READING’S biggest festival has announced a new stage bringing more than just music to the event this summer.
Reading Festival has announced The Aux stage, which will see interactive talks, streams, live podcasts, and activities to this year’s outing.
As well as the news of the new stage, Festival Republic has shared a glimpse of what will be coming to the bill.
A live version of the Antics with Ash podcast is coming to the stage, where Ash Holme will bring her outrageous, nothing-off-limits show to the festival.
She’ll be joined by George Clarke of The Useless Hotline podcast, where he is joined by Max Belgade to tackle dilemmas sent in by listeners, with previous guests including Drag Race UK
Vs The World winner Tia Kofi and star of Heartstopper and Celebrity Big Brother Bradley Riches.
Presenter and podcast host Ayamé Ponder is also bringing her podcast, In Ayamé We Trust, to the festival, where she will joined by Coco Sarel for a special live episode.
M1Podcast has also been announced, which sees hosts and rappers Mordzs, SK, and BillyTheGoat are joined by guests to discuss music, culture, festivals, and TV.
They join artists such as Liam Gallagher, Blink-182, Skrillex, Pendulum, Lana Del Ray, The Prodigy, 21 Savage, and Two Door Cinema Club.
The Aux Stage is not the only new addition to the festival this year, as both Reading and Leeds are set to see a new Chevron Stage this year.
Organisers say it will bring an open-air dance experience with “ground-breaking” immersive lighting technology of a scale “never” seen before.
It will cater for 40,000 people and feature the world’s first floating video canopy, which sees the use of hundreds of thousands of LED lights as a display.
This year the festival will fall under a national pilot scheme, the Green Events Code of Practice (GECOP), which sees regional authorities developing consistent guidance on sustainability for organisers of events around the country.
Reading Festival takes place at Little John’s Farm, Richfield Avenue, from Thursday-Sunday, August 21-25.
Details, including the line-up in full, and tickets are available via: readingfestival.com
