The Weekender Festival 2021

September 25th - 26th 2021

Newham Park, Plymouth

Plymouth's Weekender Festival announce refreshed line-up featuring Jax Jones, Ben Nicky, Tom Zanetti, Nathan Dawe and Wilkinson in the offering. Set within the grounds of Newnham Park, the Weekender Festival sounds like the perfect way to end the summer with huge party!

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What the organisers say

After the trials and tribulations of a global pandemic hitting and effecting not just the planned first year of Plymouth's new Weekender Festival, but the whole festival & summer season..We have pulled out all the stops to move forward and bring you & the region the festival its been longing for, and the lineup is even bigger than the first time round!


We’re ready to shake things up and cement Plymouth’s place back onto the UK festival map, so dust off your wellies and prepare the glitter - the 2021 late May long bank holiday weekend just got way more interesting.


THE WEEKENDER FESTIVAL is set to take you on a journey through the best in underground electronic music & commercial dance over a jam-packed two days. With the legendary Pete Tong, Wilkinson and globe trotter Ben Nicky on headline, while Casa showcases the likes of Eli Brown, Bart Skils, and Danny Howard. Joel Corry, the man behind the current UK number 1 single (having held the spot for 8 weeks) is joined by fellow chart topping stars 220 Kid, Franky Wah, and Nathan Dawe. descending on the fields of Plymouth and two huge after parties planned, this really is an unmissable event.

A poster for the weekender festival featuring jax jones and ben nicky

Boasting an easily accessible site for locals and out of towners alike, it has all the attributes of a classic UK festival weekend - lush green fields, local food vendors market, the best locally crafted beers, cocktails, rowlands funfair, VIP tickets, great travel options, all to the soundtrack of some of the most exciting talent on the UK dance music scene.

Tickets available from theweekenderfestival.com

Line Up

Jax Jones

Ben Nicky

Map

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