What is it?

The big brother of Leeds Festival, Reading Festival is the oldest popular music festival still running having been churning out some great shows since 1971. 100,000 people gather at Little John’s Farm, Reading to witness the best in rock, indie, metal, dance, new music and probably any other genre you can think of! At Reading Festival, well in excess of 150 acts performed across the three day August Bank Holiday weekend, with comedy, cabaret, a plethora of late night entertainment and of course the bill of music which it share with Leeds Festival. Every year Reading Festival doesn’t disappoint with its excellent reputation meaning it pretty much guarantees excellence every time. Reading Festival 2011 has Muse and My Chemical Romance as headliners while The Strokes and Pulp will co-headline.

Where & When?

Reading Festival 2011 takes place on Little John’s Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading and runs from Friday 26th August to Sunday 28th August.

Who's playing?

Friday 26th August: My Chemical Romance, Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against, Bring Me The Horizon, New Found Glory, The Blackout, Architects, Beady Eye, White Lies, Noah & The Whale, The Vaccines, Metronomy, Patrick Wolf, The Naked and Famous, Mona, Miles Kane, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Pulled Apart By Horses, Unkle Sounds, Simian Mobile Disco, Sub Focus (live), Nero(DJ Set) SBTRKT (DJ Set), Devlin, Crystal Fighters, Mount Kimbie, Does It Offend You Yeah? Cold Cave, D/R/U/G/S, The Horrors, Digitalism, Tom Vek, White Denim, Anna Calvi, The Antlers, Foster The People, Cerebral Ballzy, Dry The River, Royal Bangs, The Computers, Islet, Mini Mansions, Cherri Bomb, Tim Minchin, Henry Rollins, Popcorn Comedy, Seann Walsh, Al Pitcher, Josh Widdicombe, Marlon Davis, The Petebox, Danny McLoughlin, Dead Cat Bounce, Transgressive Records, Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit, Dry The River, Pete and The Pirates, Fight For Your Right Revisited, Goldie Rocks.

Saturday 27th August: Pulp, The Strokes, The National, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Two Door Cinema Club, Seasick Steve, The Pigeon Detectives, The Joy Formidable, Jane’s Addiction, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Glassjaw, Everything Everything, The Kills, OFWGKTA, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s, Yuck, Funeral Party, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The King Blues, The Bronx, Capdown, Leftover Crack, Comeback Kid, BoySetsFire, Street Dogs, Letlive, Teenage BottleRocket, Title Fight, Sharks, The Midnight Beast, Rival Schools, And So I Watch You From Afar, Little Roy, Smith Westerns, Cloud Control, Cults, Mariachi El Bronx, Grouplove, Tribes, Big Deal, Young The Giant, She Keeps Bees, The Coopers, Russell Kane, Mark Watson, Saul Williams, Late Night Gimp Fight, Brigitte Aphrodite, Roisin Conaty, Abandoman, Jimmy McGhie, Gar Murran, Transgressive Records.

Sunday 28th August: Muse, Elbow, Interpol, Friendly Fires, Enter Shikari, The View, Frank Turner, Taking Back Sunday, We Are The Ocean, 2ManyDJs, The Streets, Death From Above 1979, Panic! At The Disco, Warpaint, Chapel Club, Cage The Elephant, Best Coast, Fucked Up, Dananananaykroyd, Descendents, Flogging Molly, Face to Face, Hot Water Music, Bedouin Soundclash, Off!, The Black Pacific, The Menzingers, Your Demise, Spy Catcher, Fighting Fiction, Peter Doherty, Viva Brother, Ed Sheeran, Young Legionnaire, Cocknbullkid, Twin Atlantic, Fight Like Apes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Little Comets, Dutch Uncles, Nightbox, Flats, Romance, Lee Nelson, Mark Thomas, Rubberbandits, Andrew O’Neill, Craig Campbell, Tom Deacon, Future Disco, Tom Wrigglesworth, Dizraeli, Rob Rouse, Mike Bubbins, Nirvana 92 Live At Reading, PJ Harvey Shorts.

BBC Introducing Stage: A Genuine Freakshow, Arthur Rigby and The Baskervylles, Black Diamond Bay, Castrovalva, Clock Opera, Courage Have Courage, Cuba Cuba, Daughter, Discopolis, Don Broco, Fixers, Funeral Suits, General Fiasco, Ham Sandwich, Heart-Ships, Kirk Spencer, Milk Maid, Rae Morris, Rizzle Kicks, Save Your Breath, Spector, The Bronze Medal, The Kill Van Kulls, The Original Rudeboys, The Simon Pollard Band, The Winchell Riots, These Furrows, The Boy Wonders, Tomahawks For Targets, The Mexanines, The Minutes.

How do I get tickets?

Reading Festival weekend tickets are now sold out, however, day tickets are still available and priced at £89.50. Click to buy Reading Festival 2011 tickets.

Where can I read more about it?

Check out the official Reading Festival site at: www.readingfestival.com.