Parklife Festival | |
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Genre | Indie / Dance / Electronic / Hip Hop |
Dates | 11th and 12th of June 2016 |
Location(s) | Heaton Park, Manchester, England |
Years active | 2010- |
Website | |
http://www.parklife.uk.com/ |
Parklife, formerly known as The Parklife Weekender, is an independent music festival held annually in Manchester. With a capacity exceeding 70,000 people per day it has moved from Platt Fields Park, Rusholme to Heaton Park, Prestwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in 2012 in order to accommodate the increased numbers attending. It is jointly organised by a number of groups, including The Warehouse Project.
Dizzee Rascal headlined in 2012 and Disclosure in 2013. The line up for 2014 included Snoop Dogg, Foals, Rudimental, Disclosure and London Grammar, while 2015's event was headlined by Disclosure and Rudimental, and featured performances from Nas, Caribou, Fatboy Slim and Jamie Jones.
The 2014 festival was attended by around 140,000 patrons over the two days. Police made 29 arrests, two teenagers were stabbed and a 26-year-old man killed by a punch to the head.