AEG Presents Announce New Major Festival to Join U.K.’s Festival Scene – Here’s Where It’ll Be Held

AEG Presents has announced a large caller festival is acceptable to articulation the U.K.’s festival country successful summertime 2026.

American Express Presents Roundhay Festival volition instrumentality spot from adjacent twelvemonth astatine Roundhay Park successful Leeds, England, with the archetypal headlining creator acceptable to beryllium announced imminently. The dates of the festival person not been confirmed astatine this time.

The festival volition articulation AEG Presents’ existing footprint connected the country alongside BST Hyde Park and All Points East, some of which instrumentality spot successful London. Headliners astatine this year’s BST Hyde Park see Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and Stevie Wonder, portion RAYE and Chase & Status were among the headliners astatine All Points East.

Roundhay Park is 1 of Europe’s largest metropolis parks and spans implicit 700 acres of woodlands, lakes and fields successful the north-east of the city. The venue has signifier for hosting large-scale euphony events with shows implicit the years by The Rolling Stones (1982), Genesis (1987), Madonna (1987), Michael Jackson (1988), U2 (1997). Ed Sheeran was the astir caller creator to execute astatine the venue successful 2019.

The Yorkshire metropolis presently hosts a fig of large-scale euphony events including Festival Republic’s Leeds Festival (sister lawsuit of Reading Festivals), caller music-focused lawsuit Live astatine Leeds, and the metropolis centre boasts the indoor 12,000-capacity First Direct Arena.

The programming of the festival volition see header performances arsenic good arsenic escaped midweek activities for the section community. Both BST Hyde Park and All Points East are held implicit aggregate weekends passim the summer. It is not yet confirmed connected however galore nights Roundhay Festival volition beryllium held.

Jim King, chief enforcement of AEG Presents U.K. and European Festivals, said: “Everyone astatine AEG is thrilled to denote the motorboat of the Roundhay Festival successful Leeds. This landmark lawsuit gives america the accidental to bring world-class artists and world-leading accumulation to adjacent much fans, portion gathering connected the park’s unthinkable philharmonic legacy.

“Roundhay Park already holds an bonzer spot successful euphony history, having hosted concerts from immoderate of the biggest artists of each clip and we cannot hold to adhd to that story.

“As with each our events, we are committed to delivering the precise champion successful each aspect, from welcoming immoderate of the top artists successful the world, to creating an unforgettable instrumentality experience, and upholding industry-leading sustainability standards. We are determined to bring worth to the park, the city, and the wider region. By moving intimately with section radical and businesses, we purpose to make a festival that everyone successful Leeds tin beryllium arrogant of.”