Parklife | |
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Genre | Music Festival |
Frequency | Annually |
Location(s) | Heaton Park, Prestwich, Bury, Greater Manchester, England |
Coordinates | 53°32′05″N2°15′22″W / 53.5347°N 2.2561°W |
Years active | 15 years |
Inaugurated | 12 June 2010 |
Founders | Sacha Lord (co-creator) |
Most recent | 14 June 2025 – 15 June 2025 |
Next event | 20 June 2026 – 21 June 2026 |
Capacity | 82,500 |
Organised by | The Warehouse Project Live Nation Entertainment |
Website | http://www.parklife.uk.com/ |
Parklife is an annual two-day music festival in Manchester, England and takes place in June each year. The festival predominantly features dance and electronic music, as well as pop and hip-hop artists.
Jointly organised by a number of groups, including Manchester's The Warehouse Project [1] and Live Nation, the festival started life as Mad Ferret Festival in Platt Fields Park, Rusholme, before moving to Heaton Park in north Manchester in 2013 in order to accommodate the increased numbers attending. [2] By 2023 the non-camping festival [3] has a capacity of 82,500 people over the two days. [4]
Year | Saturday | Sunday |
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The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | ||
2021 | Festival took place in September 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions | |
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2025 |
In June 2024, a massive brawl broke out at the festival with 52 people arrested by Greater Manchester Police for both drug related and violent offences within and outside of the festival grounds during the event. [6]
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | World's Best Festival | Parklife – Manchester, UK | 29th | [7] |