The Carling Weekend (Reading) in general Reviews

As a Glastonbury child who has been to said festival every year since I was 12, this year I thought I'd check out the major competition on the Uk festival circuit. That's a lie, I mainly went because I wanted to see Radiohead, but I was interested none the less in how this monster festival would compare. This year, as with ...  Read the complete review

Yes, I know it’s nearly a month ago but there haven’t been many reviews of this years Reading Festival so here’s mine anyway! The Carling Weekend Reading Festival is my annual holiday so it’s quite an event for me each August Bank Holiday. This year it took place from the 27th – 29th August at the usual location comprising ...  Read the complete review

Ah, reading all these pieces about Reading has made me put finger to keyboard to tell you a tale of my experience at this festival. Cast your minds back to 1996. Who was big then? Well, seems I’ve already given you a clue – Cast did indeed play there, and headliners included The Prodigy, Rage Against the Machine and ...  Read the complete review

WIth this being my first festival, I don't really have a lot to judge it against but going of other peoples reaction it was a good festival. I got to the camp site around midday on thursday and spent ages finding a spot to camp. A word of advice to people going this year, get there early so you can find a good spot. There wasn't ...  Read the complete review

I know this is a little late but heh.....i've only just Joined so here we go:) Thursday All things packed and ready to go, Myself and 2 friends jumped in the car and started the journey up to Reading from sunny Birmingham. I stayed up the previous night to watch the weather forecast and to my delight it said sunny ...  Read the complete review

Reading Festival 2001 – Well I’ve finally written my opinion on the Reading Festival. I’ve tried to make it fairly comprehensive. Anyway, here goes..… - Venue Facilities - Camping - Stages - Bands - Tips for future festies ---------------------- -= VENUE FACILITIES =- ...  Read the complete review

Reading 2001... Situated in a muddy field, thousands of people make their way down to reading. They pitch their tents and make themselfs feel at home. This year when the first line up was announced it looked pretty crap but as time went on more bands signed up and in ended up being a 'well worth ya money' experience. Opening ...  Read the complete review

well what can i say other than this was absolutly brilleant the best weekend of my life, you have got a large selection of the best bands around, loads of crazy people up for a good time. Weekend tickets this year where £80 which i thought was a damn good deal alought when you get there the price of drinks and food shocks you as ...  Read the complete review

.......and I couldn'd have made a better decision! This weekend has been AMAZING! There is a huge selection of bands and it is amazing just how many people are there. It is shocking just how many people you can see, people as far as the eye can see! To go for the whole festival (3 days) you will be looking at spending 80 pounds on ...  Read the complete review

Having lived in Reading all my life, this festival is something I’ve tended to grow up with. At first it was the time of year when loads of noisy, smelly people suddenly invaded my hometown. As I grew older and I became more interested in music, the festival became my own backyard concert, albeit with one or two ...  Read the complete review

For any of you who have looked at my profile you will notice that I am from Reading therefore I have a great experience of the festival even though I have only been going for the last 4 years. Last years festival was superb for all sorts of reasons and I will be going to this years and will try to do a review for everybody ...  Read the complete review