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Parklife 2022 – line-up, tickets, dates, and all the information you need for Manchester’s biggest festival

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 30th April 2022

There’s not long to go until Parklife festival returns to Heaton Park, drawing tens of thousands of music fans to the fields.

This year’s event will be headlined by global talent including 50 Cent, Tyler the Creator, Megan Thee Stallion and Lewis Capaldi, as well as returning festival favourites Chase & Status.

Parklife has taken place at Heaton Park since 2013, when it outgrew its original home in Platt Fields Park.

The massive party is attended by some 80,000 people each day and is one of the biggest events in Manchester’s cultural calendar.

Here’s everything we know about this year’s Parklife so far.

When is Parklife festival 2022?

Parklife festival. Credit: Parklife

Last year, Parklife had to shift to September because of the restrictions placed on the events industry.

But it’s business as usual this time around, and the festival’s back in its usual June position.

Parklife 2022 will take place on 11 and 12 June.

There’s normally an extra gig on the main stage on the Friday night – previous years have seen the likes of New Order and Noel Gallagher perform – but nothing has been announced for 2022 yet.

Who’s on the Parklife line-up?

Parklife festival. Credit: Parklife

It’s a BIG line-up for Parklife this summer.

In Da Club rapper 50 Cent will be performing in a UK festival exclusive, and Tyler, The Creator will make his long-awaited UK headline debut after Parklife’s 2020 edition was cancelled.

Music heavyweights Lewis Capaldi, Bicep (headlining The Valley for the first time) and Chase & Status (with their largest festival show yet) will all be taking to the stage.

Parklife’s line-up also includes Loyle Carner, Jamie xx, Arlo Parks, Folamour (Live), Headie One, Central Cee, Fred Again.. ArrDee, Caroline Polachek, Tom Misch and PinkPantheress.

DJ sets across the weekend will come from Four Tet, Eric Prydz, Peggy Gou, Carl Cox, Marco Carola, Camelphat, The Blessed Madonna, Andy C, DJ EZ, Sonny Fodera Annie Mac, Jayda G, Mall Grab, Ricardo Villalobos and many more.

You can see the full line-up and stage break downs here.

Can you still get tickets for Parklife?

Parklife festival. Credit: Parklife

Tickets for Saturday – which is headlined by 50 Cent, Chase & Status and Jamie XX – have sold out.

But you can still grab tickets for the Sunday portion of the festival, with the last few on sale now.

Day tickets are priced at £84.50 plus booking fee for standard admission, or £109.50 for VIP.

You can also pick up the last few tickets for the whole weekend at £155 general admission or £199.50 for VIP.

Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster, Skiddle and See Tickets.

What does VIP get you?

Parklife festival. Credit: Parklife

This year’s VIP zone will be called the Luxury Lounge, with all sorts of luxuries to jazz up your festival experience.

As usual, you’ll get fast track through the queues, and access to an exclusive VIP area with luxury loos, a separate street food village, and The Smugglers Inn bar.

Very Important Parklife-goers also have their own DJs and special guests on a dance floor that’s separate from the rest of the festival site.

New this year is the ‘northern lights’, a light tunnel installation, plus VIP lockers and free phone charging points.

Parklife is even adding a ‘Cloud 9 VIP spa’.

Where is Parklife and how do I get there?

Parklife festival will be back in 2022. Credit: Parklife

Parklife will be back in Heaton Park, to the north of Manchester, taking over a corner of the 600-acre park.

There’s a Metrolink stop right outside the park’s gates at Heaton Park, though most fesitval-goers will be directed home via Bowker Vale instead.

The festival also puts on shuttle buses to help people get back home safely.

This year, there’s a combined Travel Pass which you can use on either the Metrolink or the shuttle buses.

You can also try to book a taxi, but with 80,000 people pouring out of the festival site, things can get busy – and a lot of people end up walking back to town if it’s safe to do so.

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Five Manchester artists we’ve been listening to this month | August 2025

Danny Jones Danny Jones New Manchester music and bands August 2025

2025 has been a belting year for music so far, be it legendary bands getting back together, veterans getting back in the studio, or rising new stars in the making, making waves – and Manchester has been right at the centre of all of it.

In case you’ve not found yourself on this site at this particular time of the month before, let’s give you a quick rundown: every few weeks, just before turning over another page on the calendar, we round up some of the best music we’ve heard from artists in and around Manchester.

Very much a Ronseal deal, we know.

Get your ‘add to playlist’ thumb at the ready and prepare to dive into yet more marvellous local music, both new and old.

New Manchester music we’ve been listening to – August 2025

1. Michael Gallagher

@mickyygall Hello, This is me Michael Gallagher If you wanna help me out, grab a copy of my EP on vinyl before Sunday x #newmusic ♬ original sound – Michael Gallagher

Let’s start things off with one of the most heartwarming, albeit frustrating, stories of an independent musician just trying to make it in an industry that is already challenging enough without having your tour van full of gear nicked. Sigh…

We’re talking about Michael Gallagher, who not too long ago upped sticks from Hartlepool in the North East and made his way to Manchester city centre, bringing a nice brand of upbeat, radio-friendly indie music with him. He’s actually been at it since 2018, but more people are taking more notice of late.

If you enjoy artists like Circa Waves, early Declan McKenna and Vistas; Pigeon Detectives or pretty much most mainstream indie bands of the past decade or so, you’ll love this lad – we certainly do. Our top picks include ‘Hannah’, ‘Rum & Raisin’, and since ‘Pour Me Another’ is dedicated to our shared love of the black stuff, we couldn’t not include that one.

2. Foxglove

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The budding Manchester group have more music coming in 2025. (Credit: Foxglove via Facebook)

Fancy some euphoric indie and alt pop with vocals that would suit pretty much any genre, if you ask? We’d recommend giving Foxglove a go. With Abi White’s infectious vocals, brothers Ryan and Liam Croney hit all the familiar and classic Manc-coded notes on guitar and drums, plus Joe Myers’ trusty bass-playing, we’re tipping them for a big year.

We also love how the city has played as the backdrop to all of their artwork thus far – it really does ground those tuneful guitars and the twinkly overtones of their sound into a romantic, rose-tinted Mancunian lens.

They’re kicking on 2025 too and following the release of ‘Busy Beach’ (which we’ve had on repeat for most of the month), we’re enjoying seeing how the style can shift from the likes of the UKG-reminiscent, ‘Tell Me A Story’; we don’t mind admitting we’re pretty keen on their latest single, ‘Lost’, too.

3. Doves

Now, they should* need no introduction, but we sometimes find that Doves still go under the radar as one of those bands that plenty of people have been exposed to without quite realising that their music belongs to them. Quite often the way with bands who got going in that era, we’ve found.

Sharing some similarities to The 1975 in having met at school in Wilmslow, the Manchester band were spawned after Jez and Andy Williams met bassist Jimi Goodwin; fast forward the best of three decades later and the alternative rock veterans still have such an enchanting and enigmatic style about them.

We’ve always gone in for their moodier numbers like ‘Snowden’, so it’s no surprise we’re a little obsessed with their newest atmospheric number, ‘Lean Into The Wind’, but as one of those artists people often realise they’ve heard countless times without realising who it is, you can’t go wrong with their biggest hit:

The long-standing Manchester band are heading on their first tour in 15 years with new music to boot.

4. Better Joy

Penultimately, we’re sticking Manchester-based alt pop project, Better Joy, in at number four. If, like us, you like immersing yourself in quiet, introspective nights spent tethered to headphones, you’re going to love this one.

Led by singer Bria Keely, you can expect nods to everything from The Cure and the Cocteau Twins to Pale Waves and plenty from the 80s in general. From ‘plugged in’ to ‘quiet thing’, you get slightly different flavours each time. We also like her cover of ‘You Get What You Give‘ by one-hit wonders, New Radicals; she even recreated the album cover. Her new EP, at dusk, drops on Halloween, too, so we’re keeping our eyes peeled for what’s next.

She’s also one of several artists playing an up-and-coming new music showcase over in Stockport; in fact, she’s headlining local music mag and promoter, The Rodeo‘s stage at the stunning St Mary’s Church as the magical venue continues to attract more live gigs. Her new EP, at dusk, drops on Halloween, too, so keep your eyes peeled.

5. CMAT

Is she technically a Manc, no? Do we care? No. She moved here as a teenager to pursue her dream of becoming a musician – just like Michael – and besides sharing Irish roots (and no, stop right there: he shares no connection to Oasis), she’s also an example of how hard work pays off eventually.

The ‘Duboyne Diana’ has gone from arriving here from County Meath as part of a two-piece band and becoming a bit of a cult hero around these parts, so much so that she’s just sold out two whole nights headlining O2 Victoria Warehouse after stunning at Glasto 2025. An icon in the making.

We’re going to start you off with some of her biggest hits: current favourite, ‘Take A Sexy Picture of Me’, the ever wonderful ‘I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!’, and sorry, but if you thought we were going to overlook the fact that she’s got a track called ‘The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station’, you’d be dead wrong.

As always, we’re more than happy to be directed to more new music coming out of Greater Manchester, and with less than half the year remaining, let’s make our 2025 listening as memorable as possible.

Enjoy!

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A new music showcase is taking place at a beautiful and historic Stockport venue

Danny Jones Danny Jones New live showcase Stockport music festival

A new live showcase is coming to Stockport town centre as part of a wider music, art and cultural celebration next month.

And by new, we mean the artists; if you went to the last edition, you’ll know it delivers some serious talent.

Teaming up with the likes of Manchester-based music magazine and promoters, The Rodeo, as well as ticketing platform Skiddle, Stockport is set to welcome the return of Mercury Climbing Festival.

This week-long celebration of music, art and culture around parts of the Greater Manchester borough’s historic old town, and there are some exciting names on board already.

As for Mercury Climbing 2025 itself, the multi-day festival spread across several locations boasts the best in native and Northern music, visual arts, and comedy.

Popping up across a total of eight different spaces, including the likes of the brand-new Stockroom, pubs, and headline music venue St Mary’s Church – quietly one of the coolest places we’ve ever seen a gig – you have plenty of reason to be excited about this one.

Speaking of St Mary’s, while artists such as local legends Badly Drawn Boy, Manc indie outfit The Covasettes and Riding The Low – fronted by actor Paddy Considine – are set to play the stunning ceremonial space, The Rodeo is also hosting its own dedicated stage at the church.

Highlighting emerging new talent on Saturday, 20 September, Manchester-based solo indie project Better Joy is set to headline, with Denver County Council (who featured on our Manc artists of the month round-up), Henry Webb-Jenkins, Katie & the Bad Sign, plus more to be announced in support.

The last time we saw a ‘Live at St Mary’s’ event, we can’t stress this enough: it was nothing short of an unforgettable experience.

Hello Cosmos wow Stockport on a night where the venue shone just as bright as the music
You don’t get to enjoy a ‘religious’ gig experiences like this often…

Taking place from Friday, 19-26 September, the festival as a whole will transform Stockport’s historic Old Town into a vibrant cultural hub.

And it isn’t just music: there are local food and drink traders getting involved, artwork from the one and only Stanley Chow, as well as plenty of other entertainment.

Above all else, the event is not only steeped in SK and Greater Manchester’s rich heritage, but it’s a great way of supporting new art coming out of the region.

The Rodeo’s St Mary’s stage gets underway from 4pm and is scheduled to finish at 10:30pm, but the wider Mercury Climbing programme is an all-day festival that won’t end until late. You can grab your tickets right HERE.

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