where is the reading and leeds festival held
Reading and Leeds Festivals The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge (51°27′52″N 0°59′30″W﻿ / ﻿51.46444°N 0.99167°W﻿ / 51.46444; -0.99167). The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park, near Wetherby, the grounds of a historic house (53°52′04″N 1°23′17″W﻿ / ﻿53.86778°N 1.38806°W﻿ / 53.86778; -1.38806). Campsites are available at both sites and weekend tickets include camping. Day tickets are also sold.
Glastonbury Festival The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, mounted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970, and attended by 1,500 people. The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex, later known as T. Rex. Tickets were Â£1. Other billed acts of note were Quintessence, Stackridge, and Al Stewart.[6][7]