Four days over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend – Thursday, 2 June, Friday, 3 June, Saturday, 4 June and Sunday, 5 June 2022 - at Manchester’s Prince’s Park.
Headliners for this year include Bananarama and The Feeling. Also playing the main stage is Heather Small, Hue & Cry, Nadine Coyle, N-Trance, Abz from 5ive, Ben from Phats and Small and more.
It all kicks off on Thursday, 2 June with ‘Cool Britannia’. This is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee day, where there will be fun for the whole family including a host of the UK’s finest tribute bands. Real Magic Queen will headline Thursday’s main stage with lots of flag waving.
Also playing the main stage will be Revival Abba, Aladinsane (Bowie), Take Off That, LMX (Little Mix) and Tony Lewis as Robbie Williams.
Entertainment will be happening off stage too, including a model making workshop from the Oscar-winning Aardman Animations, the team behind Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, Morph and Creature Comforts.
Friday, 3 June is ‘Totally Tributes’. Friday will be indie-themed. Irlam will host the UK’s leading Oasis tribute band NOASIS, who will headline the main stage for the second time. Also playing are Runaway Killers, Ultimate Stone Roses, The Bob Marley Experience, Small Weller and Amy Winehouse Alive.
Off stage, the dinosaurs are coming to town, with Chomp the UK’s largest T.Rex who will be walking about.
Saturday, 4 June will see Banarama headlining the main stage with a whole host of others on the line-up playing throughout the day. N-Trance, Brutus Gold’s Love Train, Abz Love from 5ive and Ben from Phats & Small and the Manchester Ska Foundation, and Scratch complete the line-up.
Sunday, 5 June will see The Feeling, Heather Small, Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud, Hue & Cry and Doctor and the Medics playing the main stage.
The Grassroots Stage will also return for 2022 with ten hand-picked unsigned local bands and singers.
As well as everything on the main stage, there will be a funfair, Princesses and Superhero walkabouts, Bubbleologist, Street Ping-Pong, a DJ workshop, and James & Dobby will return with their pop-up silent discos.
Tickets for Irlam Live 2022 are available from - https://irlamlive.co.uk/tickets/
Gates will open at noon with the first band scheduled for 2pm.
A spokesperson said, “We’re excited that Irlam Live 2022 is returning and attracting big names that brings so much enjoyment to many of us. The response to this year’s event has been positively overwhelming and just confirms that Irlam Live is now firmly on the Summer festival map for an unmissable weekend of incredible live music and entertainment for all ages.
“A festival you don’t want to miss!”
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Abz Love (5ive)
Brutus Gold
Heather Small
Hue and Cry
Nadine Coyle
Ben (Phats & Small)
The Feeling (photo credit - Andy Hughes)
Bananarama