KEEP IT CASUAL: March 2012

Parklife Weekender confirms 2012 will be its last year at Platt Fields Park as the festival heads towards its third consecutive sold out event

Ambitions and appetite for the hugely successful festival outgrow its Fallowfield home

Parklife Weekender

Only 12 weeks are left until what is set to become Parklife Weekender’s third consecutive sold out festival, seeing revellers fillPlatt Fields Park in Manchester on 9th and 10th June. Promoters have now confirmed that 2012 will be the festival’s final year at its current location as plans for ever more impressive production and next-level line-ups supersede the potential of the current venue.

Those wishing to join The Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal and many more of the best pop, indie, electronic and crossover bands, DJs, producers and artists are strongly advised to purchase their tickets as soon as possible. In both its first and second years Parklife Weekender has sold out many weeks in advance, all indications point toward a repeat of this ferocious demand in 2012.

Parklife Weekender co-promoter Sam Kandel comments:

“Platt Fields provided a great start for The Parklife Weekender and we’ve been really grateful.

In 2010 when Parklife was just an idea, it was really an unknown as to whether it would work. If we had known only three years on we would be moving onto a new site to develop and grow the festival to meet demand – it would have saved many sleepless nights!

The park hosted our launch year and last summer’s expansion to a full weekend festival and will always hold fond memories from ourselves and our customers alike.

A new location is not yet confirmed but plans are in the pipeline. In the meantime we’re really looking forward to bidding farewell to Platt Fields in style.

Goodbye Platt Fields."

In addition to the spectacular talent and kaleidoscopic variety on offer at Parklife Weekender, tickets are quite possibly the best value for money offering across this summer’s festival season. At only £64.50 for a full weekend ticket Parklife Weekender offers a vastly more affordable option for cash-strapped festival-goers who are being charged up to £200 for other events.

Line up: Sat 9th June

Mainstage
The Flaming Lips
Noah & The Whale
Kelis
The Cuban Brothers
DJ Yoda
Krysko & Greg Lord
+ special guests:
Chic ft. Nile Rogers
Metroplex
Nero (Live)
Pendulum (DJ Set)
Zane Lowe
Sub Focus (DJ Set)
Jaguar Skills
Tempa T
DJ Hype
Goldie
16 Bit
North Base
Crosstown Rebels
Damian Lazarus
Art Department
Maceo Plex
Clive Henry
Danny Daze
Subb-an
Now Wave
Crystal Castles
Tom Vek
Spector
Friends
Spector
Django Django
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Stay+
To Kill a King
Now Wave DJs
Will Tramp!
+ special guests:
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaus
Thrasher
Redlight
Pearson Sound
Araabmuzik
Jackmaster
Ben UFO
Thundercat
presents Archimedes (Live)
Daedelus
Space Dimension Controller
Lone
B Traits
Damu
Chibuku
Fake Blood
James Zabiela
Simian Mobile Disco
Tensnake
D/R/U/G/S
Justin Robertson
Screendeath
James Rand
Kaluki
Heidi
Marco Effe & James Mile
Romano & Luca Bear
Ellesse & Josef K
Us & Them
Pete Zorba

Line up: Sun 10th June

Mainstage

Dizzee Rascal
Labrinth
Azealia Banks
Delilah (Live)
Murkage
Mista Jam
Juicy DJs
+ special guests
De La Soul

Metroplex

Justice (Live)
Annie Mac
Erol Alkan
Madeon
Busy P
Will Tramp
+ special guest:
Jacques Lu Cont

Now Wave

The Rapture
Mount Kimbie
Gold Panda
Ghostpoet
Twin Shadow
Other Lives
The Field
Jessie Ware
Now Wave DJs
+ special guests:
Factory Floor

Hospitality

High Contrast
Netsky
London Elektricity
Danny Byrd
Loadstar
Logistics
Nu:tone
SPY
Jessie Alan
Fred V & Graffix
MCs: Wrec, SP &
+ special guests:
Zinc (Jungle set)

Wax:On

Maya Jane-Coles
Claude Von Stroke
Julio Bashmore
Todd Edwards
Joy Orbison
Miguel Campbell
Eats Everything
Kysko

Ape Carnival Sounds

Fresh (Live)
Buraka Som Sistema (Live)
Caspa
Shy FX
David Rodigan
Dam Funk & Master Blazter
Dot Rotten
Toddla T
Onemand
DJ Derek
Rich Reason

Footwork

Soul Clap
Wolf & Lamb
DJ Harvey
Floating Points
Bicep
Drop The Mustard
Zutekh DJs

Ticket info:

Standard weekend ticket
£64.50

Day ticket
£38.50

Hospitality weekend ticket
£94.50

Hospitality day ticket
£49.50

Box Office info:

Parklife.ticketline.co.uk

0161 832 1111

Skiddle.com

0844 884 2920

Venue info:

Platt Fields Park
Wilmslow Road
Fallowfield
Manchester
M14 6LA

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