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Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026: the BBC's festival in Sunderland, UK
Radio 1 Big Weekend is BBC Radio 1's emblematic annual event, held this year at Herrington Country Park in Sunderland, north-east England, United Kingdom. This invitation-only free event brings together 70 artists and celebrates the diversity of contemporary popular music, from pop to hip-hop and rock.
The 2026 programme gathers mainstream artists including ZARA LARSSON, Fatboy Slim, NOTHING BUT THIEVES and Olivia Dean.
Big Weekend reflects Radio 1's spectrum: pop, hip-hop, rock, contemporary R&B, house, afrobeat and folk pop coexist. Alternative pop, bedroom pop, indie folk, neo soul and synth-pop complete this mainstream programme.
21 to 23 May 2026 at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, United Kingdom. BBC Radio 1's annual gathering in north England — check the programme.
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