Reading Festival

last updated: Tue 12th Jun 2018

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)

listed events:-

latest on this festival

Bexey, Gengahr, and Monarchy announced for Reading and Leeds 2018
joining Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Kings of Leon, Wolf Alice, & more

last updated: Tue 3rd Jul 2018

Reading Festival 2018
line-ups & rumours

last updated: Tue 3rd Jul 2018

Reading Festival 2018
festival details

last updated: Fri 29th Jun 2018

Reading Festival
festival home page

last updated: Tue 12th Jun 2018

further environmental improvements at Festival Republic events
including Reading & Leeds, Download, Wireless, Latitude, & more.

last updated: Thu 19th Apr 2018