Reading & Leeds 2026 lineup
The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 131 acts for Reading & Leeds 2026 across 5 stages. Headliners included Kasabian, Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Dave, Raye, Chase & Status Live and 1 more. 103 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.
131acts
5stages
79%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Geese Skye Newman Josh Baker 4am Kru Sinn6r Adéla Rose Gray JD Cliffe DJ EJ Alisha Locky Silva Bumpa Omar+ Luuk van Dijk Riordan Julian Fijma Djammin Meeshy YT Florence Road Overpass Clementine Douglas Cardinals Bleech 9:3 Unpeople Villanelle Day We Ran People I've Met The Guest List Camille Blackman +4 more
Saturday
Gunna Viagra Boys Josh Baker Kingfishr Nine Vicious Duke Dumont Jamie Webster Clara La San Niko B Say Now Ceebo M60 Max Dean b2b Luke Dean Mall Grab Rossi. Silva Bumpa Riordan In Parallel Joss Dean b2b Nafe Smallz Tommy Phillips King Booo! Jack Marlow The Lilacs Speed Frost Children Bar Italia Jane Remover Basht. Radio Free Alice Garage Flower +12 more
Sunday
Kneecap Men I Trust Kettama The K's Chris Stussy Duke Dumont Holly Humberstone Julia Wolf After Mulaa Joans Hybrid Minds Hedex Bou Sota Notion Hamdi [Ivy] Saint Ludo Paris Paloma Bassvictim Whatmore Chloe Qisha Dexter in the Newsagent The Clause Westside Cowboy Betty December 10 Violet Grohl Alex Spencer Kilu +4 more
Thursday lineup
The Grid
- 1Kasabian (headliner)
- 2The Lathums
- 3Arkayla
Friday lineup
The Grid
- 1Charli XCX (headliner)
- 2Fontaines D.C. (headliner)
- 3Skepta
- 4Declan McKenna
- 5James Marriott
- 6Keo
- 7Beth McCarthy
The Gallery
- 1Geese
- 2Skye Newman
- 3Josh Baker (Reading)
- 44am Kru (Leeds only)
- 5Sinn6r
- 6Adéla
- 7Rose Gray (Leeds only)
- 8JD Cliffe
- 9DJ EJ
The Warehouse
- 1Skepta b2b Prospa (Reading only)
- 2Skepta b2b East End Dubs (Leeds only)
- 3Alisha (Leeds only)
- 4Locky (Leeds only)
- 5Silva Bumpa (Reading)
- 6Omar+
- 7Luuk van Dijk (Reading only)
- 8Riordan (Reading)
- 9Julian Fijma
- 10Djammin
- 11Meeshy
The Ballroom
- 1YT
- 2Florence Road
- 3Overpass
- 4Clementine Douglas
- 5Cardinals
- 6Bleech 9:3
- 7Unpeople
The Canopy
- 1Villanelle
- 2Day We Ran
- 3People I've Met
- 4The Guest List
- 5Camille Blackman
- 6The North (Reading)
- 7Florentines (Leeds only)
- 8Lamb
- 9Tooth
Saturday lineup
The Gallery
- 1Gunna (Reading only)
- 2Viagra Boys (Reading only)
- 3Josh Baker (Leeds)
- 4Kingfishr
- 5Nine Vicious
- 6Duke Dumont (Reading)
- 7Jamie Webster (Leeds only)
- 8Clara La San
- 9Niko B (Leeds)
- 10Say Now
- 11Ceebo (Reading only)
- 12M60 (Leeds only)
The Warehouse
- 1Max Dean b2b Luke Dean (Reading only)
- 2Mall Grab
- 3Rossi.
- 4Silva Bumpa (Leeds)
- 5Riordan (Leeds)
- 6In Parallel
- 7Joss Dean b2b Nafe Smallz (Reading only)
- 8Tommy Phillips (Reading only)
- 9King Booo! (Reading only)
- 10Jack Marlow (Leeds only)
The Ballroom
- 1Niko B (Reading)
- 2The Lilacs (Leeds only)
- 3Speed
- 4Frost Children (Reading only)
- 5Bar Italia
- 6Jane Remover (Reading only)
- 7Basht. (Leeds only)
- 8Radio Free Alice (Reading only)
- 9Garage Flower (Leeds only)
- 10Fliss (Reading only)
- 11The North (Leeds)
The Canopy
- 1Gurriers (Leeds only)
- 2Finnessekid
- 3Seb Lowe (Reading only)
- 4Cruz Beckham and the Breakers
- 5Kibo
- 6Ruby Roberts
- 7Amma
- 8Pozzy
- 9Sade Olutola
- 10Fiona-Lee (Reading only)
Sunday lineup
The Grid
- 1Chase & Status Live (headliner)
- 2Florence + The Machine (headliner)
- 3Loyle Carner (Reading only)
- 4Role Model
- 5Blossoms (Leeds only)
- 6Lola Young (Reading only)
- 7Arthur Hill
- 8Dylan John Thomas (Leeds only)
- 954 Ultra
The Gallery
- 1Kneecap
- 2Men I Trust (Reading only)
- 3Kettama
- 4The K's (Leeds only)
- 5Chris Stussy (Reading)
- 6Duke Dumont (Leeds)
- 7Holly Humberstone
- 8Julia Wolf
- 9After
- 10Mulaa Joans
The Warehouse
The Ballroom
- 1Paris Paloma
- 2Bassvictim
- 3Whatmore
- 4Chloe Qisha (Reading only)
- 5Dexter in the Newsagent
- 6The Clause (Leeds only)
- 7Westside Cowboy
- 8Betty
The Canopy
- 1December 10
- 2Violet Grohl
- 3Alex Spencer
- 4Kilu
- 5Untitled
- 6Raynor
- 7She's Green
- 8F3miii
Their festival histories
First time at Reading & Leeds in 2026
54 UltraAbsolutelyArkaylaArthur HillBeth McCarthyJADEKeoLola YoungMaisie PetersSkeptaSlayyyterSombrAdélaAfterAlex SpencerALISHAAmmaBar ItaliaBasht.BassvictimBettyBleech 9:3Camille BlackmanCardinalsCeeboChloe QishaChris StussyClara La SanThe ClauseClementine DouglasCruz Beckham and the BreakersDay We RanDecember 10Dexter in the NewsagentDJ EJDjamminF3miiiFinnessekidFiona-LeeFliss+63 more
Longest-awaited returns
- Lamblast played Reading & Leeds in 200323 years
- Florence and the Machinelast played Reading & Leeds in 201214 years
- Chase & Statuslast played Reading & Leeds in 201313 years
- Duke Dumontlast played Reading & Leeds in 201610 years
- Kasabianlast played Reading & Leeds in 20179 years
Other festivals in 2026
Also in 2026Coachella 2026Anyma · Sabrina Carpenter · Justin BieberSee the lineup →
Questions about Reading & Leeds 2026
Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2026?
Kasabian, Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Dave, Raye, Chase & Status Live and Florence + The Machine were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2026.
How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 2026 lineup?
The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 131 acts for Reading & Leeds 2026 across 5 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.
Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2026?
103 acts on the 2026 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including 54 Ultra, Absolutely, Arkayla, Arthur Hill and Beth McCarthy.
Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.