Rewind Festival North 2026

Rewind Festival North 2026 will not be going ahead. Organisers have officially confirmed the news, explaining the financial situation in the UK is making it difficult for the live music industry. Rewind North and Scotland will on sabbatical for 2026, with devoted fans keeping their fingers cross for a return in 2027.

This will be the second year Rewind North fans will misses out on their favourite festival. Over the last decade fans have enjoyed the UK’s biggest line up of 80’s bands and artists. It’s not just all about the music, a big part of the experience is embracing the tradition of wearing 80’s fancy dress, making the festival by far the most fun and friendliest festival in the UK!

Whilst Rewind South will still be taking place in 2026, we hope the organisers bring Rewind back to the North and Scotland in 2027 for at least one more big party!

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It’s not just the music which makes Rewind one of the best festivals in the UK. Every year festival goers embrace the Rewind tradition of wearing 80’s fancy dress, making the festival by far the most fun and friendliest festival in the UK!

We’ll be uploading pictures to social media in the next few weeks. While it was impossible to capture all the great costumes everyone was wearing, we hope we captured the spirit of the weekend! If you have pictures you’d like us to publish, just email info@visitmacclesfield.co.uk.

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Every year Rewind Festival attracts thousands of friendly festival goers sporting some of the most fabulous fancy dress costumes. The only question is, who are you going to dress up as?

The bumper lineup over the Saturday and Sunday includes;

Saturday Lineup

Billy Ocean – With big band, chorus and special guests!
Gabrielle
Kim Wild
Nick Kershaw
Boyzlife
Rowland Gift
Bad Manners
Tiffany
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Studio 54 Live
Katrina
Presented By Jenny Powell

Sunday lineup

Squeeze
Tony Hadley
Midge Ure
Heather Small
Peter Hook And The Light
The Christians
Hue & Cry
Shakatak
Aswad
David Grant From linx
Living In A Box
Presented By The Doctor

Ticket are now on sale, options include weekend camping, boutique camping, vip, weekend non camping and separate Saturday and Sunday admission. All tickets are available via the Rewind official website https://north.rewindfestival.com/.

Tickets can also be purchased from Macclesfield Visitor Information Centre where you can save on booking fees.

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Headlining at Rewind Festival North will be Erasures’ Andy Bell on the Saturday and Squeeze on the Sundays. The rest of the 2023 bumpier lineup over the Saturday and Sunday includes;

Tony Hadley
UB40
Marc Almond
Go West
ABC
Midge Ure
Nik Kershaw
Martin Kemp
Toyah
Nick Heyward
Soul II Soul
The Farm
The Art of Noise/Revision/VJ Set
DenisePearson (Voice of Five Star)
Slim Jim Phantom
Disco Inferno
Brother Beyond
Tunde (Voice of The Lighthouse Family)
The South
The Doctor
Pat Sharp
Hothouse Flowers
China Crisis Red Box
Heatwave
From The Jam
Big Country
Brother Beyond
Earth Wind and Fire Experience by Al McKay
The Undertones.

The Rewind North main stage show will be hosted by Jenny Powell from Greatest Hits Radio on Saturday. Sunday will be hosted by Rewind favourite ‘The Doctor’ from Dr. & The Medics.

The Pink Flamingo Club returns once again to the big top, an 80’s themed nightclub, with headline DJs Jenny Powell spinning all your favourite 80’s tunes to keep the party atmosphere going well into the night!

The coolest man on TV – Shaun Williamson. Yes, star of BBC’s EastEnders – Barry Evans, is bringing BARRIOKE to Rewind North! Shaun hosts the event with his usual trademark warmth and teasing banter, accompanying participants on stage, creating a riotous, joyous moment that people will never forget. This is the ultimate Insta moment, something people will talk about forever and want to be part of.

Sunday nights will conclude with a fantastic firework display – what better way to end the weekend than with the skies being lit up with a stunning display.

Rewind Festival weekend is not just about who is performing on the main stage. More exciting entertainment includes Disco Inferno which opens up every day at each of the festivals, Silent Disco, funfair rides, kid- zone with entertainment for the little Rewinders, shops & stalls for jewellery, t-shirts, food & drink.

And if you have “the look of love” in your eyes & you want to give your “love plus one” a “little respect’ & fancy tying the knot with your “oh l’amour” in full Rewind Festival style then you can in the Inflatable Church! Yes, the big church of rubbery love is once again rockin’ 80s vibes.

And for those wanting to make a whole weekend of it there’s the general camping area – the perfect place to pitch your tent! Or for those not wanting a night under canvas there are Campervan or caravan pitches and with shower and toilet facilities available within the campsite everything is only ever a short walk away.

Tickets on sale from 9am Friday 27th January from the official website www.rewindfestival.com.

Tickets are also available from the Macclesfield Visitor Information Centre, where you can save money on booking fees.

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Rewind Festival North 2022 wasn’t just blessed with sunshine, it featured the best lineup of 80’s bands in the UK and the friendliest most colourful audience you’ll find in any festival across the UK! Once again we would like to thank the festival organisers for their hard work and dedication to making Rewind Festival so special.

Rewind Festival is the Uk’s largest 80’s festival and Rewind North is one of 3 across the country which attracts over 20,000 revellers, dressed up in their favourite 80’s fancy dress and dancing to their favourite 80’s icons.

The weekend is crammed with entertainment across the whole site. The main stage hosts the major line up of 80’s bands and musicians. Else where on the site you’ll find the Pink Flamingo tent, Silent Disco, Inflatable Church, Little Harp Inn, large funfair as well as a great choice of food stalls.

The bumper line up for this years festival has been confirmed and includes a fantastic mix of 80’s legends!

Line Up – Saturday 6th August 2022

Level 42, Holly Johnson, Kim Wilde, Scritty Politti, Slim Jim Phantom, Blancmange, Heather Small, Bjorn Again, Musical Youth and Johnny Hates Jazz.

Line Up Sunday 7th August 2022

Then Human League, Midge Ure, Tunde, T’Pau, Soul II Soul, Hothouse Flowers, Jason Donavan, The Selecter, Belinda Carlisle and Chesney Hawkes.

Camping and glamping options are available if you’d like to stay onsite over the weekend. Tickets are now available from the official website – https://north.rewindfestival.com/

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The festival will be opened by a unique show celebrating over 50 years since the formation of one of the world’s greatest rock bands: Queen.

Queen Symphonic features a full symphony orchestra, a fantastic rock band and four soloist’s from the international productions of the musical We Will Rock You performing some of Queen’s greatest hits including We Will Rock You, Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, We Are The Champions, A Kind Of Magic and many more.

Especially created for the Rewind Festivals, Saturday night will close with Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band-Tastic Boogie. It’s a hit packed show with a massive big band with brass, strings and special effect including the world’s biggest party popper, as well as special guest Sarah Jane Morris recreating their 1986 No 1 single ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.

Sunday night will by headlined by the legendary Wet Wet Wet, making their Rewind Festival debut. Wet Wet Wet have sold in excess of 15 million singles and albums to date, featuring in the official UK charts for over a colossal 500 weeks and their albums have been certified 20 x platinum in the UK alone.

Sunday night will conclude with a fantastic firework display.

Saturday
Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band Boogie, Queen Symphonic , Billy Ocean, Nik Kershaw, Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals), The Trevor Horn Band, Hue And Cry, Grandmaster Flash, Nick Heyward, Katrina

Sunday
Wet Wet Wet, Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Bananarama, Heather Small, Shalamar, Heaven 17, Go West, The Christians, Pete Wylie, China Crisis, John Parr.

Visit the official website to purchase tickets – www.north.rewindfestival.com/tickets/

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