📸 Festival Gallery
Photos from the UK festival season, split festival by festival. Pick a festival below to jump straight to its pictures. More galleries are being added as photos come in.
Reading Festival 2026
Reading Festival main stage with red screens and a large daytime crowd
The Reading main stage in the afternoon. Screens either side mean you still get a clear view from well back, which is the easiest way to see a big act without a two hour wait in the pit.
Singer performing in front of a giant pink disco ball screen at Reading
Big production on the main stage. Reading's headline visuals are built to read from the back of the field, so pick your spot for sound rather than for the screens.
Close up of a singer performing on stage at Reading Festival
Front barrier view of a main stage set. Getting this close usually means arriving two or three acts early and staying put through the changeovers.
Singer with backing vocalists and a live band performing in sequin dresses
A full live band set with brass and backing vocals. Slots like this are worth catching early evening before the crowd shifts to the headliner.
Wide fisheye view of the RAYE stage set with orchestra and red lighting
Wide view of the stage rig at dusk. If you want photos like this, stand towards the sound desk where the whole stage fits in frame.
Leeds Festival 2026
Leeds Festival main stage with the crowd holding phones up
The Leeds main stage mid set. Phone signal gets patchy when the field fills, so agree a meeting point with your group before the headliner starts.
Festival-goers in ponchos sitting on the grass in front of the Leeds stage
Bramham Park in typical British weather. A £2 poncho and a bin bag for your bag are the two cheapest things you can pack.
Packed Leeds crowd with a handmade sign held above heads
Front of the crowd during a daytime set. Signs like this genuinely get spotted from the stage, and the barrier fills up hours ahead for popular acts.
Two festival-goers walking through the arena in festival outfits
Walking between stages in the arena. Boots beat trainers by day two, the ground turns quickly once the site gets busy.
Three friends posing together in the sunshine at Leeds Festival
Group weekends are cheaper weekends. Splitting travel, a pitch and food shopping across a group is the biggest single saving most students make.
More festival scenes
Festival crowd with hands up in front of a main stage at sunset
Golden hour on the main stage. Headline sets usually start between 8pm and 10pm, so this is the busiest the front pit gets, arrive two or three acts early if you want to be this close.
Crowd dancing in front of the Reading Festival main stage
Main-stage crowd in full flow. Wide arena stages like this one usually have step-free viewing platforms and quieter side sections towards the sound desk.
Festival-goer on shoulders with arms outstretched under blue stage lights
After-dark lighting on a late set. Many sites keep dance stages running well past 1am, so a portable charger and a meeting point with your group matter more than anything else you pack.
Packed daytime festival crowd in front of a large outdoor stage
A packed daytime bill. Afternoon slots are where students tend to find new acts, free water refill points are usually within a short walk of stages this size.
Friends taking a selfie on shoulders in a sunny festival crowd
Group weekends are cheaper weekends. Splitting travel, a pitch and food shopping across four people is the single biggest saving most students make.
View over a festival campsite and tents from a hillside
General camping seen from the hill. Pitching near a path and a landmark makes finding your tent at 2am far easier than chasing the quietest corner of the field.