Reading Festival Equipment Hire | Expo Hire

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Equipment Hire for Reading Festival

Reading Festival at Richfield Avenue is one of the UK's longest-running music festivals, drawing 90,000 visitors each August Bank Holiday weekend. The site hosts a large catering village, multiple licensed bars, and backstage hospitality operations. Expo Hire is a member of NOEA (National Outdoor Events Association). We supply food traders, bar operators, and hospitality teams with catering equipment, furniture, and refrigeration for the event.

Catering Equipment for Food Traders

The Reading catering village covers everything from gourmet street food to classic festival fare. Our catering equipment hire range covers the full commercial kitchen requirement. Commercial fryers handle the output volumes of a busy festival trading day. Our LPG gas ovens and griddles suit outdoor trading where gas is the primary fuel source. For baked goods and pizza operations, our commercial ovens cover the requirement.

Cold storage is non-negotiable for a multi-day festival in August. Our refrigeration hire includes commercial chest freezers and upright refrigerators rated for outdoor operation in warm weather. Maintaining food safety compliance across a Bank Holiday weekend requires reliable, continuously running refrigeration.

Bar and Drinks Service

Bar operations at Reading require substantial glassware and drink service equipment. Our beer glass hire, wine glass hire, and cocktail glass hire cover the quantities a busy festival bar moves across a three-day run. Poseur tables and bar stools create drinking zones in covered bar areas. Our Send It Back Dirty policy applies to all glassware and crockery.

Hospitality and VIP Areas

Reading Festival operates tiered hospitality packages. Our chair hire, sofas, tables, and linen suit the fitout of hospitality lounges, corporate entertainment areas, and backstage zones. For August evenings when the temperature drops, our patio heater hire extends outdoor hospitality into the night.

Delivery to Reading Festival

See all festival equipment hire options from Expo Hire.

We coordinate with site logistics to deliver equipment to your pitch or hospitality area during build week. Our depot network covers England and Wales, with strong coverage of the South East and Berkshire area. Browse and order online, no quote required.