The Reading Fringe Festival is an award winning festival, started in 2013 by a marketeer, a producer and a writer. The Reading Fringe aims to support local emerging artists, provide an affordable platform for artists traveling up to the world famous Edinburgh Fringe and to welcome exciting, vibrant acts to the town from all of the world.

Since it was started, the Fringe has won the Pride of Reading Award for Cultural Contribution 2014, two Reading Cultural Awards (Festival of the Year in 2017 and Great Place in 2019), and was nominated for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2015.