There are 165 miles between Reading and Leeds.
Whilst the vast majority of fans do one or the other, the bands and artists do both.
Over the course of 48 hours, they travel between the venues and play two massive gigs.
Newsbeat asked Twin Atlantic's singer Sam McTrusty to give us his festival diary to see how the festival two-for-one worked for him.
Saturday 29 August - Reading
11am
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I slept on the tour bus as we travelled down from Glasgow overnight. I got about 10 or 11 hours' sleep, it's like a coffin in there so you close the curtain. There's not much space so you have to lie still but the motion of the bus puts me in the deepest sleep that I get anywhere.
1.40pm
I went to see Foals. Their dressing room is next to ours and I didn't know they were playing. It actually took me maybe 45 minutes to realise that I was looking at them. I do know what they all look like as I'm a fan, and then realised they were the surprise band. I'm blaming that on 11 hours' sleep. Obviously my brain wasn't awake yet.
Image captionSam is wearing a scarf on his head because of the rain
2.15pm
So I chatted to you guys at Newsbeat and did a few other interviews with the press. By the way, thanks for making me do your interview in the rain, wearing a scarf as a hat, happily drawing you a picture about how Reading makes us feel.
4pm
I rinsed my sinuses out. Everything was backed up so I've got this contraption where you put water and mineral salts into it and it has this long, thin spout on it and you put it up your nose. You tilt your head so the water goes up one side and then all the other stuff comes out the other nostril. It's not unique to singers, just really hypochondriac people do it and that's me!
8pm
I sang for an hour before we played. I do loads of scales and funny sounds. It's boring stuff but I really punish my throat. On stage I try to sing melodies that are not meant for somebody that is this low-set in the speaking world. I need to be dead serious about my voice otherwise it cracks and I just embarrass myself.
9.10pm
We had the performance and it was amazing. There were a few technical issues with my guitar but our bassist Ross had a word with me. On stage, he talks to me a lot and usually tells me to calm down. When stuff goes wrong he can see my head going down and if I'm not confident it affects the rest of the band. He's been my best friend for 15 years so having him there is great. He's a good guy for having a level head.
10pm - after the gig
It was genuinely one of the best shows we have ever done and I'm not just saying that. I went into the crowd too which is the first time I've done that in ages. Everyone was singing Heart and Soul back to us. It was amazing but I think my adrenaline spiked because as I came off stage I threw up everywhere! I'm talking violent, horrible retching sounds. I was absolutely fine but I think it was just the cold air hitting me outside the tent and my adrenaline going through the roof. That's the effect when you feel the energy of thousands of people singing our stuff.
Sunday 30 August - from Reading to Leeds
Midnight
After the show we had a little bit to drink. I say a little as I usually try to have a gin and tonic but it was one of those classic 'house party' measures. It was free flowing. Someone had some champagne as well as it was one of those epic shows.
5.30am
After a show I usually go to bed around 2am but I stayed up late with Ross as we edited a song. We've been writing songs for the past six months and we have about 20 or so. We think that nine of them sound like an album. We eventually went to bed at 5.30am.
2pm
We arrived in Leeds after having a bit of a lie-in because it was such a late evening. All the acts in Leeds were the same as yesterday so we just chatted to them. Everything Everything showed me their own inhaler steam contraption. They have a portable one. I know it's not exciting but after being on a tour bus with air conditioning, everything gets a bit yuck.
5pm
After several years of doing Reading and Leeds I genuinely think it's one of the best line-ups ever, especially with Foals playing their surprise gig on the same stage. It's actually terrifying to see these indie rock bands and we're above them on the bill. It's flattering and exciting.
8.10pm - the Leeds show
It was the final one of this album campaign. This whole album has been quite short and sweet but that's been intentional. We wanted to condense it so we could make an album quickly after. We took too long with the last two. We may even go into the studio next month and get started on it.
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