Reading & Leeds : comedy & cabaret

The acts for the Comedy Stage and the after-hours cabaret have been announced for the Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004.

Headline names include Sean Lock - a familiar face from “Have I Got News For You” and “Never Mind The Buzzcocks”, Tommy Tiernan (who was Father Kevin in "Father Ted"), Marcus Brigstocke, the offensive Mike Wilmot, and Hugh Lennon Hypnotist and his Hypnodog. Other acts include Alex Zane, Steve Gribbin, Rick Right, Rob Rouse, Brendhan Lovegrove, and the superbly funny Ian Cognito - never a man to use diplomacy.
The full listings are as follows:

Reading Festival FRIDAY 27th AUGUST
COMPERE – COLE PARKER
MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE, MIKE WILMOT, BRENDHAN LOVEGROVE, MARK WALKER, RICK RIGHT, MICKEY FLANAGAN, ROB ROUSE, IAN COGNITO, JASON JOHN WHITEHEAD, MITCH BENN
SATURDAY 28th AUGUST
COMPERE – ADAM CROW
SEAN LOCK, JARED CHRISTMAS, MARTY WILSON, SEAN COLLINS, DAVID HADDINGHAM, ALAN CARR, STEVE GRIBBIN, NOEL JAMES, PAUL B EDWARDS, CAREY MARX
SUNDAY 29th AUGUST
COMPERE – KEVIN MCCARTHY
HUGH LENNON HYPNOTIST, TOMMY TIERNAN, RON VAUDRY, ALEX ZANE, JACK COWLEY, TOM STADE

Leeds Festival FRIDAY 27th AUGUST
COMPERE – ALAN CARR
HUGH LENNON HYNOTIST, SEAN LOCK, TOM STADE, STEVE GRIBBIN, RON VAUDRY, GAVIN WEBSTER, ADAM CROW, CAREY MARX
SATURDAY 28th AUGUST
COMPERE – JJ WHITEHEAD
TOMMY TIERNAN, MARK WALKER, BRENDHAN LOVEGROVE, RICK RIGHT, COLE PARKER, IAN COGNITO, JACK COWLEY, MITCH BENN
SUNDAY 29th AUGUST
MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE, MIKE WILMOT, COLIN COLE, DAVID HADINGHAM, PETER BERMAN, JARED CHRISTMAS, NOEL JAMES, PAUL PROVENZA, TOBY FOSTER, SEAN COLLINS

Music at Reading & Leeds comes from headliners The Darkness, The White Stripes, and Green Day, plus The Offspring, Ash, The Hives, Morrissey, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, 50 Cent, Lostprophets, The Streets, Placebo, and many more. For the confirmed line-ups, click for Reading or Leeds.

All weekend tickets for Reading Festival have now sold out, as have Friday & Saturday tickets.

Tickets for Leeds are starting to sell out with some agents, so get yours quick! Weekend tickets, and tickets for each day, are still available for the twin Leeds Festival, which has the same bands play, but on different days.

Weekend tickets are priced at £105. Day tickets are priced at £45 for all days.

To buy tickets (Sunday only - all others sold out) for Reading Festival, click here.

To buy day tickets for Leeds Festival, click here.

To buy weekend tickets for Leeds Festival, click here.

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