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Reading Festival

Shurlock Row

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Fest TimelineUpdated: 29 Mar 2026

Today

2 Dec

Mailing List Presale opens (9am, Tue 2 Dec 2025)

3 Dec

General Sale opens (12pm, Wed 3 Dec 2025)

1 Dec

First wave of lineup announced (headliners + initial acts)

27 Aug

Festival! 🎉

Key Info

Reading Festival is a large multi-genre music festival held over the August Bank Holiday weekend, drawing a predominantly young crowd across rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic music. It runs simultaneously with its sister event Leeds Festival, sharin…

Website

readingfestival.com

Genres

rockindiepopelectronic

Date

27 - 30 August, 2026

Location

Shurlock Row

Size

Large · 90,000

Established

1971, Running 55 years

Vibe

It's a high-energy, end-of-summer blowout where big sing-along crowds pack the main stage and spill between tents, skewing young but with enough range in the lineup to pull in older fans too, and the whole thing runs on a kind of cheerful, slightly chaotic buzz that only really winds down when the last headliner finishes.

Setting

arena

Scale

sprawling

Crowd

uni crowd

Density

packed in tight

Dress code

wellies and waterproofscome as you are

Food

basic fare

Accessibility

train-friendly

LineupUpdated: 30 Mar 2026

Charli XCX

Florence + The Machine

Dave

Fontaines D.C.

RAYE

Chase & Status

Gunna

Loyle Carner

Declan McKenna

Maisie Peters

Skepta

Holly Humberstone

Kneecap

JADE

Role Model

Paris Paloma

Duke Dumont

Hybrid Minds

SombrKettamaChris StussyGeeseSkye NewmanADELAKEOArthur Hillbar italiaViolet GrohlCruz Beckham and The BreakersKingfishrSlayyyterJulia WolfClara La San

Full lineup

TicketsUpdated: 29 Mar 2026

Weekend Non-CampingArena access Fri–Sun only; no campsite access and no re-entry within a day. £20 deposit available via Ticketmaster Instalments.

Weekend CampingIncludes camping from Thu 27 Aug; campsite access until Mon 31 Aug. £20 deposit available via Ticketmaster Instalments.

£325

Weekend + Early Entry CampingIncludes early campsite access from Wed 26 Aug. Must arrive before 8am Thu 27 Aug for refund eligibility. No individual early entry passes sold separately.

£361

Friday DaySingle day arena access; no re-entry once you leave.

£125

Saturday DaySingle day arena access; no re-entry once you leave.

£195

Sunday DaySingle day arena access; no re-entry once you leave.

£125

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Recent NewsUpdated: 30 Mar 2026

lineup

Second wave of 60+ acts added to Reading 2026 lineup

nme.com·4 days ago

venue

New Warehouse dance stage confirmed for Reading & Leeds 2026

discover.ticketmaster.co.uk·4 days ago

lineup

Second wave adds 60+ acts to Reading & Leeds 2026 lineup

nme.com·4 days ago

venue

New Warehouse dance stage confirmed for 2026

nme.com·4 days ago

lineup

Six headliners confirmed for Reading Festival 2026 in December announcement

readingfestival.com·4 months ago