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Reading Festival 1975. After moving to Reading, the festival's line-up became primarily composed of progressive rock, blues and hard rock during the early and mid 1970s, [9] and then became the first music festival to incorporate punk rock and new wave in the late 1970s, when the Jam, Sham 69, and the Stranglers were among the headline acts. [10]
The festival's origins date to the Beaulieu Jazz Festival (1956–1961) which became the National Jazz Festival in 1961 (The National Jazz and Blues Festival in 1963) and settled in Reading in 1971. In 1999 a second leg was added at Leeds. The following is a list of acts that have played at the festival.
On 30 March 2009, the band announced on their website that they would be headlining at the Reading and Leeds Festivals on bank-holiday weekend in August stating 'Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce that they will be headlining the Reading & Leeds Festivals 2009. The band will headline the Leeds Festival on 28 August and Reading Festival on ...
Since 2012, the percentage of all-female acts at these festivals has increased slightly. Ultra is the only festival where there has been zero increase in women performers, with all-female acts plateauing at a solid 6 percent. Mixed-gender acts fare a bit better than all-female ones — though not by much.
Columbus Oktoberfest. When: 5 p.m. to midnight Sept. 6, noon to midnight Sept. 7 and noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 8 Where: Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave. Details: Schmidt's Columbus Oktoberfest will ...
Festival season is back in full force. After cancellations over the past two years, large-scale music fests including Coachella, Primavera Sound and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival are ...
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
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