Reading & Leeds Festivals Announce Two New Stages For 2024

by | Jul 24, 2024

In just one month, one of the UK’s biggest festivals – Reading & Leeds – will welcome some 240,000 music fans for an era-defining line-up loaded with electrifying artists and two brand new stages; The Chevron, a ground-breaking 40,000 capacity open-air venue, featuring the world’s first floating video canopy that will turn the sky above into an incredible, reactive display and The Aux stage; which will bridge the gap between the digital and live entertainment worlds as it welcomes some of the most popular digital content creators.

Reading Festival 2023 (Luke Dyson)

Reading Festival 2023 (Luke Dyson)
Reading Festival 2023 (Luke Dyson)

New acts announced for the world’s biggest silent rave on The Chevron include headliners DJ duo Billen Ted and rising drum & bass star Mozey, electro dance producer Badger and garage and grime DJ Flava D. Other acts announced are garage and house producer Bvnquet, Skeptic, Carlisle’s DJ Oldboy, Job Type & Versarchie, broadcaster and DJ Jeremiah Asiahmah, award winning drum & bass star Disrupta and official DJ of Crystal Palace Football Club Jay Knox.

Whilst The Aux will play host to a wide array of podcasts, interactive talks and live streams on subjects spanning music to pop culture to gym crushes to discussions on healthy living and social anxiety, no topic is off limits. Newly announced names are the charismatic internet sensations Chunkz & Filly whose YouTube hit The Chunkz & Filly Show has gained them millions of fans. Due to demand, Max Balegde and George Clarke will now bring The Useless Hotline podcast to Leeds.

The self-proclaimed ‘podmothers’ of the Goes Without Saying podcast Sephy and Wing will turn up the volume on many unspoken topics, and Sydney Cassidy will be bringing her Gym Girl’s Locker Room podcast, expect candid health and fitness chats, from gym anxiety to gym crushes. The ultimate music fan girl Jodie Bryant will be joined by Arthur Hill, who is making waves in both the music and social media industries alike, she will be asking him all the questions any obsessive superfan would wish to know as part of her YouTube show Fan Girl Files.

The stage is launching a series of ‘Unplugged’ sessions with various artists including The Vamps’ frontman Bradley Simpson and finally, Dork music magazine’s Down with Boring podcast will discuss all things music.

Reading & Leeds Festivals 2024 will see a plethora of enormous and rising acts play across their stages over three days at the end of August in what is the traditional close of the UK’s festival season. This year will see the likes of Bleachers, Blink-182, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Crawlers, Gerry Cinnamon, Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Pendulum, Raye, The Last Dinner Party, The Luka State, Two Door Cinema Club, Ashnikko, Beabadoobee, Confidence Man, Wunderhorse, Dream Wife, Kingfishr, Lambrini Girls, The Japanese House and more!

Liam Gallagher @ The O2

Liam Gallagher @ The O2 (Abigail Shii)
Liam Gallagher @ The O2 (Abigail Shii)

Check out the full line-up for Reading Festival 2024 below:

Reading Festival 2024 Line-up

Reading Festival 2024 Line-up
Reading Festival 2024 Line-up

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