Are You Listening?
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Irish rock band SPRINTS will be joined on Friday (9th) evening by Pysch band Mandrake Handshake and Manchester’s Dance Punks Yaang. Reading’s own Track & Grooves will also DJ during the evening. For more info, click here.
We are pleased to share with you our 2025 venues! Fri 9th May: St. Laurence Church (14+ / u18s with an adult) Sat 10th May: AY? Hub @ Market Place (Free entry), The Face Bar (14+ / u18s with an adult), Milk (18+), Purple Turtle (18+), St. Laurence Church (14+ / u18s with an adult), […]
Irish garage punk band Sprints will headline our warmup and punk duo Big Special will join us on Saturday along with other quality acts. Come and join us in May! The lineups so far… Fri 9th May: Sprints + more TBA Sat 10th May: Big Special / Benefits / Coach Party / Honeyglaze / Joshua Idehen […]
The wait is over! Tickets for Are You Listening? taking place on Sat 10th May will go on-sale Thursday 12 Dec at 10am. ADULT FULL FESTIVAL PASS The best value (& cheapest) ticket type will be our Adult Full Festival Pass (Early-Bird), on-sale Thursday 12th Dec at 10am. This gives adult ticket holders full access to […]
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