// Who we are
// About the festival organisers
Festival Republic are the UK’s leading festival promoters behind Latitude, Reading & Leeds Festivals, Download, Wireless, Wilderness, The Great Escape, Lovebox, and overseas events including Electric Picnic and Lollapalooza Berlin Festival. Over the years Festival Republic has been involved in a wide range of events that have helped influence the live music scene today.
// About the Festival
The Reading and Leeds festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place every Summer. The festivals take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, with the Leeds Festival taking place in Bramham Park, near Wetherby.
Barwick and Scholes community fund
// About US
We are a dedicated team of local volunteers and have been working with Festival Republic since 2011.
We are a ‘not for profit’ operation, and all proceeds from our work are donated to local projects, groups and organisations.
// Committee Members
Melvyn Benn
(Managing Director Festival Republic)
(Managing Director Festival Republic)
Chair
Raymond Budd
Vice Chair
Sally Daly
Secretary
Judith Birdsall
Treasurer
Matt Baker
Committee member
Liz Hayton
Committee member
Jacqueline Ward
Committee member
Cllr Stella Walsh
Committee member