Brit Fest is coming back to the iconic Ashley Hall in Cheshire located just 10 minutes away from Manchester Airport and this lineup is certainly not one to miss. This festival takes place from the 2nd to the 5th of July with electric acts everyday. After a stacked line up last year including ‘Razor light’, ‘UB40’ and ‘10CC’. They set high expectations for this year and let’s just say they definitely met them. 

On the first day of the festival there is a very special thursday night show with the ‘Symphonic Ibiza’ with a very special guest ‘Angie Brown’. Symphonic Ibiza fuses a live orchestra with beats from esteemed DJ Andy Joyce – and this is a musical masterpiece to listen to and watch and is a great opening to the whole festival. 

The second day of the festival consists of some of the best bands out there with the ‘Happy Mondays’ headlining the friday this day is sure to be full of energy and after their tour of ‘35 years of Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches’ which we were lucky to catch in Manchester they have certainly set the standard for this festival appearance. They have a variety of hits from over the years and are certainly still going strong. Some other acts that are appearing on this day consist of ‘Cast’ – who we saw open for Oasis on their 2025 tour – such an iconic act that have been around for years -, ‘Peter Hook and the light’, ‘Sleeper’, ‘Stereo Mc’s’ and more. This might personally be my favourite line up of the weekend. 

On the Saturday of the festival we have British singer-songwriter legend Holly Johnson who is mainly known for pioneering 1980’s Synth-pop and dance-pop. Before his epic solo career he was part of the 1980’s band ‘Frankie goes to Hollywood’ and he is among some other outstanding acts on this day. Also included on the lineup we see ‘WET WET WET’ who late last year released a new album ‘Strings attached’ and has some outstanding songs dating back to the 1980’s. As well as this all attendees of ‘Brit Fest’ are lucky enough to have a special international guest ‘Jason Donovan’ who is guaranteed to have an electric set. 

Closing out the festival on the sunday we see ‘ABC’ the iconic English pop band from Sheffield who have put out plenty of hits over the years and wow what an end to the festival this will be. As well as ‘ABC’ we see the likes of ‘Eternal’, ‘Let Loose’ – whose renowned sounds and beats are guaranteed to get the crowd moving.  

This festival has truly created a stacked lineup that is not one to miss – tickets are still on sale now for just £164.30 for the whole weekend.