Reading and Leeds festival to go ahead in August 24th February 2021 Reading and Leeds festival organisers have confirmed that the events will run as planned from August 27-29. Question marks were raised over whether or not the Reading and Leeds festival would be able to take place earlier this month when it was confirmed that Glastonbury Festival would be cancelled for second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, following UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 road map announcementon Monday (February 22), Reading and Leeds festival organisers have now confirmed that the events will proceed as planned.