READING Festival is finally here, so we’ve got day-by-day previews with our top picks for who and what to see as the event gets underway.
We’ll also have a round-up each morning of the previous day’s events.
On Friday, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls will kick off proceedings on Main Stage West, bringing his effervescent brand of punk-tinged, folk-dappled rock to the festival.
Frank Turner is no stranger to the event, having performed multiple times in the last decade, and will begin at noon.
Powerhouse singer-songwriter Lauran Hibberd is hitting up the Festival Republic stage from 12.45pm, bringing clattering guitar and dissenting vocal style loaded with attitude and affability in equal measure.
Indie rockers Sea Girls are set to take to Main Stage West at 1.20pm with a set full of hook-laden, anthemic tracks which have charted their meteoric rise through the ranks over the last couple of years.
Irish outfit The Murder Capital are sure to bring angst and edge to the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage at 2.30pm, followed by Mother Mother at 3.20pm.
Grammy-winning, Brit Award-winning, and Mercury Prize-nominated Wet Leg are set to appear on Main Stage East at 5.20pm, fresh from their performance at Coachella back in March.
Loyle Carner is set to return to Reading following his explosive secret set at the BBC Introducting stage last year, and will take to the Main Stage East from 7.20pm.
Firm fan-favourites Foals will bring their melodic but moody hard rock sensibilities to Main Stage West at 8.15pm, having cemented their status as unmissable mainstays in previous appearances.
North Shields’ very own Sam Fender is set to headline with a set full of layered, crafted festival anthems, likely to include stratospheric songs such as Hypersonic Missiles, Seventeen Going Under, Alright, Spit of You, and Will We Talk?
Elsewhere at the festival, Pinkshift and Yonaka are set to take to the Festival Republic Stage throughout Friday, Finn Foxell and DJ Target are over on the BBC Radio 1Xtra Stage, and ALT BLK ERA is set to close the BBC Introducing stage.
Besides the musical offerings, The Alternative stage sees performances from comedians Finlay Christie at 2.05pm, and Harriet Kemsley at 3.10pm, followed by Lloyd Griffith, Daliso Chaponda, Flo and Joan, Fern Brady, and Russell Kane.
Film Oxford is screening Bullet Train over at the 1Xtra tent from 12.25am on Saturday morning.
