NEW acts have been announced for the Readipop Festival line-up as tickets go on sale.
A total of 27 new names were revealed on Monday, and they including hip-hop legends Sugarhill Gang, British soul and trip hop pioneers Morcheeba, and Mercury Music Prize winner Badly Drawn Boy.
The festival takes place in Christchurch Meadows from Friday, July 8, through to Sunday, July 10.
Headlining Readipop Festival 2022 (the festival’s 5th anniversary) will be Hip hop legends Sugarhill Gang (with Melle Mel and Scorpio from Furious 5), Morcheeba, British soul and trip hop pioneers with over ten million global album sales & Mercury Music Prize winner Badly Drawn Boy.
The bill includes a diverse array of new and established artists including Michele and Romeo Stodart from The Magic Numbers, BBC 6Music championed Liverpudlian electro-pop trio Stealing Sheep, Grammy nominated indie/dance innovators Jesus Jones, world and dance music fusionists Transglobal Underground, Nigel Clark frontman of Britpop favourites Dodgy and turntablist DJ Format.
The Saturday is focused on Reading-based talent thanks to Readipop’s AAA Takeover. This will include an In Conversation session featuring Stephen Morris from New Order/Joy Division, amd Richard Jobson from The Skids. These take place in the Purple Turtle tent.
BBC Introducing in Berkshire has selected the opening acts for our mainstage on both Friday and Saturday.
And on the Sunday, BBC Introducing in Berkshire takes over the Readipop tent for the entire day, presenting live shows from nine up-and-coming local acts.
Readipop’s family area will be open on the afternoons of Saturday and Sunday featuring craft, music and dance workshops, story telling, immersive performances and other fun activities with arts and music organisations including Jelly, Dance Reading, Annual Daydream Harvest, Tankata Percussion and more.
Reading’s indie Market also come to the site on Saturday and Sunday bringing their stalls full of festival-friendly arts, crafts and clothes stalls. Purple Turtle bars serve local craft beer and real ale all weekend alongside a selection of lagers, ciders, spirits and wine.
Readipop Festival which takes place by the banks of the River Thames in Christchurch Meadows.
Limited first release day tickets are available now and start from £18, while second release weekend tickets (which give access to all three days) are currently £49.50.
Accompanied under 14s can enjoy free tickets.
Every penny raised from the festival helps support Readipop’s charity work, which provides access to music for vulnerable young people and other underrepresented communities locally.
For more details, log on to: readipop.co.uk
The line-up
Friday, July 8 (6-11pm)
Morcheeba
Jesus Jones
Sunscreem
King Kuda
Amya-Ray
The Skandal
Air Circus
Forje
Lilac
Mike Wagner
Skills C
+ more
Saturday, July 9 (1-11pm)
Sugarhill Gang + Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio (Furious 5)
Stealing Sheep
Romeo & Michele Stodart (The Magic Numbers)
DJ Format
In Conversation: Stephen Morris (New Order/Joy Division) & Richard Jobson (The Skids)
The Drop
Hatty Taylor
Readipop AAA Takeover w/ K.Kayne & more
Alive By Night
Deva St John
Imogen Halsey
Jess Tuthill
Shard Project
+ more
Sunday, July 10 (noon-9pm)
Badly Drawn Boy
Transglobal Underground
Nigel Clark (Dodgy)
Brother Zulu
OSP
Jnr Watson + Reading Reggae Collective
4Fingaz
Beatroots
Corvid
Darcey Hope
Danny Lampo
doops
Du’val
Elucidate
Hoopy Food
No Feathers
Split The Dealer
Surya
Tea & Jam
Third Lung
Wynona
