Annual Event: Fri 22 Aug – Sun 24 Aug 2008
Reading and Leeds Festival, which are officially called ‘the Carling Weekend’ for promotional purposes began in 1961 and has since been getting ever increasingly more popular. The events both take place on the bank holiday weekend in August, and they share the same line-up with a couple of exceptions.
The festivals used to be strongly folk-oriented, but now they are more... More details

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