The Womad Festival used to attract 40,000 people to Reading
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Reading looks set to get another major music event following the loss of the Womad Festival two years ago.
Womad used to attract 40,000 people a year to the town before it left for a new site in Wiltshire.
But Reading Borough Council has now unveiled plans for a new two-day event, called Heavenly Planet, due to take place on the rock festival site.
Councillors will consider the idea at a meeting on 29 September with organisers hoping the event will start next year.
The weekend of 10-11 July has been pencilled in as a likely date for the festival.
The council said it hoped about 15,000 people would attend in year one with this figure rising as it becomes better established.
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