Festival dijadwalkan dari 22 Agu hingga 24 Agu 2008 (2 hari).
Reading Festival berlangsung di Reading, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: RG1 8EQ Reading
Metallica, Bring Me the Horizon, The Killers, Dropkick Murphys, All Time Low, Rage Against the Machine, Bullet for My Valentine, Queens of the Stone Age, Flogging Molly, Cage the Elephant, Tenacious D, Editors, Foals, Frank Turner, Taking Back Sunday.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
punk
electronic
alternative
indie
indie rock
alternative rock
punk rock
indie pop
britpop
electronica
hardcore
dance
post-punk
emo
experimental
garage rock
electro
metal