BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend: Dates, ticket news and line-up
The line-up for this year's three-day festival has been revealed.
Now that it feels like winter is finally over, we can start to look ahead to the summer months and you know what that means – music festivals galore.
One of the biggest ones of the year, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, has now announced its complete line-up, and it's most definitely a good one.
Taking to the stage in Stockwood Park in Luton this May are acts like RAYE, Charlie XCX and The Last Dinner Party, as well as Coldplay, Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Dean.
It's already been quite the year for RAYE, who made history at this year's BRIT Awards with a record-breaking six wins and will now be headlining the Main Stage on the Saturday night of the BBC festival.
Pop icon Charlie XCX will be headlining the New Music Stage while other beloved acts taking to the stage include Cat Burns, Shygirl and Grammy award-winning Tems.
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But that's not all – the Main Stage is also home to some incredible talent with Saturday's line-up including Aitch, Griff, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Mabel and Joel Corry, while Coldplay will be headlining on Sunday.
Greg James revealed the location of the three-day festival on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show on 29th January, while also announcing some changes to this year's format.
"Radio 1’s Big Weekend is our favourite time of the year, and we love taking it somewhere new. This year, it's bigger than ever – we're doing a really big Big Weekend. For the first time, all four stages are on for all three days," James said.
"This year is the turn of Luton to experience the full Radio 1 treatment. It’s a simple mission, really: we just want everyone who comes along to have the best time."
Aled Haydn Jones, head of Radio 1, added: "Radio 1’s Big Weekend always kicks off the UK festival season in style, and I’m so excited that this year, it will be a three-day, four-stage, live music spectacular for our listeners to enjoy.
"We have some incredibly exciting ideas in the pipeline, as well as some of the biggest artists to announce in the coming months. I can’t wait to celebrate in Luton."
As well as switching up the format, the BBC has unveiled when tickets will go on sale, and a few changes to pricing. Read on for full Big Weekend line-up details and information on how to purchase tickets.
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2024 tickets
Tickets are available to buy via the Ticketmaster website and will cost £29.50 plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket.
Radio 1 has confirmed there will be 35000 tickets available to purchase.
Residents of Luton Borough Council will have access to a number of reserved tickets, while those who live in postcodes from the surrounding areas will also get access to a number of reserved tickets.
You can find a step-by-step guide on how to purchase tickets and what they entitle you to here.
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2024 dates
The festival will take place at Stockwood Park in Luton over three days from 24th May to 26th May 2024.
Cllr Hazel Simmons MBE, leader of Luton Council, said: "The fact that BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, one of the UK’s largest and most popular music festivals, has chosen Luton is fantastic news for our town, especially our young people, and will showcase all the wonderful things about Luton.
"Not only will this event give a multi-million pound boost to Luton’s economy and provide a number of opportunities for local young people and businesses, with tens of thousands in attendance and millions tuning in across the BBC, it gives us an opportunity to step forward and showcase the very best of our ambitious, brilliantly vibrant, wonderfully diverse and transforming town."
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2024 line-up
The line-up details have now been confirmed with the likes of Coldplay, Sabrina Carpenter and Rudimental all set to headline. They'll be joined by a host of up-and-coming acts across the different stages, including Diplo, Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party and beabadoobee.
Another big artist has yet to be announced, but we'll update this page as soon as the BBC reveals who it'll be.
Here's the main stage line-up for the three days:
Radio 1 Main Stage – Friday 24th May
Chase & Status
Becky Hill
Ella Henderson
Rudimental
Radio 1 Main Stage – Saturday 25th May
RAYE
Aitch
Griff
Joel Corry
Mabel
Rag'n'Bone Man
Radio 1 Main Stage – Sunday 26th May
Coldplay
Declan McKenna
Olly Alexander
Sabrina Carpenter
Vampire Weekend
The full list of acts can be found here.
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend will take place in Luton between 24th and 26th May 2024. Find something to watch with our TV Guide and Streaming Guide.
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