Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 - Dates, Tickets & Lineup

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Location

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Age policy

Past

Radio 1 Big Weekend

Herrington Country Park, Sunderland

Image: bbc.com

Tickets

Fest TimelineUpdated: 2 Apr 2026

Today

6 Mar, 9am

Friday tickets on sale

6 Mar

Lineup announced

9 Mar

Lineup announced

11 Mar, 5pm

Saturday tickets on sale

11 Mar

Lineup announced

22–24 May

Radio 1 Big Weekend 🎉

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About

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is the UK's largest free-to-attend ticketed music festival, broadcast live across Radio 1 and BBC iPlayer. Each year it moves to a different UK city, bringing together pop, dance, and alternative acts across multiple stages…

Website

bbc.co.uk

Genres

PopIndieElectronicR&BHouseSoul

Date

22 - 24 May, 2026

Location

Herrington Country Park, Sunderland

Size

Huge · 100,000

Established

2003, Running 23 years

Vibe

It's a big, cheerful pop-heavy day out in a park, the kind where people sit on blankets between sets, sing every word back at the stage, and bounce between four stages without much fuss , friendly and buzzed-up rather than rowdy, and a noticeably younger crowd than most UK festivals.

Tags

parksprawlingsensible bedtimefamily-friendlyday tripperspacked in tightcome as you arelots of food optionscity-accessible

WHAT PEOPLE SAID

“Mixed crowd, teens to families”

“Cheap tickets, easy to move between stages”

“Some stage bottlenecking complaints”

“Surprise sets hard to get into”

“Decent food, every cuisine covered”

LineupUpdated: 12 Apr 2026

Full lineup

Fatboy Slim

Zara Larsson

Olivia Dean

Louis Tomlinson

Niall Horan

Ellie Goulding

Kehlani

Lola Young

Sonny Fodera

Myles Smith

FISHER

Nothing But Thieves

Dermot Kennedy

James Blake

MitskiJorja SmithParty SetCMATSkye NewmanClementine DouglashorsegiirLEzra CollectiveHolly HumberstoneMaisie PetersFLORachel ChinouririMUNAMarlon HoffstadtEwan McVicarL.P. Rhythm

TicketsUpdated: 23 May 2026

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