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Reading & Leeds 1961 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 27 acts for Reading & Leeds 1961. The headliner was Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz Band. This was the first Reading & Leeds.

27acts
1stages
Saturday
Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz Band
Bob Wallis and his Stureville Jazzmen Bruce Turner Jump Band Chris Barber's Jazz Band Don Rendell Quintet Fairweather-Brown Allstars Gerry Brown's Jazzmen Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra Joe Harriott Quintet
Jazz News Allstars Mike Cotton Jazzmen The Merseysippi Jazz Band Ottilie Patterson Ronnie Ross Quartet Tubby Hayes Quintet
Sunday
Alex Welsh and His Band Alan Elsdon and His Jazz Band The Back O' Town Syncopators Clyde Valley Stompers Dick Charlesworth and His City Gents Jackie Lynn Ken Colyer's Jazzmen Ken Sims' Vintage Jazz Band
Original Downtown Syncopaters Sutton Chicago Jazz Group Terry Lightfoot Tony Russell Student Orchestra

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz Band
  2. 2Bob Wallis and his Stureville Jazzmen
  3. 3Bruce Turner Jump Band
  4. 4Chris Barber's Jazz Band
  5. 5Don Rendell Quintet
  6. 6Fairweather-Brown Allstars
  7. 7Gerry Brown's Jazzmen
  8. 8Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
  9. 9Joe Harriott Quintet
  10. 10Johnny Dankworth Quartet
  11. 11Jazz News Allstars
  12. 12Mike Cotton Jazzmen
  13. 13The Merseysippi Jazz Band
  14. 14Ottilie Patterson
  15. 15Ronnie Ross Quartet
  16. 16Tubby Hayes Quintet

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Alex Welsh and His Band
  2. 2Alan Elsdon and His Jazz Band
  3. 3The Back O' Town Syncopators
  4. 4Clyde Valley Stompers
  5. 5Dick Charlesworth and His City Gents
  6. 6Jackie Lynn
  7. 7Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
  8. 8Ken Sims' Vintage Jazz Band
  9. 9Original Downtown Syncopaters
  10. 10Sutton Chicago Jazz Group
  11. 11Terry Lightfoot
  12. 12Tony Russell Student Orchestra
On this bill

Their festival histories

Chris Barber 9 appearances · headlined 3× Alex Welsh Band 6 appearances Ottilie Patterson 6 appearances Tubby Hayes Quintet 4 appearances The Bruce Turner Jump Band 3 appearances Don Rendell Quintet 3 appearances Joe Harriott Quintet 3 appearances Ken Colyer 3 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1961

Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz BandAlan Elsdon and His Jazz BandAlex Welsh BandThe Back O' Town SyncopatorsBob Wallis and his Storeyvile Jazz BandThe Bruce Turner Jump BandChris BarberClyde Valley StompersDick Charlesworth BandDon Rendell QuintetFairweather-Brown AllstarsGerry Brown's JazzmenJackie LynnJazz News AllstarsJoe Harriott QuintetJohnny Dankworth QuintetKen ColyerKen Sims' Vintage Jazz BandThe Merseysippi Jazz BandThe Mike Cotton SoundOttilie PattersonRon GeesinRonnie Ross QuartetSutton Chicago Jazz GroupTerry Lightfoot's JazzmenTony Russell Student OrchestraTubby Hayes Quintet
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1961

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1961?

Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz Band was the headliner of Reading & Leeds 1961. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 1961 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 27 acts for Reading & Leeds 1961. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.