Parklife Festival Sunday set times confirmed as fans return to Heaton Park

Sunday, 21 June 2026 12:28

By David Murphy

Thousands of people are expected to attend the second day of Parklife Festival today as the event returns to Heaton Park.

The festival opens at 1pm on Sunday 21 June and is due to finish at 11pm, with the last entry permitted at 5pm.

Visitors can enter through West Gate on Bury Old Road or East Gate on Sheepfoot Lane. VIP ticket holders can use either entrance.

Accessibility visitors, backstage staff, guest list attendees and staff members should use Bridge Gate via Sheepfoot Lane Car Park.

The Valley stage programme begins with Nicola Bear at 1pm before performances from Mix Stress, Clementine Douglas, Armand Van Helden and Rudimental. Zara Larsson is scheduled to perform from 7.40pm to 8.40pm before Calvin Harris closes the stage from 9.25pm until 10.55pm.

Artists appearing on the Panorama stage include Minna, Delilah, Silva Bumpa, Luuk Van Dijk, Chloe Caillet, Ewan McVicar, KETTAMA and Chris Stussy.

The Matinee stage line up features 4000HZ, Saidah, Fumi, Diffrent, Faster Horses with Benwal, YOUSEF YUK1MATSU, blk. and AZYR.

Magic Sky stage performances run throughout the day from Cam Stockman to Obskur, while the G Stage hosts acts including Window Kid, Bushbaby, BAKEY, SHY FX and RYOTA.

Festival organisers have reminded attendees that alcohol, drugs, weapons, fireworks, drones, professional camera equipment, food and large bags are not allowed inside the event.

Empty plastic refillable bottles of up to 500ml are permitted, with free water refill stations available across the site.

Admission is subject to security searches and re entry is not permitted once visitors leave the festival

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