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Moovin Festival 2023 – line-up, tickets, stage times, and how to get there

The beloved Stockport festival is back. (Contains affiliate links)

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Moovin Festival, one of the country’s best-loved festivals, is set to take over the beautiful countryside in Etherow Country Park this August bank holiday weekend.

The festival was once considered a real hidden gem but is now a proudly independent and welcoming staple for thousands every summer.

There’s a line-up of returning favourites and hotly-tipped newcomers, all performing in the ‘adult playground’ where quirky stages are built into open-sided cow sheds and festival-goers relax on actual bales of hay.

The site itself features canopies of trees, lakes with busy waterfowl, and a breathtaking gorge.

This year, Moovin Festival will take place between 25 and 27 August at Compstall’s ‘udderly unique’ Whitebottom Farm.

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Located just 30 minutes from both Manchester and Sheffield, this place is a real northern gem.

Moovin Festival is also on the longlist for a Festival of the Year Award at the inaugural Nordoff and Robbins Northern Music Awards – you can vote for it here.

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Moovin Festival 2023 tickets

Tickets for Moovin Festival 2023 are still on sale through Skiddle here.

  • Weekend tickets £130
  • Friday day ticket £40
  • Saturday ticket £60
  • Sunday ticket £57.50

Where is Moovin Festival?

Moovin Festival 2023. Credit: Supplied
Moovin Festival 2023. Credit: Supplied

Moovin’s picturesque countryside location in the village of Compstall is actually only 15 minutes from Stockport, and 30 minutes from Manchester.

Those who are driving should use postcode SK6 5HH, and follow the signs to the car park. The cost is £15 for a day or £25 for the full weekend, paid in cash.

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For drop offs you can either get dropped off in the Festival Car Park, SK6 5HH, or Etherow Country Park Car Park, George St, Compstall, SK6 5JD.

The walk to the festival site is approximately 25 minutes from the Festival Car Park or 20 minutes from Etherow Country Park Car Park, and is clearly signposted from both locations.

A shuttle bus will run between the Festival Car Park and the festival site, costing £1 each way,

The nearest train stations are Marple and Romiley. Stockport train station is also nearby with buses every 15 minutes.

Moovin Festival 2023 line-up and headliners

This year’s line-up includes headline performances from Laurent Garnier, house music mainstay Toddy Terry, plus local legend Mr Scruff.

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The bill also includes Mungo’s HiFi feat Eva Lazarus, David Holmes, Massive Attack’s Daddy G performing a DJ set, Craig Charles, plus hip hop royalty Big Daddy Kane, Goldie live with his orchestra, Sister Nancy, Chali 2Una from Jurassic5, Children of Zeus, Gilles Peterson, Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs, Jaguar Skills, Krafty Kuts, Freestylers, DJ Paulette, Graeme Park and many more.

What are the stage times?

Moovin Festival 2023 stage times - Friday
Moovin Festival 2023 stage times - Saturday
Moovin Festival 2023 stage times - Sunday

Moovin Festival stage times for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

The Moovin Festival party will, as usual, run right through into the early hours, with the entertainment starting from mid-morning.

Headline performances from Sister Nancy Meets Legal Shot, Goldie, and Big Daddy Kane will all close out the main Barn Stage each night, with silent discos running until 2am at The Udder One.

And beyond the music, the programme includes fire shows, gong baths, yoga and more.

Gate opening times

Motor Home Ticket Holders Only:
Friday 25 August – 11am – 9pm

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Camping Ticket Holders Only:
Friday 25 August – 1pm -9pm

All Other Ticket Holders:
Friday 25 August – 2pm – 9pm
Saturday 26 August – 10am – 9pm
Sunday 27 August – 10am – 9pm

What the headliners say

“At the bottom of a tree lined valley, a hay barn with a fat sound-system. A freewheeling crowd, no VIP red ropes, no hassle from the authorities, just music and good vibes” 90s free party? No its the brilliant Moovin Festival,” – GROOVE ARMADA

“Moovin Festival was my Highlight of the Summer. The Great Vibes, Music, Venue, the perfect organisation and all these Beautiful people made this Festival become my Favourite Worldwide” – LEE SCRATCH PERRY

“Moovin Festival is one of the standout festivals of the year for me. Wonderful location with the best party people who are always mad for it …What more could you ask for? KRAFTY KUTS

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“Whenever I get to play Moovin Festival it’s a highlight of my festival calendar. As soon as I see the waterfall I feel like I’m home. The crowd is just beautiful and the energy is electric.” DJ PAULETTE

“Something complete different. Loved it!” – GOLDIE

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After All 2026 – the affordable grassroots music festival happening in Northern Quarter

Danny Jones Danny Jones After All music Festival Northern Quarter

Grassroots music event After All Festival is returning to Manchester this weekend, with rising local artists and affordable tickets.

Now well over half a decade since it was founded, All All Fest takes place in the heart of the Northern Quarter, and this year they’re proving that their slow and steady approach to backing the best new up-and-coming bands at core intimate venues is more important than ever.

With plenty of previous acts having impressed in recent years, we’re looking forward to seeing how 2026 stacks up in comparison to its predecessors.

Increasingly prolific native group Dirty Laces are set to headline the whole thing, Manilla Times are locked in, and Bolton’s very own James Holt also stands out on the lineup, just to highlight a few.

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Credit: After All Festival (supplied)

As the festival continues to grow in size and popularity, they have obviously had to scale things up even further this year.

That being said, beloved live music spot and Manc institution, Band on the Wall, is among the chosen arts spaces for this latest iteration.

BoW will be offering up their 500-capacity main room to the organisers for the very first time, serving as the de facto main stage of After All Fest 2026.

Joining them will be the Rose and Monkey next door, as well as cult favourite pub, Gullivers on Oldham Street, who have a long history of supporting local musicians and the arts in general.

Speaking of which, other acts that we’re looking forward to catching include Concrete Club, who featured in our Greater Manchester Artists of the Month round-up a couple of years back, as well as The Information Highway. You can see the full lineup down below.

And would you look at that, now you’ve got all the stage splits and set times, too.

Labelled by Dead Records’ Rob Fiddaman as “one of the UK’s most exciting new music festivals”, homegrown DJing legend Dave Sweetmore has also described it as “unique in so many ways”, hailing it as a “brilliant event with a great atmosphere to discover new music.”

Having been ourselves on multiple occasions since its inception in 2019 – both as Audio North off-duty and as punters before then – we can’t recommend it highly enough.

The latest edition takes place at 12 noon onwards this Saturday until 2am on Sunday, 17 May, and while the cheapest early bird tickets (£16.50) are long gone, general admission tickets are still available, with prices starting from just £20. Grab yours HERE before they sell out.

It’s not the only live music event worth being a part of this month…

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Global girl group Katseye add Manchester to huge new world tour

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Global girl group Katseye add Manchester to huge new world tour

Katseye have announced a major arena world tour for this year – and the global girl group are coming to Manchester for the first time.

The pop superstars will be performing at the Co-op Live as part of their WILDWORLD TOUR, which is taking them right across the UK, Europe and North America.

Katseye formed through The Debut: Dream Academy, which narrowed 120,000 applicants down to just six talented singers and dancers – though the group will be touring as a five-piece this time (Manon Bannerman has taken a hiatus from the band).

The Los Angeles-based global girl group, formed by HYBE and Geffen Records, merges K-pop dance training with Western pop sounds, with members hailing from across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and beyond.

The group is currently made up of Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung.

Katseye have not yet released a full studio album but have achieved major commercial success with songs like Gabriella, Pinky Up, Gnarly, and Internet Girl.

The group have already performed a major slot at Coachella, as well as taking the stage at the GRAMMY Awards this year where they were also nominated for two awards (including Best New Artist).

Katseye will be releasing their third EP, WILD, this summer ahead of their world tour, which reaches Manchester in September.

Tickets will first be on sale via a Weverse Artist Presale from 11am on Wednesday 20 May, followed by the Katseye.World presale from 3pm.

Fans can also register for presale access by pre-ordering Katseye’s new EP WILD or by signing up – no purchase necessary.

General sale will begin at 3pm on Thursday 21 May HERE.

Katseye WILDWORLD Tour – UK and European dates

  • 1 September – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
  • 3 September – London, UK – The O2
  • 6 September – Manchester, UK – Co-Op Live
  • 9 September – Paris, France – Accor Arena
  • 11 September – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
  • 13 September – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena
  • 15 September – Antwerp, Belgium – AFAS Dome
  • 17 September – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

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