Indoor rock and alternative music festival with two rooms of bands on alternating stages at The Facebar, headlined by InMe on Saturday and LASTELLE on Sunday.
Reading Rising returns to The Facebar on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, marking its seventh year since it first launched in 2018. It's an independent indoor rock and alternative festival, and it's run at the same venue every November, so it's become a bit of a fixture for the local scene.
Saturday is headlined by InMe, and Sunday belongs to LASTELLE, with Employed To Serve playing as their guest act. There's a nice full-circle moment there, too: LASTELLE played at the very first Reading Rising back in 2018, so they're returning to headline seven years on.
The format is what sets it apart from your usual festival weekend. It runs across two rooms on alternating stages, which means there are no set clashes — you can catch every band without having to choose between them, and the acts have proper time to set up and soundcheck. The booking mixes established names with local heroes and lesser-known alt-rock discoveries, and the organisers — Joe Conneely, Connor Shortt and Aaron Iley — also play together in InAir.
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Siren Craft Brew, Down For Life Music and Hickies Music are back as sponsors, with Vocalzone joining them this year. Tickets for Saturday are £30.52, Sunday is £27.77, and a weekend ticket is £49.77, all including booking fees. The Facebar is on Ambrose Place, RG1 7JE.
