Festivals

On top of its ongoing events programme, Reading is home to a wonderfully diverse and eclectic mix of festivals. The biggest and most renowned is, of course, Reading Festival, the world’s oldest rock festival (and third-largest UK festival) which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021 and draws in over 100,000 visitors to Reading every August bank holiday.  

Perhaps slightly more modest in scale, but certainly no less important to Reading’s growing arts and culture scene, is the exciting programme of community-led events and festivals which run across the year - take a look at some of our favourites below and add them to your diary!

For more information on what’s on in Reading this week, as well as the events and festivals happening throughout the year, visit our sister-site, whatsonreading.com.