Festival dijadwalkan dari 26 Agu hingga 28 Agu 2005 (2 hari).
Reading Festival berlangsung di Reading, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: RG1 8EQ Reading
Arctic Monkeys, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Dropkick Murphys, Foo Fighters, Pixies, Kings of Leon, Rise Against, Bad Religion, Incubus, Bullet for My Valentine, Queens of the Stone Age, NOFX, Editors.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
punk
electronic
alternative
indie
indie rock
alternative rock
britpop
indie pop
post-punk
electronica
punk rock
emo
hardcore
dance
metal
garage rock
experimental
electro