Saturday 26th July | Timing TBC | Venue: The Stage

RASPO is an award winning steel band: Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra was formed in 1997 supported by Arts Council England’s New Audiences Programme with instruments and tutors provided by Mangrove Steel Band.

RASPO has performed at The Royal Albert Hall, WOMAD festival, Glastonbury, for the London 2012 Olympics, live on BBC and ITV, and annually at London’s Notting Hill Carnival. The name – Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra – commemorates the very first steel band to play in the UK at the 1951 Festival of Britain: TASPO Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra.