{"id":88830,"date":"2026-04-10T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=88830"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:18:54","slug":"new-dance-music-stage-at-reading-and-leeds-festival-2026-to-feature-hamdi-hedex-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/04\/10\/new-dance-music-stage-at-reading-and-leeds-festival-2026-to-feature-hamdi-hedex-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dance Music Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival 2026 to Feature Hamdi, Hedex, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Reading and Leeds Festival will take place at Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park, respectively, over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Reading and Leeds, England.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From August 27 to 30, 2026, the festival will host a m\u00e9lange of artists to showcase their skills. Reading and Leeds will resound with pop and rock, indie, alternative and dance music, with some of the most renowned names and highly skilled acts on the bill. This year, a new stage will be set for dance music fans called \u2018<strong>The Warehouse<\/strong>\u2019 at the Reading and Leeds Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grime MC, rapper and producer <strong>Skepta <\/strong>is set to go B2B with Leeds\u2019 electronic music duo <strong>Prospa <\/strong>at The Warehouse at Reading Festival 2026. The brand new stage will also see sets from jump-up drum &amp; bass producer <strong>Bou<\/strong>, <strong>Joss Dean <\/strong>B2B rapper and singer-songwriter <strong>Nafe Smallz<\/strong>, house music emerging act <strong>Tommy Phillips<\/strong>, <strong>Max Dean <\/strong>B2B <strong>Luke Dean<\/strong>, and Amsterdam-based house music maven <strong>Luuk van Dijk<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F866197936430075%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liquid DnB duo <strong>Hybrid Minds<\/strong>, Australian house and techno giant <strong>Mall Grab<\/strong>, Sheffield-born DJ and producer <strong>Silva Bumpa<\/strong>, the UK&#8217;s house and tech house dynamo <strong>Riordian<\/strong>, drum &amp; bass heavyweight <strong>Hedex<\/strong>, and London\u2019s <strong>Rossi<\/strong> will be playing both Reading and Leeds Festival 2026, alongside drum &amp; bass DJ\/producer <strong>Sota<\/strong>, Bristol-based <strong>NOTION<\/strong>, the UK&#8217;s bass music mammoth <strong>Hamdi<\/strong>, electronic music duo <strong>IN PARALLEL<\/strong>, the Netherlands&#8217; <strong>Julian Fijma<\/strong>, and <strong>Omar+<\/strong>, who is best known for combining R&amp;B vocals with house and UKG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">London-based house and garage DJ\/producer <strong>Locky<\/strong>, <strong>Skepta <\/strong>B2B <strong>East End Dubs, <\/strong>tech-house act <strong>Alisha<\/strong>, London-based DJ\/producer <strong>Saint Ludo<\/strong>, house music producer <strong>Djammin<\/strong>, UK-based <strong>JACK MARLOW<\/strong>, Hackney-based house DJ\/producer <strong>Meeshy<\/strong>, and Bristol-based drum &amp; bass virtuoso <strong>[IVY] <\/strong>have been confirmed to grace the new dance music space, The Warehouse, at the Leeds Festival 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"READING FESTIVAL 2023 AFTERMOVIE\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XojNNB7orjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charli XCX<\/strong>, DnB greats <strong>Chase &amp; Status<\/strong>, British rapper and singer-songwriter <strong>Dave<\/strong>, iconic indie rock outfit <strong>Florence and the Machine<\/strong>, Irish rock band <strong>Fontaines D.C. <\/strong>and \u2018WHERE IS MY HUSBAND\u2019 hitmaker <strong>Raye <\/strong>will be headlining the Reading and Leeds Festival 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more music festival updates, keep up with&nbsp;TFword&nbsp;on:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tf.word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/03\/25\/hackney-wick-to-host-hospital-records-30th-anniversary-festival\/\">Hackney Wick to Host Hospital Records\u2019 30th Anniversary Festival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/04\/09\/dj-craze-fred-v-etherwood-and-more-confirmed-for-sd-union-daydream\/\">DnB Heavyweights DJ Craze, Fred V, Etherwood and More Confirmed for SD Union Daydream<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/04\/02\/the-best-electronic-dance-act-at-mobo-awards-2026-is-sherelle\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"88595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Best Electronic\/Dance Act at MOBO Awards 2026 Is SHERELLE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reading and Leeds Festival will take place at Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park, respectively, over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Reading and Leeds, England.&nbsp; From August 27 to 30, 2026, the festival will host a m\u00e9lange of artists to showcase their skills. Reading and Leeds will resound with pop and rock, indie, alternative<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/04\/10\/new-dance-music-stage-at-reading-and-leeds-festival-2026-to-feature-hamdi-hedex-and-more\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965154,"featured_media":88846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7915,4294],"tags":[4363,4333,10490,9530,7251,4434,2980,10045,2157],"coauthors":[5154],"class_list":["post-88830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-music","tag-chase-status","tag-drum-bass","tag-hamdi","tag-hedex","tag-hybrid-minds","tag-music-festivals","tag-music-news","tag-notion","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88847,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88830\/revisions\/88847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88830"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}