Reading the Riot Act: Reading Music Festival
Heading to Reading Music Festival this August? Sure, there are plenty of amazing acts lined up—but sometimes the most amusing entertainment isn’t on the stage; it’s in the fields around you.
![My Chemical Romance....viewed from outer space.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/My-Chemical-Romance....viewed-from-outer-space..jpg?resize=560%2C272&ssl=1)
Here’s a peek at some of my favourite examples of Reading Festival freakiness from years past.
![Mexican wrestling masks = plausible deniability.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mexican-wrestling-masks-plausible-deniability..jpg?resize=560%2C509&ssl=1)
Mexican wrestling masks = plausible deniability.
![Everyone sing along! Well, okay, except the mimes.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Everyone-sing-along-Well-okay-except-the-mimes..jpg?resize=560%2C420&ssl=1)
Everyone sing along! Well, okay, except the mimes.
![Dirty Bunny hits rock bottom.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Dirty-Bunny-hits-rock-bottom..jpg?resize=466%2C660&ssl=1)
Dirty Bunny hits rock bottom.
![Don't forget your toothbrush, deodorant, spare socks...and your toy rocking horse.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Um...why-1.jpg?resize=472%2C615&ssl=1)
Don’t forget your festival essentials: toothbrush, deodorant, spare socks…and toy rocking horse.
![And your Cheeky-Ta Banana outfit, of course.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cheeky-ta-Banana..jpg?resize=514%2C686&ssl=1)
And your Cheeky-Ta Banana outfit, of course.
![And that, boys and girls, is how Smurfs are made.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/And-that-boys-and-girls-is-how-Smurfs-are-made.jpg?resize=560%2C420&ssl=1)
And that, boys and girls, is how Smurfs are made.
![I really don't even want to know.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/You-dont-even-want-to-know-what-the-guy-on-his-knees-is-doing-with-his-hands..jpg?resize=467%2C623&ssl=1)
You really don’t want to know.
![Satan escapes the hellish heat with a cold one. (He needs it more than most).](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Satan-was-a-very-busy-boy-that-weekend..jpg?resize=499%2C634&ssl=1)
Satan escapes the hellish heat with a cold one. (He needs it more than most).
![Thirsty?](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thirsty.jpg?resize=487%2C761&ssl=1)
Thirsty?
![How about some toilet water to wash down those donuts, then?](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9195.jpg?resize=560%2C341&ssl=1)
How about some toilet water to wash down those donuts, then?
![Nothing to see here. Just a dude taking his balloons for a walk.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/balloons_9177.jpg?resize=560%2C370&ssl=1)
Nothing to see here. Just a dude taking his balloons for a walk.
![Not your average hairdresser.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Not-your-average-hairdresser..jpg?resize=560%2C420&ssl=1)
Not your average hairdresser.
![Welfare housing...apparently.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Welfare-housing...apparently..jpg?resize=560%2C399&ssl=1)
Welfare housing…apparently.
![I don't know what this is about, and I was afraid to ask.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9199.jpg?resize=560%2C433&ssl=1)
I don’t know what this is about, and I was afraid to ask.
![The aftermath.](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-aftermath..jpg?resize=560%2C405&ssl=1)
The aftermath.
![The aftermath, Part II. I was tempted to poke this person with a stick, just to make sure he (she?) was alive. (I didn't).](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-aftermath-Part-II.-Im-not-even-sure-this-person-was-alive.-Scott-wouldnt-let-me-poke-it-with-a-stick..jpg?resize=560%2C409&ssl=1)
The aftermath, Part II. I was tempted to poke this person with a stick, just to make sure he (she?) was alive. (I didn’t).
![Homeward bound. Mush!](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mush1.jpg?resize=560%2C518&ssl=1)
Homeward bound. Mush!
![And a rainbow for the road...](https://i0.wp.com/amylaughinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rainbow_9220.jpg?resize=560%2C377&ssl=1)
And a rainbow for the road…
For highlights from Glastonbury, the granddaddy of all British music festivals, click HERE. https://amylaughinghouse.com/?p=3064
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