This article is about the music festival in the United Kingdom. For the former music festival in Australia, see
Parklife Music Festival .
Parklife is an independent music festival held annually in Manchester , England, co-founded by Sacha Lord . It 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] It is jointly organised by a number of groups, including The Warehouse Project [3] and Live Nation .[4] This music festival is a two-day non-camping festival.[5] The festival is stated to accommodate 82,500 people per day.
Line-ups [ ]
2022 [ ]
On January 25th 2022 the festival announced the festival would be returning to Heaton Park in Manchester on 11th & 12th June 2022, with acts including 50 Cent as a UK Festival Exclusive, Tyler, The Creator , Megan Thee Stallion , Lewis Capaldi , Loyle Carner , Bicep , Chase & Status , Central Cee , PinkPantheress , Camelphat, Patrick Topping , Jamie XX , Annie Mac , Fred Again.. and many more.
2021 [ ]
The Festival was pushed back to a later date of 11 & 12th September 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic . Artists announced included Dave (rapper) as a UK Festival Exclusive, Megan Thee Stallion , Skepta , Dababy (cancelled), Disclosure , Mabel , Becky Hill , Carl Cox , Peggy Gou , Young Thug who was later replaced by Migos due to scheduling conflicts, Jamie XX , Burna Boy , Bicep and more
2020 [ ]
On 27 March 2020, the organisers announced that Parklife 2020 had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[6]
2019 [ ]
2018 [ ]
In 2018, the festival was headlined by the xx and Liam Gallagher .[7]
2017 [ ]
2016 [ ]
2015 [ ]
2015's event was headlined by Disclosure and Rudimental , and featured performances from Nas , Caribou , Fatboy Slim and Jamie Jones .
2014 [ ]
The line up for 2014 included Snoop Dogg , Foals , Rudimental , Disclosure and London Grammar .[8]
2013 [ ]
2012 [ ]
2011 [ ]
2010 [ ]
Awards and Nominations [ ]
Year
Category
Work
Result
Ref.
2019
World's Best Festival
Parklife – Manchester, UK
29th
[9]
References [ ]
Current festivals
Country Traditional, folk and world
Former festivals