Charli XCX
Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
Reading & Leeds 2026 Lineup
The August bank-holiday rite of passage — one giant bill, two cities, and the UK's loudest end to summer.
About Reading & Leeds 2026
Reading & Leeds is the UK's August bank-holiday rite of passage: one giant lineup played across two cities at once, where every British teenager's first festival memories are made and the main stage has minted headliners for half a century. The 2026 edition makes history — six headliners (Charli xcx, RAYE, Dave, Florence + The Machine, Fontaines D.C., and Chase & Status) that are all British or Irish for the first time in 25 years — over a bill that sprints from grime and drum & bass warehouses to indie's next wave. This page tracks the Reading site's days; the same acts play Leeds on rotated dates.
Expect pop, alternative, UK rap and dance across 111 acts.
The headliners
- Charli XCX — Pop's reigning vanguardist — the brat era's architect bringing club-pop chaos to the main stage, a decade of underground experiments finally cashing out at scale.
- Chase & Status Live — UK drum & bass institution in full live mode — twenty years of rave history delivered with a band's punch, still peerless at festival scale.
- Dave — South London's laureate — novelistic UK rap that fills stadiums without raising its voice, Mercury-winning storytelling with a pianist's touch.
- Florence + The Machine — The high priestess of festival headline sets — barefoot, feral, hymn-sized, sprinting the barricade while 'Dog Days' detonates.
- Fontaines D.C. — Dublin's poet-punks grown into arena-scale alt-rock — 'Romance' made them era-defining, swagger and melancholy in equal Irish measure.
- RAYE — Britain's Grammy-and-BRIT-sweeping songwriter freed from label limbo — big-band soul-pop with real stakes, and a live show that earns every award.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Florence Road — Irish indie four-piece — harmony-rich guitar pop on a steep rise.
- Chloe Qisha — Wry, glossy indie-pop — 2026's buzziest new writer-performer.
- Jane Remover — Digicore prodigy turned noise-pop auteur — abrasive and gorgeous at once.
- Westside Cowboy — Manchester's buzzy new guitar gang — scrappy, hook-first, rising fast.
- Clara La San — Manchester's whispered R&B-electronica — internet-cult intimacy gone big.
- Seb Lowe — Oldham's protest-pop songwriter — TikTok-viral, guitar-first.
Other acts worth planning around
- Kneecap — Belfast's bilingual rap provocateurs — republican mischief, mosh-pit energy, real bars.
- Viagra Boys — Sweaty, saxophone-wielding Swedish post-punk satire — one of the best live bands on earth.
- Loyle Carner — Confessional South London hip-hop — jazz-warm, tender, and quietly huge.
- Men I Trust — Montreal's velvet dream-pop trio — bass-forward calm that somehow moves fields.
- Skepta b2b Prospa — Grime royalty meets rave revivalists — a one-off collision built for The Warehouse.
- SPEED — Sydney hardcore's global ambassadors — pit-commanding, community-first.
- Maisie Peters — Diary-entry pop with a novelist's detail — a devoted crowd sings every word.
The lineup by day
Days shown are for the Reading site (August 28–30). The same bill plays Leeds with days rotated — check your ticket's site for exact days.
- Friday, August 28: Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Skepta, Declan Mckenna, James Marriott, Keo + 31 more
- Saturday, August 29: Dave, RAYE, Sombr, JADE, Maisie Peters, Slayyyter + 32 more
- Sunday, August 30: Chase & Status Live, Florence + The Machine, Loyle Carner, Role Model, Arthur Hill, 54 Ultra + 30 more
Reading & Leeds 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Reading & Leeds 2026?
August 27–30, 2026, over the UK bank-holiday weekend. Main-stage days at Reading run Friday–Sunday (August 28–30).
Where does it take place?
Two sites at once: Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park outside Leeds, with the bill rotating between them.
Who is headlining Reading & Leeds 2026?
Charli xcx, RAYE, Dave, Florence + The Machine, Fontaines D.C., and Chase & Status — the first all-British-and-Irish headline slate in 25 years.
How many acts are playing?
111 announced so far across five stages, with more to come.
Do Reading and Leeds have the same lineup?
Yes — the same acts play both sites, with days rotated. This page shows Reading's days; flip them for Leeds.
How do I figure out which of the acts I'd actually like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few bands you love — it'll match you with your must-see sets, with reasons why.
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Chase & Status Live
UK drum & bass institution in full live mode — twenty years of rave history delivered with a band's punch, still peerless at festival scale.
Dave
South London's laureate — novelistic UK rap that fills stadiums without raising its voice, Mercury-winning storytelling with a pianist's touch.
Florence + The Machine
The high priestess of festival headline sets — barefoot, feral, hymn-sized, sprinting the barricade while 'Dog Days' detonates.
Fontaines D.C.
Dublin's poet-punks grown into arena-scale alt-rock — 'Romance' made them era-defining, swagger and melancholy in equal Irish measure.
RAYE
Britain's Grammy-and-BRIT-sweeping songwriter freed from label limbo — big-band soul-pop with real stakes, and a live show that earns every award.
Sombr
Moody, reverb-soaked alt-pop from a Manhattan teenager who went from bedroom demos to festival bills — heartbreak at streaming scale.
Gunna
Atlanta's melodic-trap stylist — liquid flows and designer-drip anthems, delivered with barely a raised pulse and total control.
Loyle Carner
Confessional South London hip-hop — jazz-warm, tender, and quietly huge, verses about family and flaws delivered like conversation.
Role Model
Heartthrob pop with indie manners — 'Sally, When the Wine Runs Out' made him a festival fixture, and the crowd brings the wine.
Skepta
Grime's global ambassador — Konnichiwa-era bars and a DJ's instincts, London energy at any scale, 'Shutdown' still a detonation.
Declan Mckenna
'Brazil' wunderkind grown into a glam-flecked festival veteran at 27 — big-hearted indie-pop with a political streak and a wardrobe to match.
Kneecap
Belfast's bilingual rap provocateurs — republican mischief, mosh-pit energy, real bars, and a film's worth of mythology already.
Viagra Boys
Sweaty, saxophone-wielding Swedish post-punk satire — one of the best live bands on earth right now, 'Sports' shouted by thousands.
Geese
Unhinged Brooklyn art-rock — yelping, swaggering, and critically adored, like the Stones reassembled by art students mid-fever.
Men I Trust
Montreal's velvet dream-pop trio — bass-forward calm that somehow moves fields, whisper-quiet records that became streaming giants.
Skye Newman
UK breakout with a smoky retro-soul voice and diaristic pop instincts — old-soul phrasing on new-school subjects.
Josh Baker
Manchester house on the rise — rolling, minimal grooves for sunset slots, one of the UK underground's fastest-moving names.
KETTAMA
Irish rave-house heat — big-room energy with underground credentials, breakbeats and pianos at full sprint, Galway-to-warehouse momentum fully underway.
Chris Stussy
Amsterdam's minimal-house standard-bearer — deep, warm, relentless grooves that made him one of Europe's most booked underground names.
Max Dean b2b Luke Dean
Brothers back-to-back — UK tech-house's cheekiest rising pair, trading grooves with sibling telepathy, four hands and one groove.
Skepta b2b Prospa
Grime royalty meets rave revivalists — a one-off collision built for The Warehouse, bars over breakbeats until the room gives out.
Hybrid Minds
Liquid drum & bass at its most emotional — festival fields turned choir, soaring vocals over rolling breaks.
Arthur Hill
Rising UK pop songwriter on the main-stage undercard.
Mall Grab
Lo-fi house graduate turned rave heavyweight — Jordon Alexander's peak-time pressure, from blog-house hiss to full warehouse assault.
Hedex
Jump-up drum & bass's loudest new star — pure warehouse chaos, double-drops stacked until the low end wins.
JADE
Little Mix's Jade gone gloriously weird — 'Angel of My Dreams' announced a real pop auteur, camp and chaos with A-list polish.
Rossi.
UK house groover — bumpy, bassline-led sets with a garage-revival spring in the step, grooves that bump exactly as intended.
Bou
Manchester's jump-up juggernaut — relentless double-drops and dancefloor pressure from one of drum & bass's most in-demand new-school names.
Kingfishr
Anthemic Irish folk-rock — banjo-driven singalongs built for fields, Limerick lads on a steep national rise.
Nine Vicious
SINN6R
Adéla
Duke Dumont
UK house classicist — 'Ocean Drive' sunsets guaranteed, with 'Need U (100%)' and a decade of chart-house craft behind them.
Maisie Peters
Diary-entry pop with a novelist's detail — the 'Good Witch' faithful sing every word, British wit sharpening every heartbreak.
Holly Humberstone
Bruised, cinematic alt-pop — Grantham's bedroom-to-BRIT-Award story, small-town detail sung in a fog of reverb, intimacy that scales to festival fields.
James Marriott
YouTuber-turned-legitimate indie rocker — wry, anthemic, and self-aware, with a built-in audience now singing real choruses.
Paris Paloma
Mythic, incantatory folk-pop — 'Labour' made her the internet's feminist bard, and the deeper catalog keeps the incantation going.
Silva Bumpa
New-school UKG — swung drums and sub-bass pressure from the garage revival's next rank, two-step engineered for new floors.
SOTA
Slayyyter
Glitter-and-grit dance-pop — Y2K excess reborn as main-stage camp, played with total commitment to the fantasy.
Clara La San
Manchester's whispered R&B-electronica — internet-cult intimacy gone big, hushed vocals drifting over UK garage shadows, long-lost demos turned devotional catalog.
Julia Wolf
Moody, guitar-flecked alt-pop with a whisper-to-hook delivery — quiet verses that detonate into choruses, diary-page lyrics under the gloss.
Omar+
YT
Niko B
Milton Keynes's deadpan comic rapper — 'Who's That What's That' absurdism, small-town Britain narrated in perfect deadpan.
Keo
Florence Road
Irish indie four-piece — harmony-rich guitar pop on a steep rise, carrying the Cranberries torch for a new generation.
Bassvictim
Snarling internet-era electroclash — bratty vocals over blown-out bass, reviving the genre's trashy Berlin glamour for a generation that missed it the first time.
Luuk Van Dijk
Amsterdam tech-house workhorse — dark, rolling, precise, and seemingly booked every weekend somewhere in Europe, grooves with total technical control.
Overpass
Birmingham lads making festival-ready indie rock singalongs — lager-in-the-air choruses in the great British tradition, a rising band already at home on big stages.
Beth McCarthy
York's queer-pop firecracker — TikTok-honed hooks backed by real band energy and a live show that outruns the algorithm that found her.
Absolutely
AFTER
Club-circuit electronic project.
NOTION
UK bass and garage — clean, physical, dancefloor-first, drops with surgical timing and low-end pressure without a wasted bar.
Riordan
Liverpool DJ-producer pushing bassline-flecked house — Merseyside heat in the garage revival's slipstream, club momentum rising fast.
WHATMORE
Say Now
JD Cliffe
SPEED
Sydney hardcore's global ambassadors — pit-commanding, community-first, and living proof the genre's next chapter is worldwide.
Frost Children
Sibling NYC hyperpop chaos agents — glitchy, funny, and relentless, a live set that plays like a timeline scrolled at maximum speed.
Bar Italia
London's elusive trio — murmured vocals and tangled guitars that made Matador come calling, with a mystique maintained by saying almost nothing in public.
54 Ultra
Chloe Qisha
Wry, glossy indie-pop — 2026's buzziest new writer-performer, with hooks polished enough for radio and lyrics sharp enough to sting.
Julian Fijma
Clementine Douglas
Hamdi
IN PARALLEL
Jane Remover
Digicore prodigy turned noise-pop auteur — abrasive and gorgeous at once, walls of distortion hiding devastating melody.
dexter in the newsagent
Hushed UK bedroom-pop — lowercase songs, uppercase feelings, whisper-close vocals over soft guitar loops made for headphones at 1 a.m.
DJ EJ
Mulaa Joans
Cardinals
Cork's melodica-toting indie romantics — Fontaines-adjacent and rising fast, with a windswept, literary streak all their own.
Radio Free Alice
Melbourne post-punks — wiry, literate, buzzing, in the great Australian art-school tradition, sharp songs delivered with nervous energy.
Westside Cowboy
Manchester's buzzy new guitar gang — scrappy, hook-first, rising fast on word of mouth, and the hype is earning itself.
Bleech 9:3
unpeople
UK post-hardcore upstarts with arena ambition — Architects-school heaviness with a new generation's polish, ones to watch, loudly.
Joss Dean b2b Nafe Smallz
Tommy Phillips
December 10
Saint Ludo
Violet Grohl
Yes, Dave's daughter — and a genuinely arresting voice striking her own path, closer to torch song than stadium rock.
Villanelle
Finessekid
Day We Ran
Anthemic young alt band.
Betty
Ceebo
Alex Spencer
Fliss
Djammin
Meeshy
People I've Met
The Guest List
Seb Lowe
Oldham's protest-pop songwriter — TikTok-viral, guitar-first, state-of-the-nation verses with a busker's directness, folk-club politics for the comment section.
Cruz Beckham and the Breakers
Yes, that Beckham — scrappy young rock band earning its stripes on the small-print circuit, with famous-family curiosity doing the marketing.
Camille Blackman
Kilu
Kibo
Ruby Roberts
Untitled
The North
Amma
Lamb
Pozzy
Raynor
She's green
Minneapolis shoegaze-pop with a devoted early cult — gauzy vocals over slow-blooming walls of guitar, patience rewarded in full.
Tooth
Sade Olutola
Fiona-Lee
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