Festival dijadwalkan dari 24 Agu hingga 26 Agu 2012 (2 hari).
Reading Festival berlangsung di Reading, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: RG1 8EQ Reading
Green Day, The Cure, Foo Fighters, All Time Low, Paramore, The Black Keys, Bastille, alt-J, Social Distortion, Bullet for My Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Billy Talent, Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, The Hives.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
punk
electronic
indie rock
alternative rock
alternative
indie
punk rock
hardcore
indie pop
post-hardcore
pop punk
emo
garage rock
electronica
hardcore punk
post-punk
metalcore
britpop