Reading & Leeds Festival 2026 lineup: First acts revealed - Fontaines DC, RAYE and Charli XCX among headliners
The first few acts on the Reading & Leeds lineup for 2026 have been revealed - and some huge headliners are set to perform.
The annual music event is back next summer, bringing some of the biggest acts in the world to Reading and Leeds on the August bank holiday weekend.
Next year’s festival will take place on August 27 to 30, with thousands of festivalgoers set to descend on Bramham Park in Leeds and Richfield Avenue in Reading.
Organisers have not disappointed fans with this years line-up, after some huge names were announced as part of next year’s offering. Acts such as Charli XCX, Fontaines DC, Florence + The Machine, RAYE, Chase & Status, and Dave will take to the stage, with other acts such as Skepta, JADE, and Kneecap also announced.
With the Reading and Leeds events running concurrently, the festival will see acts visit each site on different days to perform for music fans in the north and south of England. Organisers also revealed that all of this year’s headliners are UK festival exclusives, meaning that they will not be headlining any other festival lineups next year.
There is also an extra treat for those heading to Leeds Festival, with Kasabian set to play a special headline slot on Thursday night.
When do tickets for Reading & Leeds Festival 2026 go on sale?
Tickets for the festival go on general sale from 12pm on Wednesday, December 3. A variety of tickets will be available to buy, including single day tickets, weekend camping tickets, weekend non-camping tickets, and weekend early campsite access tickets.
There are presales for those who want to snap up their tickets early. A 48-hour PayPal presale is currently underway and will remain open until tickets are sold out or by 9am on December 3.
A second presale will take place later this week. The Pepsi MAX Presents Reading pre-sale will begin at 9am on Tuesday, December 2. You can sign up to the presale on the Reading website or Leeds website, depending on which festival you are wanting to grab tickets for.