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Radioactive Lemon 2

Feb 21, 2026 03:30 PM
Venue Details 85-91 Chatham St, Reading RG1 7DS, UK

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🔥 RADIOACTIVE LEMON 2 🍋
Join us for Reading’s electrifying All-Day Experimental Rock Festival at The Butler!

Get ready for a full day of mind-bending, genre-defying rock, all under one roof! Radioactive Lemon returns, promising a carefully curated celebration of the weird, the wild, and the wonderfully unexpected. If you crave boundary-pushing music, live for discovering innovative artists, and prefer your rock unpredictable and theatrical, this is your day!

  • 🎸 15 experimental & progressive artists
  • 🎤 Two stages – Main Stage + Acoustic Stage
  • đź§  A full day of new sonic discoveries
  • 🍺 Bar open from 12pm
  • 🎵 Music kicks off at 3:30pm
  • 📍 Central Reading venue (just 10 mins from the station)

From cinematic punk to psychedelic art rock, from prog-metal theatrics to acoustic oddities, Radioactive Lemon is designed for those who want more than background music. This is a one-of-a-kind, immersive musical experience!

🎶 MAIN STAGE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • THE SCARAMANGA SIX: Cinematic punk pioneers with electrifying presence.
  • ZENDEN GREENPURP: Hosts of the day, blending prog, metal, punk, and psychedelia.
  • SEAS OF MIRTH: Nottingham’s groove merchants delivering deep-sea musical magic.
  • SUGAR DARLING: Guildford’s hyperactive sonic headrush with big riffs and huge energy.
  • SHOUN SHOUN: Atmospheric art rock that’s stylish and beautifully unclassifiable.
  • MASCOT MOTH: Acid-soaked grooves and jazzy psychedelia from Llanfyllin.
  • CHOP CHOP: Surreal sonic travelers blending dream logic with otherworldly grooves.

🌟 ACOUSTIC STAGE LINEUP:

  • DANIEL BALL: Intricate guitar compositions of curious beauty.
  • ELTEL: Gloriously eccentric and addictively listenable.
  • OLI HAGEN: Reading’s melodic storyteller with introspective power.
  • MRPINEAPPLE (ACOUSTIC SET): Madcap energy and possibly more kazoo!
  • ACID CLAW (ACOUSTIC SET): Joyfully unpredictable and genre-defying.
  • QUEEN OF BETWEEN (ACOUSTIC SET): Dark and haunting rock stylings.

Radioactive Lemon isn’t just a gig; it’s a gathering of curious minds, celebrating local and national underground artists. Come early, stay late, and discover something you didn’t know you needed!

📍 THE VENUE: The Butler, Reading town centre – a cultural hub for emerging experimental music. Bar open from 12pm. Event room doors open at 3:30pm.

🚆 TRANSPORT: Just a 10-minute walk from Reading Station. Parking available at Q-Park Chatham Place and Broad Street Mall.

♿ ACCESSIBILITY: Step-free entrance with seating available for those who need it. Our friendly door staff will assist you. For specific access needs, feel free to reach out to us at radioactive.lemon.events@outlook.com.

This lineup is unique and will only happen once! If experimental rock is your passion, or if you want it to be, we’ll see you there! 🍋

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