Caity Baser crowns her summer of festivals at Reading 2023

If you’ve not caught Caity this summer, there’s sure to be many more to come.

Words: Abigail Firth.
Photos: Frances Beach.


If one pop star has dominated this festival season, it’s Caity Baser. Flying out every weekend, she’s gone from strength to strength, climaxing at this full circle moment at Reading. Last year, she played at the BBC Introducing stage to a full field. Now she’s graduated to the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage, packing it to the rafters and bringing the bangers she’s spent all summer warming up.

Releasing singles consistently all year, she swaps out tracks to pull in the newer ones. Where for some artists that’d be a risk, it’s those fresher tracks that pop off most for Caity, like recent smash ‘Why Can’t I Have Two’. Still. The well-worn numbers like ‘X&Y’ and ‘Pretty Boys’ remain, though, with no signs slowing down momentum.

If you’ve not caught Caity this summer, there’s sure to be many more to come.