The stage splits for Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington have just dropped, so planning your festival weekend can begin in earnest.
The huge music event is back at Victoria Park over May 28 and 29, drawing in some massive headliners.
Courteeners, Blossoms and Kasabian are all topping the bill at this year’s Neighbourhood Weekender.
Also headlining in 2022 are DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan and the Manic Street Preachers.
There’ll be a host of rising talent performing too, as well as local DJs at The Cornershop and karaoke and pub quizzes at The NBHD Inn.
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Manchester quartet Foxglove will open the main stage on Sunday 29 May after winning a competition with RivFest and the River Reeves Foundation.
Here are your stage splits, ticket information, and everything else you need to know for this year’s Neighbourhood Weekender.
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Tickets
More than 95% of tickets for this year’s festival have now sold out, but final tickets are on sale now.
There are still VIP packages available too, which gets you access to a private area with proper loos, hammocks, an undercover bar and its own street food area, as well as a main stage viewing platform.
Two-day weekend tickets are priced at £115, two-day VIP weekend tickets are £220, while single day tickets are £59.50 and VIP single day tickets are £120, all plus booking fees.
Coach packages are also available from official coach partner, Big Green Coach via biggreencoach.co.uk.
Stage splits
Saturday 28 May 2022 Main Stage Courteeners DMA’s James Bay The Lathums The Fratellis Wet Leg Red Rum Club Pip Blom
The Big Top Becky Hill Example The Snuts The Reytons Jamie Webster Gayle The Academic Dylan John Thomas Crawlers
Viola Beach Stage Royston Club Noisy Brooke Combe Tom A Smith Rats Michael Aldag Eli Smart Kynsy The Mary Wallopers Tommy Lefroy
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Sunday 29 May 2022 Main Stage Kasabian Blossoms Tom Grennan Pale Waves Inhaler Cast Bootleg Beatles Foxglove
The Big Top Manic Street Preachers Razorlight Starsailor The Amazons Scouting For Girls The Rifles Baby Queen The 502’s The Rills
The Viola Beach Stage Retro Video Club Louis Dunford Pixey Daisy Brain Seb Lowe The Dinner Party Frankie Beetlestone Gabe Coulter Oliver Keane Abbie Ozard
Plus DJs Sh*t Indie Disco Katie Owen James Glover
Set times will be available much closer to the time of the festival.
Neighbourhood Weekender takes place at Victoria Park, on the edge of Warrington town centre.
Sandwiched between Manchester and Liverpool, trains are 30 mins from Oxford Road and Lime Street respectively.
Gates open at 12.30pm, with a 10.30pm curfew on both days.
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Andy Burnham’s favourite Manchester pub, restaurant, neighbourhood and Sunday roast
Daisy Jackson
Andy Burnham’s favourite pub, restaurant, neighbourhood, and Sunday roast have been revealed – and the man’s got taste.
Old footage of now-PM Andy Burnham chatting to content creator Isaac Likes has been doing the rounds again, and while the interview dates back to before Andy left us and headed down to the big smoke, his Manchester recommendations still stand.
From his go-to neighbourhood and favourite pub to where he heads for a Sunday roast, and even the song he likes to play when he gets behind the decks, Burnham gave us a glimpse into his ideal Manchester day.
First up, there’s the Northern Quarter, which Burnham reckons has to be his favourite neighbourhood in the city.
He said: “Got to be the Northern Quarter. It’s the place where it’s all happening.”
When it comes to food, he singled out Firehouse, sitting on the edge of the Northern Quarter, as one of his favourite places to eat. He also gave a shoutout to its sister venue Ramona, where he’s been known to get behind the decks.
Andy said: “On the edge of the Northern Quarter, Firehouse is a place I love to go. Ramona Pizza, I’ve DJ’d there – if the mayor DJs there it’s gotta be alright.”
For a proper pint, Burnham’s choice is a little more traditional, saying his favourite pub is the ‘proper old school’ Peveril of the Peak.
The beautiful tiled pub was recently named the best in the UK, just days before its legendary landlady Nancy passed away.
When Sunday rolls around, Burnham said he has a couple of options up his sleeve. The Wharf in Castlefield gets a mention, as does Edinburgh Castle up in Ancoats.
The Peveril of the Peak pub in ManchesterThe Edinburgh CastleFirehouseSome of Andy Burnham’s favourite places in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
He said: “We love our gravy, we drink it by the pint in Manchester.”
Of course, no conversation with Burnham about Manchester would be complete without talking music.
Asked to name the best Manchester band of all time, he offered a few contenders – The Smiths, New Order, and, ultimately, The Stone Roses.
“The band I think are quintessentially Manchester is The Stone Roses. That was peak Manchester,” he said.
Fontaines D.C. announce massive return to Manchester on new European tour
Daisy Jackson
Fontaines D.C. have just announced their biggest headline tour to date, including a massive arena gig here in Manchester.
The wildly popular Irish rock band are set to play a whopping 20 arena shows across Europe and the UK this autumn.
The tour has been announced in celebration of their upcoming fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, which is set for release this October.
Fontaines D.C. will hit the road just five days after the album drops, kicking off their European tour in Lisbon on 21 October.
Then they’ll make their way over to the UK, with shows in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.
Fans in their home country of Ireland are told to stay tuned for live news very soon.
As we speak, Fontaines D.C. are warming up to play one of the country’s biggest festivals, with headline slots at Reading & Leeds Festival.
They’ve already released Marianne, the first single from their new album, and frontman Grian Chatten says of the album: “The album itself is a dopamine chamber. You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you.”
The new record has been recorded between London, the English countryside, and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.
He said: “There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity.”
Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Thursday 3 September, with pre-sale live from 10am on Tuesday 1 September.
You can access tickets for Fontaines D.C. in Manchester HERE.
Fans who pre-order Dopamine Chamber from the official store by 6pm on Monday 31 August will gain access to the UK pre-sale.
Fontaines D.C. UK tour dates in full
Friday 20 November – Liverpool, UK – M&S Bank Arena
Saturday 21 November – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
Sunday 22 November – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
Tuesday 24 November – Leeds, UK – First Direct Bank Arena
Wednesday 25 November – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
Daisy Jackson -
28th April 2022 
