Reading Festival: Reading and Leeds Festivals

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Saturday, 19 March 2011

Reading and Leeds Festivals - Rock Highlights

Introduction To Reading Festival


Reading Main Stage in 2007 (Top) Leeds Main Stage in 2006 (Bottom)
Location(s)	United Kingdom Various as National Jazz Festival (1961–1970) Reading (since 1971) Leeds (since 1999)
Years active	1961–present
Date(s)	August bank holiday
Genre	Rock, indie rock, alternative rock, heavy metal,punk rock
Website	www.readingfestival.com www.leedsfestival.com Reading Festival Tickets

The Reading Festival, the world's oldest popular music festival still in existence, has had various musical phases, as detailed below. In the twin-site era, rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal have tended to dominate. Its a music festival that take place in Reading, United Kingdom and are run by Festival Republic. The event take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The blog contains exclusive news, reviews, pictures, videos, line-ups, tickets and much more!!!