It's that time of the year when 60,000 Notts folk head for a weekend in Wollaton Park! This year's Splendour Festival line-up includes The Wombats, Snow Patrol, Primal Scream, Flaming Lips, Craig David, Editors and more. We have two pairs of tickets to give away...
This year's Splendour Festival line-up includes (deep breath) The Wombats, Snow Patrol, Primal Scream, Craig David Presents TS5, Editors, The K’s and The Flaming Lips, Hard Life, The Lathums, Estelle, Cast, Neville Staple from The Specials, Kingfishr, The Futureheads, The Pigeon Detectives, The Sugarhill Gang and Say She She, Divorce and ALT BLK ERA. And that's just the main stage!
The Bodega New Music Stage line-up features Archy & the Astronauts, Ben Ellis, Cherryholt, Dring, Jerub, M60, Marvin’s Revenge, Mên An Tol, Mòran, Pastel, People Laughing, Saffron Gray, The Cheap Thrills, The Rossettis, Villanelle and Vona Vella. The Bodega is perfectly placed to curate the new music stage line up riding high as the reigning national grassroots music venue, winning the Spirit of the Scene Music Week Award and the Grassroots Champion at the Live Awards.
Splendour 2026 - Photo by Louisa Tomson
The weekend offers several other stages of music with a mix of acts to appeal across multiple generations including the return of Vicky McClure and the Dementia Choir, and the popular Day Fever Stage that made its Splendour debut last year. As the sun sets, The Beatles Dub Club, celebrates the Fab Four with plenty of reggae, ska, latin, hip hop, dub, funk, house and even drum and bass takes on their songs while 6 Music’s Craig Charles will bring the sweetest funk and soul grooves.
Alongside the music, there will be Little Splendours children’s area, fairground rides, an independent market, gourmet food and drink and fringe entertainment all in the beautiful historic parkland. The World Cup Final will also be shown live at Splendour 2026. And if England makes it all the way, it will be shown from the main stage for the ultimate fan-zone festival experience. Plans have been put in place to ensure this won’t clash with Snow Patrol’s headline set and all performances will go ahead as scheduled.
Adult tickets for the festival cost £80 for a day or £125 for both days and can be bought via the Splendour Festival website. There's also discounts available under-18s and for Nottingham City Council tax payers. Kids under-10 go free!
Or you can enter our competition below to try and win a pair...
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