Parklife 2025: line-up, how to get tickets and how to get to Heaton Park for summer festival
One of the big Manchester festivals is Parklife, and it returns to the city in the summer
Parklife has made Heaton Park its annual home, and the line-up is all complete. Charlie XCX and 50 cent are the headliners at the festival, but there are plenty of other top acts joining them.
Plenty of other names have been announced for Parklife 2025 in this more recent wave. Jorja Smith, Peggy Gou, Overmono, Bicep presents Chroma, Lola Young, Flo, Hybrid Minds, Rudim3ntal are all freshly announced for the festival. You can check out the full line-up at Parklife’s website.
There’s over 100 names spread across multiple stages hosted by the likes of WHP & Teletech’s XXL Techno, DnB heavyweights Worried About Henry, Manchester’s beloved venue YES and forward-thinking crew Ghosts Of Garage.
How to get to Heaton Park for Parklife 2025
Metrolink
Trams will operate every six minutes from Victoria to Heaton Park during the day. For entry to the event please use the Heaton Park stop, located close to the West Gate entrance. The transport ticket – offering travel by bus from Manchester City Centre to Heaton Park – is available to buy in advance with your festival ticket.
This ticket costs £5.50 for the day or £11 for the weekend. Return journeys will be impacted by a closure of Heaton Park stop from 9pm, festival goers can go to Bowker Vale for services back to the city centre
Bus
The Parklife Shuttle will run continuously during the day, departing from the corner of Aytoun Street and Minshull Street (M1 2DD), near Piccadilly train station. Journeys take around 30 minutes with drop-off right inside the festival site.
On Saturday the first bus to the Park will depart at 9.30am with the last bus departing at 4.30pm. On Sunday the first bus to the Park will depart at 10.30am with the last bus departing at 4:30pm. On both days, buses will depart at least every 10 minutes or when full.
How to get tickets to Parklife 2025
Various types of tickets are available to purchase for the festival through the Parklife website. These include day, weekend and VIP tickets. Weekend tickets start at £151 including fees, and payment plans are also available to spread the costs.