WHAT DOES YOUR FESTIVAL TICKET GET YOU?
FRIDAY TICKETS
Access only to St Laurence Church (14+ / U18s with an adult).
SATURDAY TICKETS
FULL PASS – AYL? Hub @ Market Place (Free. All Ages), The Facebar (14+ / u18s with an adult), Milk (18+), Purple Turtle (14+ / u18s with an adult until 7pm. 18+ After), St. Laurence Church (14+ / u18s with an adult), South Street Arts Centre (14+ / u18s with an adult) and Sub89 (14+ / u18s with an adult).
COMMUNITY PASS – As above, but NO ACCESS to our headliner venues St. Laurence Church and Sub89.
HOW CAN I ATTEND BOTH AYL? EVENTS?
If you wish to attend both Friday and Saturday, you must purchase a ticket for each day. No combined or upgrade tickets are available.
All tickets sold are subject to capacity and age restrictions. Line-up subject to change. Proof of age may be required.
WHAT IF I’M HAVING ISSUES WITH MY E-TICKET?
If you can’t find your ticket confirmation, please check your spam folder. If this doesn’t resolve it, and for all related ticketing issues.
Please contact our ticket partner Gigantic on customerservices@gigantic.com who will be able to help.
HOW DO I COLLECT MY WRISTBAND?
FRIDAY
Arrive at St. Laurence Church from 6:30 pm to get your ticket scanned by our Box Office team and exchanged for a wristband.
SATURDAY
Our Box Office and Wristband Exchange at the AYL? Hub, Market Place Square (RG1 2EQ) and opens at 12pm.
Your ticket will be scanned by our Box Office team and exchanged for a wristband.
Both the church and the AYL? Hub are a five-minute walk from Reading Train Station and all the town centre bus stops.
Please note – Once the AYL? Hub closes circa 7 pm on Saturday. You will still be able to buy and collect wristbands from St. Laurence Church.
HOW CAN I FIND MORE ON THE DAY INFO?
We have an On The Day page including additional info, stage times and the festival map here.
HOW DOES A MULTI-VENUE WORK?
Once you have your appropriate wristband on your arm, you can move in and out of the venues throughout the day/evening as you require. However, each venue is subject to the capacity at the time. So, if the venue is full when you arrive, you need to queue until other people leave to free up capacity at that time.
ARE THE FESTIVAL VENUES FAR AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER?
No. Our venues are all based in Reading town centre, and at their furthest point can be up to 0.7 miles apart. Some of our venues are 1 to 5 minutes walk apart, and the biggest gap between the two furthest venues from one to the other is a 15-20-minute walk, approx.
WHAT IF THERE’S AN ARTIST I REALLY WANT TO SEE?
The festival capacity is based on the total licensed audience capacity across all participating venues. Due to the nature of a multi-venue festival, at times, it’s likely some of the more popular artists/venues may reach capacity. You will then need to queue until people leave and capacity opens up.
If there’s an artist you really want to see, you should arrive earlier to guarantee a spot. We suggest at least one act before the artist you wish to watch.
It’s advisable to follow our socials during the festival for the latest updates.
Follow our X handle www.x.com/aylfest for updates throughout the day.
ARE UNDER 18’S ALLOWED TO ATTEND?
Yes. A number of our venues allow under-18s if aged between 14- 17 years old. The AYL? Hub is all ages and free entry.
All under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.
ARE YOU RUNNING BARS AT THE AYL? HUB AND ST. LAURENCE CHURCH?
Yes. We will be running bars in both venues featuring Siren Craft Brew draught beer, cider, spirits and more.
CAN I BUY ANY FESTIVAL MERCH?
Yes. AYL? Merch will be available at the AYL? Hub and later in the evening inside St. Laurence Church.
HOW CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS PLAYING?
Head to our lineup page here and you will also find our official festival Spotify playlist there.
HOW DO I GET TO AND BACK THE FESTIVAL?
Coming to Are You Listening? Festival by Train?
Plan your journey via Great Western Railway here
Coming by Car?
Reading has three Park & Ride options that you can check out here
There are also numerous paid car parks in Reading Town Centre, which can be viewed here
Coming by Bus?
Plan your local journey via Reading Buses here
Coming to by Bike?
Cycling info can be found here
WHERE CAN I FIND MORE GENERAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION?
To find out more festival information, including our venues and accessibility, click here.
HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ORGANISERS?
Drop us an email at info@heavypop.co.uk to say hi.