Parklife reveals Charli xcx as headliner, drops first wave lineup

Confidence Man, DJ Heartstring, Girls Don’t Sync, salute, Interplanetary Criminal, Malugi, and more join Charli xcx at the Manchester festival in 2025. 

Date published: 26th Nov 2024

Parklife returns to Heaton Park in Manchester on Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th June 2025. The festival has just announced its first wave of artists, and it’s looking as incredible as usual… 

Parklife has showcased the hottest sounds in house, tech house, techno, pop, DnB, and hip-hop since 2010.  

Among the many artists and DJs performing at the festival will be Charli xcx, who’ll headline the festival following her absolutely massive BRAT album that took the world by storm with huge anthems like ‘360’, ‘b2b’, ‘Apple’, and ‘Von dutch’. 

Joining her will be Confidence Man, DJ Heartstring, salute presenting True Vision, KI/KI, Girls Don’t Sync, Interplanetary Criminal, Prospa, Malugi, Chaos in the CBD, sim0ne, Bakey, and more. Check out the full lineup so far above. 

Over 100 artists are still to be announced but it’s already looking like another stellar edition for Manchester’s favourite festival. 

Limited early bird tickets for Parklife 2025 go on sale on Friday 29th November at 10am. For the best chance of securing tickets, sign up now towards the bottom of this page. 

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