By Kaya Mcneil-Simms

The student friendly, non-camping festival is back and it promises to be better than ever! Parklife 2025 returns to Manchester’s Heaton Park on June 14th and 15th, welcoming both the biggest and rapidly rising names in pop, dance and electronic and hip-hop.  

With a reputation as the largest city festival in Europe with its diverse and wonderfully eclectic line-ups, Parklife provides a weekend of dancing across 16 stages (yes, you read that right), in an inclusive environment that not only students can enjoy, but music lovers of all ages, within reason of course. Under 17’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. 50 Cent, Jorja Smith and Charli XCX are the headliners of the weekend, where they will be joined by the likes of Lola Young, FLO, Confidence Man, Rudimental and various others. 

Fans don’t have to only enjoy the music. Parklife will be full of chill out zones, street foods and bars, art installations and entertainers for festival; goers to enjoy to take a break from the many, many hours of dancing that is to be expected. 

Saturday 

Saturday is hip hop galore, with the likes of 50 Cent, Jorja Smith and FLO taking to the stage to deliver some of their biggest and greatest hits. 

50 Cent’s set promises to be full of nostalgia, with the likes of “Candy Shop”, “In da Club” and “P.I.M.P” to be anticipated. Alongside him, FLO promises to deliver smooth vocals, flawless harmonizations and on point synchronisation whilst they perfume their biggest hits such as “Fly Girl”, “Immature” and their biggest song to date, “Cardboard Box”.  

Jorja Smith will also bring the party to Heaton Park with the hits “Blue Lights”, “Try Me”, “On my Mind” and arguably one of the biggest dance hits of 2025, “Little Things”. Her smooth vocals, confidence and energy will no doubt make her a hit with festival goers. 

Sunday 

Sunday promises to be epic as Parklife welcomes electronic superstar Charli XCX.

Undeniably the mosty talked about and celebrated artists for the past year, her latest album “Brat” led to a global phenomenon that reshaped pop culture. “Brat” became the unofficial soundtrack of summer 2024, producing club classics (pun absolutely intended…) and birthing popular TikTok dances that fans can anticipate making an appearance once again this year. It’s safe to say that fans should prepare themselves for Brat Summer 2.0… 

Sunday will also welcome Australian borne band Confidence Man, who are no strangers to festival stages as they have performed at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds Festival in the past. 

Additionally, as part of her “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway Tour”, Parklife will welcome global sensation Lola Young. Prepare to be delivered wit, energy, passion, flair and charm by one of 2025’s rising stars. Her set promises to be “Messy” as she performs tracks of her latest album. Sunday at Parklife is clearly the day for dancing the day and night away. 

Have we convinced you to take a trip to Heaton Park this June? Tickets are still available. Perhaps we’ll catch you in the park!