Reading & Leeds have announced a second wave of acts for 2026, including Loyle Carner, Violet Grohl, Holly Humberstone and many more.
This year’s edition of the dual festival is set to take place at Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds across the summer Bank Holiday weekend (Thursday August 27 to Sunday August 30).
Last December, organisers confirmed six headliners – Fontaines D.C., Florence + The Machine, Dave, Charli XCX, RAYE and Chase & Status – along with Kasabian as a Thursday night exclusive for Leeds only.
The rest of the initial bill featured Skepta, Sombr, Role Model, JADE, Kneecap, Kettama, Chris Stussy, Geese, Skye Newman, ADELA and KEO.
Today (Friday March 27), R&L has shared more than 60 extra names for the 2026 festival. The list boasts Loyle Carner (Reading only), Violet Grohl, Holly Humberstone, Gurriers, Westside Cowboy, Declan McKenna and Maisie Peters.
Other artists among the new additions include Paris Paloma, Cruz Beckham, The Lathums (Leeds only), Viagra Boys (Reading only), Florence Road, Men I Trust (Reading only), The K’s (Leeds only), Gunna (Reading only), Overpass, James Marriott, Kingfishr, Hybrid Minds and Duke Dumont.
Headliner RAYE’s sisters, Absolutely and Amma, are also due to appear over the weekend.
A brand-new, purpose-built dance stage for 2026 has been announced, too – The Warehouse – which will bring “cutting-edge sound with state-of-the-art lighting for a fully immersive club experience”.
Taking to this venue will be Max Dean b2b Luke Dean (Reading only), Hybrid Minds, Skepta b2b Prospa in Reading and Skepta b2b East End Dubs in Leeds.
Also appearing across the weekend are Rossi., Mall Grab, Omar +, Bou (Reading only), Hedex, Silva Bumpa, Alisha (Leeds only), Sota, Luuk Van Dijk (Reading only), Locky (Leeds only), Riordan, IN PARALLEL, Notion, Julian Fijma, Joss Dean b2b Nafe Smallz (Reading only), Hamdi, Tommy Phillips (Reading only), Saint Ludo, [IVY] (Leeds only), Djammin, Meeshy and Jack Marlow (Leeds only).
More acts will be confirmed in the coming weeks and months. Check out the updated official line-up posters here:
Find any remaining tickets for Reading & Leeds 2026 here.
The line-up so far is (new additions in bold):
Absolutely
Adéla
Alisha~
Amma
Arkayla~
Arthur Hill
bar italia
Basht.~
Bassvictim
Betty
Bleech 9:3
Bou*
Cardinals
Charli xcx
Chase & Status
Chloe Qisha*
Chris Stussy*
Clara La San
Clementine Douglas
Cruz Beckham and the Breakers
Dave
Day We Ran
Declan McKenna
dexter in the newsagent
DJ EJ
Djammin
Duke Dumont
Finessekid
Fliss*
Florence + The Machine
Florence Road
Florentenes~
Fontaines D.C.
Frost Children*
Garage Flower~
Geese
Gurriers~
Gunna*
Hamdi
Hedex
Holly Humberstone
Hybrid Minds
IN PARALLEL
[IVY]~
Jack Marlow~
JADE
James Marriott
Jane Remover*
Josh Baker
Joss Dean b2b Nafe Smallz*
Julia Wolf
Julian Fijma
Kasabian~
Keo
Kettama
Kilu
Kingfishr
Kneecap
Lamb
Locky~
Loyle Carner*
Luuk Van Dijk*
Maisie Peters
Mall Grab
Max Dean b2b Luke Dean*
Meeshy
Men I Trust*
Mulaa Joans
Niko B
Notion
Omar +
Overpass
Paris Paloma
People I’ve Met
Pozzy
Radio Free Alice*
RAYE
Raynor
Riordan
Role Model
Rose Gray~
Rossi.
Ruby Roberts
Sade Olutola
Saint Ludo
Say Now
Seb Lowe*
she’s green
Silva Bumpa
Skepta
Skepta b2b Prospa*
Skepta b2b East End Dubs~
Skye Newman
Slayyyter
sombr
* Reading only
~ Leeds only
Violet Grohl – the daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave – recently announced her debut studio album, ‘Be Sweet To Me’, and shared the single ‘595’. Cruz Beckham, meanwhile, is currently on tour in the UK, and released the song ‘For Your Love’ last month.
Speaking to NME at Reading 2025, R+L boss Melvin Benn explained the exhaustive preparation that went into the running of the festival every year. He also discussed the “overhaul” of the camping layout in 2025 that carved out special areas for solo punters, eco-friendly visitors, the LGBTQ+ community and others.
Benn revealed at the time that there were already significant plans in the works for 2026, saying he was “really confident about the artists” he’d lined up.
“I feel like we’re in a stronger position than I can remember for an awfully long time,” he told NME. “I can’t remember when I’ve ever had two of the three nights booked by this stage. We’ve had one booked by this stage, but I can’t remember ever having two of the three.”
Reading & Leeds 2025 was headlined by Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, Hozier and Travis Scott. Other big slots came from Limp Bizkit, Amyl & The Sniffers, The Kooks, Bloc Party, AJ Tracey, Nell Mescal, Royel Otis, Enter Shikari, Jasmine.4.t and loads more.