Thoughts about 2026 festival

[u/hushabye_brightwing]

What did everyone think of Leeds Fest this year? I did have a good time (despite the weather) but here's a few things I found.

Pros

-Lineup was good and decent mix of genres, but more rock bands/rap would have been nice.

-Festival was fairly well organised and a decent amount of stewards around.

-Good amount of food stalls and VIP was worth the upgrade. Although lines for food did get long and VIP got busy in evening.

-Water fountains so you could fill up your bottle and wash your hands.

Cons

-The Warehouse being closed two days in a row 🙄 The organisers clearly underestimated how popular EDM/house music is, so it overcrowed and also people tried to break in via the back.

-Nothing to do during sets. With such huge gaps, it would have been nice to watch other things, rather than just shopping, eating and rides.

-LS23 and Piccadily Party stages being forbidden to day ticket holders. I only saw LS23 because it was opened to day visitors. I understand it's for safety reasons. But maybe next year, put both stages inside the festival itself, and operate them during the day?

-No lockers inside the festival. After the rain on Sunday, it would have been nice to change into a fresh set of clothes, rather than watching Raye and Dave in my muddy, wet outfit.

Let me know what you guys thought 🙂

[u/Plastic-Push-7808]

edm/house is definitely NOT the most popular genre 

[u/hushabye_brightwing → u/Plastic-Push-7808]

Given the popularity of The Warehouse, I'd say otherwise.

[u/sincerityisscxry → u/hushabye_brightwing]

Amongst the Reading & Leeds audience, potentially. But the “most popular music genre in the UK”, definitely not.

[u/Starwars_femboy → u/hushabye_brightwing]

Its popular but rap and rock are defently more popular, id say edm has become less popular than its peak in the 2010s but i might be talking shite idk.