Zara Larsson, Louis Tomlinson, Lola Young, Nothing But Thieves and more join the star-studded line-up for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026, acting on Saturday 23 May in Sunderland. Artists introduced immediately additionally embrace Ellie Goulding, James Blake, Skye Newman, Rachel Chinouriri, MUNA, Erin LeCount, Mitski, Florence Road and Wasia Project.
They join big acts already introduced to carry out on Friday 22 May together with Main Stage headliners Fatboy Slim and Sonny Fodera plus many more.
Radio 1’s flagship live music festival will take place in Herrington Country Park, Sunderland from Friday 22 May – Sunday 24 May 2026 with over 100,000 music followers anticipated to attend throughout the weekend.
The line-up for Saturday 23 May (in alphabetical order):
Radio 1 Main Stage
- Charlie Hedges
- Dean McCullough
- Ellie Goulding
- Jeremiah Asiamah
- Lola Young
- Louis Tomlinson
- Maia Beth
- Melvin Odoom
- Nat O’Leary
- Nothing But Thieves
- Rickie Haywood-Williams
- Skye Newman
- Vicky Hawkesworth
- Zara Larsson
Radio 1 New Music Stage
- Erin LeCount
- Florence Road
- James Blake
- Mitski
- MUNA
- Rachel Chinouriri
- Sarah Story
- Wasia Project
The full line-ups for all stages will be updated on the Radio 1 Big Weekend page here.
Tickets for Saturday 23 May and Sunday 24 May might be accessible from 5pm on Wednesday 11 March and General Admission tickets will value £44.50 (£40.00 + £4.50 reserving charge). For more information, please go to www.bbc.co.uk/backstage/bigweekend.
As with earlier Big Weekends, tickets might be geographically weighted with a component of choice given to native residents: 30 p.c of tickets might be reserved for these residing in Sunderland; 60 p.c might be reserved for these residing in the surrounding NECA area; while the remaining 10 p.c of tickets might be accessible for the remainder of the UK. The reserving course of might be dealt with by Ticketmaster – the solely official ticketing agent for Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
The station has additionally introduced its outreach plans, with Radio 1’s Life Hacks internet hosting a collection of stay panels throughout the North East from Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 March, bringing sincere conversations, sensible recommendation and inspiring native voices on to younger individuals. Taking place at East Durham College, Sunderland College, South Tyneside College and Red House Academy, the panels will discover matters akin to constructing a future, navigating life after schooling, managing psychological well being and understanding trendy relationships. The periods will function native organisations, charities and entrepreneurs, connecting younger individuals with help, alternatives and real-life experiences from throughout the space.
Radio 1’s Big Weekend kicks off the UK’s pageant season by bringing a few of the largest UK and worldwide artists to places that will not in any other case host such a large-scale occasion, shining a lightweight on the native space and offering a significant enhance to the native economic system. There is at all times an enormous demand for tickets, with the pageant usually promoting out inside minutes yearly. This 12 months, the BBC is working intently with Sunderland City Council to make sure that Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026 is a secure, inclusive and pleasurable surroundings for all these attending the pageant.
BBC Radio 1 will broadcast stay from the pageant website throughout the weekend, with performances and highlights accessible stay and on demand throughout Radio 1’s iPlayer channel and BBC Sounds.
Tune into Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James from 7.30am Tuesday 10 March to search out out which acts might be becoming a member of the invoice and acting on Sunday 24 May at Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026.
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