For me the annual festival is a chance to watch a bunch of comedians during the day followed by a couple of major bands in the evening. As it’s £90 for a day ticket, which bands are on is a deal breaker. This year I picked Friday for Green Day, supported by System of a Down, in preference to Eminem (Saturday) and Biffy Clyro (Sunday).
But who’s on at the Alternative Stage? Annoyingly, the Reading Festival website just lumps all the acts together and you need to click on each person’s name to see the date on their biography page. Here’s what I managed to find:
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Judah Friedlander World Champion |
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Josh Widdicombe |
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Unknown date: Trevor Noah, Suzi Ruffell ((Tweeted them to find out when they’re on stage))
I’m pleased that Shappi is on Friday but was really hoping I’d be able to see Paul Chowdhry and Josh Widdicombe (assuming he’d be more cheerful than at Applecart). Just realised that I’ve tickets to see Rob Beckett during the Reading Comedy Festival so I expect the jokes will be the same in October. That’s how the dice roll. Mine must be haunted.