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Manchester’s Parklife will be back at Heaton Park on June 20, 2026 and tickets go on sale next week

Festival lineups for 2026 have started to come in thick and fast. So far, it’s been revealed that Charli XCX and Fontaines DC will headline Reading and Leeds; The Cure is billed for the Isle of Wight Festival, Lewis Capaldi and Pitbull are lined up for BST Hyde Park and Tyler, The Creator, Lorde and Twenty One Pilots will helm All Points East. Now, there’s another lineup to add to the list.
Manchester’s huge two-day festival Parklife has just announced its stacked programme for 2026. It features heavyweights from across dance, pop, grime, with Calvin Harris, Skepta, Sammy Virji as its three top headliners. It’ll be Calvin Harris’s first Manchester headline show in over a decade.
Tickets are being released next week, so here’s everything you need to know about Parklife 2026.
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Parklife 2026 is happening on the weekend of June 20-21.
As ever, the festival will take place in Manchester’s Heaton Park.
This year’s edition is being helmed by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. He’ll be joined by DJ/producer Sammy Virji, rapper Skepta, Swedish pop princess Zara Larsson, Dutch DJ Chris Stussy, house artist Josh Baker, and jungle music DJ and singer Nia Archives.
Here’s everyone currently confirmed for the Heaton Park event this summer.
General sale goes live at 10am on Friday January 30. You’ll be able to get tickets on Ticketmaster here.
There are two Parklife presales for anyone looking to get their hands on tickets early. The first is an exclusive presale for Paypal customers and goes live at 10am on Tuesday January 27. The second is for anyone on the Parklife mailing list (sign up here) and kicks off at 10am on Thursday January 29.
Tickets for the full weekend at Parklife start from £138.50 and single day tickets start at £85.
Already gearing up for festival season 2026? Other UK line-ups confirmed so far include Boardmasters, Isle of Wight Festival, State Fayre, Roundhay Festival, BST Hyde Park and All Points East.
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