Reading and Leeds 2026: Loyle Carner and Declan McKenna among 60 new additions to line-up
Reading and Leeds Festival have confirmed more than 60 new names for this year’s event.
The twin festivals, set to take place across the August Bank Holiday, will be headlined by Charli XCX, Chase & Status, Dave, Florence and The Machine, Fontaines DC and Raye, who will be joined by an all-star cast.
Previously, when the headliners were confirmed in November, Skepta, Sombr, Role Model, Jade, Josh Baker, Kneecap, Kettama, Geese, Skye Newman, Adéla, and Keo were also confirmed for both festivals.
Meanwhile, it was also revealed that Kasabian would headline Thursday night at Leeds Festival but would not appear in Reading.
Now, it has been confirmed by the festival that Reading will be getting exclusive performances from Gunna, Loyle Carner, Men I Trust and Viagra Boys, none of which will play at Leeds. Additionally, Leeds Festival will host The Lathums and The K’s, who won’t be at Reading.
New acts that will play at both Reading and Leeds include Declan McKenna, Maisie Peters, James Marriott, Arthur Hill, Duke Dumont, Kingfishr, Slayyyter, Julia Wolf, Holly Humberstone, Clara La San, and Paris Paloma.
Violet Grohl, who is set to release her debut album Be Sweet To Me on May 29th, is also set to make her festival debut at Reading and Leeds this summer. Meanwhile, Raye’s sisters, Absolutely and Amma, will also perform, as will Cruz Beckham and The Breakers, if you needed another artist on the bill with a much more famous relative.
For dance music fans, Reading and Leeds have introduced the purpose-built The Warehouse for 2026 with sets including Max Dean b2b Luke Dean (Reading only), Hybrid Minds, Skepta b2b Prospa in Reading and Skepta b2b East End Dubs in Leeds, Rossi, Mall Grab, and Hedex.
Other acts set to appear across the weekend include Niko B, Rose Gray (Leeds only), Bassvictim, Absolutely, Florence Road, Frost Children (Reading only), Whatmore, Overpass, Bar Italia, Clementine Douglas, JCardinals, Radio Free Alice (Reading only), Westside Cowboy, The North, Say Now, DJ EJ, Bleech 9:3, Fliss (Reading only), Betty, Garage Flower (Leeds only), The Guest List, Lamb, Gurriers (Leeds only), Tooth and Sade Oluto.
See the line-ups for both festivals below.
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