Reading Music Festival

The Reading Festival, officially part of the Carling Weekend, is an annual music festival that take place in Reading. The event happens on the bank holiday weekend in August (on Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and boast a worldclass lineup.

They used to be strongly folk-oriented festivals, now more alternative/indie/punk/metal. The festival will typically have the following stages:-


Main stage - major rock/indie/rap acts

  • NME/Radio 1 stage - less well known and breakthrough acts
  • Carling stage - emerging acts
  • Radio 1 Lock Up Stage - underground punk/hardcore acts. Due to demand, this took take up 2 days in 2006, as opposed to 1 day in previous years.
  • Dance tent - dance music acts, on the day that the above stage does not run
  • Comedy tent - comedy and cabaret acts


    • The festivals are run by Mean Fiddler Music Group and are currently sponsored by Carling. For promotional purposes it is known as the Carling Weekend Reading.

    In 2005 the capacity of the Reading site was 66,500. For the 2006 festival, capacity was increased to 80,000. The Reading festival is held at Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge. A campsite is available and weekend tickets include free camping. Day tickets are also sold.



    We are delighted to announce an absolutely storming line-up for Carling Weekend 2007.

    Razorlight, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ash, The View, Klaxons, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, and Nine Inch Nails are just some of the bands confirmed to play Carling Weekend: Reading Festival 2007 !

    Tickets are on sale now

    Click here to get your tickets while you still can!

    Weekend tickets with camping are £145.00 and day tickets £62.50. (All tickets subject to booking fee).

    Line up

    FRIDAY 24 AUGUST

    • Kings Of Leon

    • Interpol

    • Maximo Park

    • The Gossip

    • Gogol Bordello

    SATURDAY 25 AUGUST

    • Arcade Fire

    • Bloc Party

    • Panic! At The Disco

    • Angels And Airwaves

    SUNDAY 26 AUGUST

    • Nine Inch Nails

    • Lostprophets

    • Fall Out Boy

    • Funeral For A Friend