Parklife 2026 Saturday line up and set times for all stages

Saturday at Parklife 2026 includes sets from Skepta, Sammy Virji, Nia Archives and Josh Baker

This weekend Parklife Festivals returns with a star-studded lineup. Tens of thousands are expected to flock to Heaton Park to see some of the music industry’s biggest acts take to the stage.

Manchester’s biggest music festival, Parklife, returns on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June with festival-goers turning out to see headliners including Calvin Harris, who has not headlined a show in Manchester since playing at the Manchester Arena in 2013.

One of the country’s biggest music events, it regularly draws in more than 80,000 people over the weekend and this year marks 16 years since it was first founded. Previously, the festival has been headlined by hit hop titans like 50 Cent, Snoop Dog, and Tyla the Creator as well as Manchester acts such as Liam Gallagher, The 1975 and Aitch.

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This year’s edition will also see British MC and rapper Skepta, Garage and bassline DJ and producer Sammy Virji, and Swedish songstress Zara Larsson will also take to the stage. Manchester-based DJ and producer Josh Baker will be returning to the festival having had his set quite literally shut down at the event last year.

Others confirmed to be playing will be Chris Stussy, Nia Archives, Kettama, Marlon Hoffstadt, Bou, Rossi, Silva Bumpa, and local Atherton lad Morgan Seatree, who went viral after bringing his grandma out on stage with him during his set at the festival last year.

Other big names include Armand Van Helden, Shy FX, Clementine Douglas, Ewan McVicar, Prospa, Rudim3ntal, and Chloé Caillet. Parklife 2026 will also feature a range of takeovers from the likes of XXL, Worried About Henry, Modern Funktion and Ghosts Of Garage.

It’ll be a busy weekend across Greater Manchester too. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has said more than a quarter of a million people will be travelling to the various events over the weekend.

Over at the Etihad Stadium, Take That are set to perform a series of shows on all three days. Etihad Campus will also host the Women’s Netball Final at the Co-op Live from 3pm on Saturday afternoon.

The city will also welcome Lily Allen and the B52s across three nights at the AO Arena; and the Women’s Cricket World Cup will draw thousands to Emirates Old Trafford on 21 June when South Africa take on India.

You can read our full guide including when the festival starts and end, what you can take in and how to get there and home here.

Saturday, 20 June stage splits and set times:

The Valley

• Alexandria – 12-1pm
• Prospa – 1-2:30pm
• Josh Baker – 2:30-4pm
• 4am Kru – 4:30-6pm
• Nia Archives – 6:30-7:30pm
• Skepta – 8-9pm
• Sammy Virji – 21:30-11pm

Panorama

• Ellia Jaya – 12-1pm
• Julian Fijma – 1-2:30pm
• Bullet Tooth – 2:30-3:40pm
• SOSA – 15:40 -5pm
• Cloone – 5-6:30pm
• Alisha – 6:30-8pm
• Rossi – 8-9:30pm
• East End Dubs – 9:30-11pm

Matinee

• Niamh – 12-1pm
• ATRIP – 1-2pm
• mph – 2-3pm
• Oppidan – 3-4pm
• Effy – 4-5pm
• Malugi B2B Sam Alfred – 5-6:30pm
• Marlon Hoffstadt – 6:30-8pm
• Morgan Seatree – 8-9pm
• Mall Grab – 9-10pm
• Daria Kolosova – 10-11pm

Magic Sky

• North Base – 12-12:40pm
• Catching Cairo – 12:40-1:25pm
• LENS – 1:25-2:15pm
• Born on Road – 2:15-3:05pm
• Kanine – 3:03-4PM
• Wilkinson – 4-5pm
• Dimension – 5-6pm
• Bou – 6-7pm
• Hedex – 7-8pm
• Andy C – 8-9pm
• K Motionz – 9-10pm
• Mozey – 10-10:50pm

G Stage

• Mya – 12-1pm
• A For Alpha – 1-2:30pm
• The Trip – 2:30-4pm
• Kepler – 4-5:30pm
• Locky B2B Phill de Janeiro B2B Benji King – 5:30-7pm
• Locklead – 7-8:30pm
• Jamback – 8:30-10pm
• Dean Turnley -10-11pm