mon 31st May 2021
Scott Quinn - From Afar (Reading + Leeds 2017)video of the day
last updated: Tue 25th May 2021
