The Carling Weekend

The Carling Weekend
Friday August 25th To Sunday August 27th

The Carling weekend does exactly what it says on the tin. One bank holiday in August where music and larger flow to your hearts content. This festival has always held a special place this the hearts of music lovers. With Glastonbury not being held this year, surely, Leeds & Reading is the best festival place to get your dose of yearly dose of sun, music, camping & drink.

For anyone who isn't familiar with the set up for the Carling Weekend, it consists of 6 stages. The Main Stage, Radio One/NME stage, The Lock-up, Dance Stage, Carling Stage & the Comedy Stage. Obviously, the largest area is given to the main stage but as far as the acts performing go, it's very talent is equally spread over each stage.

This year sees a very special moment at the twin sites as Pearl Jam return to the UK after a six year absence to play Their First Ever Uk Festival Shows. Pearl Jam take their rightful place amongst the names that have headlined the Main Stage. Muse return to the festival as headliners of the Main Stage & perform their only uk festival appearances. Franz Ferdiniand also play their only english festival shows to further confirm their position as one of the UK's best loved and most popular acts. Joining our Main Stage headliners are Artic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo & The Streets.


Friday 25th Reading Festival
Saturday 26th Leeds Festival

The Main Stage:
Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Chiefs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Belle And Sebastian
Fall Out Boy
The Subways
Panic! At The Disco
Dashboard Confessional
Fightstar
Towers Of London

The Radio 1 Nme Stage:
Primal Scream
Dizzee Rascal
The Vines
Secret Machines
Mystery Jets
Peaches
Gogol Bordello
Guillemots
The Long Blondes
Fields
Duels

The Carling Weekend:
Bedouin Soundclash
The Twilight Singers Feat: Greg Dulli And Mark Lanegan
Eagles Of Death Metal
Howling Bells
Bromheads Jacket
The Sunshine Underground
Little Man Tate
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Field Music
Scissors For Lefty
Pigeon Detectives
Zox
Mumm Ra

Comedy:
Alan Carr
Andrew Bird
Jon Richardson
Lloyd Langford
Ben Norris
Stefano Paulini
Jason Manford
Cole Parker
Matt Blaize
Steve Gribbin

Cabaret Until 2am:
Dirty Sanchez (World Premiere Of New Show)
Renegade Burlesque
Circus Of Horrors

Music:
Failsafe
Queens Of Noize Djs
Punk Rock Karaoke


Saturday 26th Reading Festival
Sunday 27th Leeds Festival

The Main Stage:
Muse
Arctic Monkeys
The Streets
Feeder
Dirty Pretty Things
The Futureheads
The Cribs
Wolfmother
Flogging Molly
Aiden

The Radio 1 Nme Stage:
The Raconteurs
Coheed And Cambria
Jet
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Fall
The Automatic
Be Your Own Pet
Milburn
Plan B
Giant Drag
747s

The Carling Stage:
Nouvelle Vague
The Fratellis
Tv On The Radio
The Organ
The Like
The Spinto Band
The Noisettes
Goodbooks
Tilly And The Wall
Rumble Strips
Serena Maneesh
The Maccabees
The Morning After Girls

Comedy:
Stewart Lee
Simon Amstell
Mitch Benn
Rob Rouse
Mick Ferry
Yianni Agisilaou
Barry Castagnola
Toby Foster
Paul B Edwards - Mc

Cabaret Until 2am:
Burly Q Cabaret
Circus Of Horrors

Music:
Tilly And The Wall
Art Rocker
Queens Of Noize Djs

Sunday 27th Reading Festival
Friday 25th Leeds Festival

The Main Stage:
Pearl Jam
Placebo
My Chemical Romance
Slayer
Bullet For My Valentine
Less Than Jake
Taking Back Sunday
Killswitch Engage
Story Of The Year
Mastodon

The Radio 1 NME Stage:
Maximo Park
The Rakes
The Kooks
Boy Kill Boy
Broken Social Scene
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Hope Of The States
The Dresden Dolls
ˇForward, Russia!
Tapes ‘N Tapes
Metric
The Marshals

The Carling Weekend:
Animal Collective
Hot Chip
Larrikin Love
The Klaxons
Lethal Bizzle
Statik (Dj)
The Research
Good Shoes
Semifinalists
You Say Party! We Say Die!
Humanzi
Switches
The On Offs
Kharma 45

The Dance Arena:
Radio Soulwax Presents:
Soulwax - Nite Versions Set (Live)
2 Many Dj’s
Vitalic (Live)
Goose (Live)
Headman Dj Set (Reading Only)
Erol Alkan (Leeds Only)

Also Appearing:
Coldcut
Lady Sovereign
Sway
Spank Rock
Shitdisco
Superthriller

Comedy:
Adam Hills
Patrick Monahan
Al Pitcher
Jim Jeffries
Jason John Whitehead
Hugh Lennon & Hypnodog
Markus Birdman
John Bishop
Jason Rouse
Rob Deering

Music:
Youthmovie Music Soundtrack Strategies
Archie Bronson Outfit
Ratt-Att-Agg

Film:
Domino Music Shorts

The Carling Weekend takes place at:
Little John's Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading
&
Bramham Park, Leeds

Festival Facts
It takes 3 weeks to prepare the Reading and Leeds Festival sites and 2 weeks to take them down again
Each site is built by over 150 crew
10 million watts is required to power each festival site
Artists drink over 9000 bottles of water and over 13000 cans of lager over the weekend.
The festival produces over 300 tonnes of rubbish, which it takes 2 weeks to clear after the event finishes.
We recycled over 7000 bags of rubbish in 2004 through the onsite Litter Exchanges.
Over 3500 people work during the festival weekend at each site
More than 100 trucks with thousands of tons of equipment are used
There are over 800 toilets on each site
10,000 metres of cable are used
O'Malley Alley at Reading Festival is named after a member of the festival medical team who worked on the festival crew for many years who has passed away now
In Reading, Henrys Gate is named after a tractor driver who works on the site during the festival
In Reading, Reapers Bridge is named after one of the stage manager's called the Grim Reaper
In Leeds, Out of Harm's Way is named after Harmony who runs the production office
There are 90 food traders onsite, selling a variety of food, from burgers to pasta, doughnuts and even salad! More than a quarter of a million burgers and hot dogs were eaten over the course of the weekend.
2 million pints of lager are drunk during the festival.
There are 80 market stalls onsite selling a variety of products including clothing, footwear, jewellery, camping accessories, blankets and newspapers.