Are You Listening? is opening applications to artists from Reading and surrounding areas. Applications will close on February 28th, so get your responses in for a chance to play at Are You Listening? 2026! Apply here.Â
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Tickets on sale Fri 19 Dec @ 9am!
TICKET PRICING FOR 2026 EVENT Are You Listening? has always strived to be different and stand-out from the multi-venue events in the UK. For this edition, the 13th year of the festival, we want to make you aware of the ticket tiers and when they are expected to go up in price. For many reasons […]
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Take the AYL? audience survey!
Thank you for joining us at Are You Listening? Festival 2025, we hope you had an incredible time! We’ve heard from many of you that this year’s festival was the best yet, and we’d love to keep raising the bar. To help us do that, we’d really appreciate it if you could take a few […]
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AYL? 2026 Dates/ Waiting List
What. A. Weekend! 🎉 Massive thanks to everyone who came and supported us. All of you made Are You Listening? 2025 so special! 😎 We loved every second and we’re counting down the days to next year! 📅 SAVE THE DATES: Fri 8th – Sat 9th May 2026 – we’re doing it all again! Join […]
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Final Tier Price Increases
Saturday Final Ticket Tier Prices Saturday Adult Full Festival passes are currently on-sale at the Tier 2 price of £39.50 There will be a price increase on Friday 2nd May at 10am : Tier 3 prices go on sale at £44.50 If any ticket remain on the day of the Festival, Sat 10th May, they will be […]
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Community Pass – which venues?
New for the AYL 2025 event, we have launched a new ticket type, the Community Pass.  This is a cheaper ticket type and offers an introduction to the Are You Listening experience and allows access to our smaller venues (Milk, Face Bar, Purple Turtle, Milk, South Street Arts Centre).  The Community Pass does not allow entry […]
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Stage times and final artists announced
It’s time to get your pen and paper out and start circling what you want to see! We’ve added some new artists, including London-based Accra-born rapper Black Fondu, Canada’s Truck Violence, electronic Makeshift Art Bar, returning guests Shelf Lives and more. Click here to see all the times.
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Fresh draft pints!
The glorious weekend weather reminds us how good the Market Place festival hub was last year! NEW FOR 2025 we will have FRESH DRAFT PINTS (lager, ale, AND cider) available in St Laurence Church for the first time (both Fri & Sat) as well as the Market Place festival hub again, thanks to our partnership […]
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Second Lineup Announcement
It’s that time again! Ivor Novello Rising Star Award winner and genre-masher Master Peace and Berlin-based quirky Indie artist Anna Erhard. Are among the latest names announced for this year’s Are You Listening? Festival taking place across Reading town centre on 9th & 10th May 2025. They join an already buzzing line-up featuring Irish punk powerhouse Sprints, theatrical indie-rockers Big Special, and rising […]
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New Lineup Announcement Incoming
We are excited to announce that on THURSDAY (27th) at 6 pm, we’ll be releasing the next load of artists to perform at AYL? On Saturday 10th May. For all tickets, click here.