Are You Listening? Festival 2026
+ warm-up
8 & 9 May 2026
Are You Listening? returns on May 8th & 9th to Reading’s best venues. Tickets for the full multi-venue festival (May 9th) go live Friday Dec 19th at 9am
Each year AYL prides itself on presenting you with the greatest emerging and established artists from the UK.
- Friday 8th May: Festival warmup
- Saturday 9th May: Are You Listening? Festival | Various Reading Venues and Times TBC
‘Are You Listening? Festival is a gem in the calendar‘ - DORK magazine
‘…a vital addition to the live music calendar of the country for some years now.’ - John Kennedy (Broadcaster and DJ, Radio X)
‘Start thinking about a day trip now‘ - Louder Than War
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 it helps festival organisers to get tickets sold as early as possible. It reduces marketing costs, helps plan staffing levels required and also frees up our time for other areas of the event!
This year we are continuing to keep our Teen ticket price low and are also introducing a new Young Adult price.
These advance ticket price categories will not change, but it is possible with a large demand allocations could sell out.
All prices are inclusive of all booking fees (i.e no additional charges on top)
- Teen (14yrs – 17yrs) – must be accompanied by an adult. Advance tickets will only be £25.00 and will stay at this price until allocation is sold out. Ticket holder must be aged 14-17 on Sat 9th May.
- Young Adult (18yrs – 25yrs). Advance tickets will only be £35.00 and will stay at this price until allocation is sold out.
Ticket holder must by aged 18-25 on Sat 9th May. - Adults. For those 18yrs+; including those in the Young Adult age bracket if Young Adult ticket option sells out
- Early Bird tickets will be £39.50
When early bird allocation sell outs, Tier 1 will go live at £44.99
In late Jan – Feb (date TBC) – this will be when artists are announced – Tier 2 will go live at £48.99
The final Tier 3 (if we are not sold out by then) goes live in April a few weeks before the festival at £54.99.
Buying early reduces your costs and ours – we would be really happy to see everything sold out before Tier 1 ends!
Line-Up
COMING SOON
Head to our website for all the latest news and keep an eye on our socials to @aylfest
Info, Tickets & more: areyoulistening.org.uk
AYL? Festival is proudly partnered with Safe Gigs For Women.
Please note: U18s must be with an adult in any 14+ venue.
UNABLE TO ATTEND? We have partnered with TicketSwap as our official ticket reseller. TicketSwap is a safe, convenient and fair place to buy and sell tickets for all types of events.
If you are experiencing issues selling your tickets, please reach out directly to the TicketSwap support team.
Ticket Types
ADULT FULL FESTIVAL PASS
The best value (& cheapest) ticket type will be our Adult Full Festival Pass.
This gives adult ticket holders full access to all the festival venues (subject to venue capacity on the day at that moment in time).
TEEN FULL FESTIVAL PASS
This is for customers Ages 14yrs – 17yrs and they also require an Adult ticket holder guardian (18+) accompanying them. This ticket type gives access to the venues at Are You Listening? that allow ages 14+
A NEW TICKET TYPE FOR 2025:
We are trialling a new ticket type for 2025 to respond to the cost of living crisis and to allow access from a wider community: Adult – Community Pass
At the same time, the impact on the grassroots and festival sector is now well publicised in mainstream media and many festivals are already gone for good, or not taking place in 2025. Are You Listening is subject to the same pressures as these other events. There have been many moments when we have asked ourselves in the post-covid years if the event is still viable. We are proud our annual audience survey scores very highly on value for money each and every year
ADULT – COMMUNITY PASS
The community pass offers a wide introduction to the Are You Listening experience. This pass allows access to our smaller venues (under 350 cap). It will not allow access to our larger venues (over 350 cap) where our festival headline acts perform.
The Community Pass is not subject to Tier price changes, and will remain on-sale at the same price, subject to availability (if the pass has not already sold out).
Note: The Community Pass when it goes on sale will be the same price as the Adult Full Festival Pass (Early Bird).
Note: Teen Full Festival Ticket Holders accompanied by an Adult Community Pass holder as their guardian will not be able to attend venues over 350 cap.