Highest Point Festival Announces Lineup for 2022 Event

Highest Point, Lancashire’s biggest open-air festival is welcoming back thousands of attendees this May, for a three-day musical extravaganza featuring an array of chart-toppers and rock legends.

The festival is set to be held from Thursday 12^th – Sunday  15^th May 2022 at the stunning 54-acre grounds of Williamson Park, and will be headlined by Clean Bandit, Richard Ashcroft and Kaiser Chiefs. As well as these, guests can expect to see more than one hundred artists across six stages over the course of the weekend, plus enjoy a premier regional street food and craft beer offering on-site. 

The headliners at this year’s event are set to be accompanied by the likes of Basement Jaxx, Sigala, Example, Brit Nominee Not3s, Low Steppa, as well as breakout stars Mae Muller and Mimi Webb. There will also be appearances from Horse Meat Disco, SASASAS, Shy FX, Sub Focus, Turno, DJ & producer Emily Nash, Lancaster natives Lowes, Judge Jules, Luke Una, Charlie Tee and local hero Matt Thiss plus indie favourites Reverend and the Makers, and The Lottery Winners.  For a dose of nostalgia, Escape Classics, Mr Wilsons Second Liners, 80s V 90s and Funkademia will wow the crowds & festival favourites The Cuban Brothers will return once again this year, with their outrageous comedy performances. 

There are a few new additions to this year’s festival, including the Not-tober beer hall, a new area of the event which will feature an immersive bingo experience with rave intervals, dance-offs and audience participation, karaoke, drag acts & more. There will also be a new drinks masterclass area, a bigger stage area at The Woods, plus more bars and more toilets. 

This year’s festival will follow on from 2021’s hugely successful comeback instalment that saw the festival return following the covid-19 pandemic. 

Jamie Scahill, co-founder of the festival said, "It was amazing to be able to host the festival last September after two years off, the crowd was amazing and we had such incredible feedback. Now we’re back to our usual festival weekend in May, and we have another huge line-up heading for Lancaster. We can’t wait for the festival season to kick off!’

 The festival line-up is as follows:

THURSDAY LINE UP:

Richard Ashcroft 

Reverend and The Makers / The Lottery Winners / Chris Hawkins 

FRIDAY LINE UP:

Clean Bandit (live) 

Anton Powers / Basement Jaxx (DJ Set) / Charlie Tee / Judge Jules / Low Steppa / Lowes / Luke Una / Mimi Webb / NOT3S / SASASAS / Sigala (live) / Turno / Voltage & Slay and many more…

SATURDAY DAY LINE UP:

Kaiser Chiefs

D.O.D / Example / Funkademia / Gina Breeze / Girls Don’t Sync / Gloria / Harriet Jaxxon / Horse Meat Disco / Lyra / Lois / Mae Muller / Sub Focus (DJ Set & ID) / Shy FX / The Cuban Brothers / Tim Gallagher /Tom Zanetti / Voltage and many more…

SUNDAY - THE BIG FAMILY DAY OUT 

Free activities all day including: Live music / Interactive Theatre / Storytelling / Arts and crafts / Entry to the Butterfly House and Mini Zoo / Drumming workshops / Science Shows and much more.

Saturday tickets are sold out, along with the two and three day ticket packages, but general release tickets for the festival are still available for Thursday and Friday  via Highest Point's website.

In 2021 the festival welcomed 35,000 ticket-holders for four days of fun-filled musical performances from some of the music industry’s biggest names, including indie icons James, Brit & Ivor Novello award winner Rag‘n’Bone Man, musical legend Rick Astley, chart star Becky Hill, Brit and MOBO award-winning singer/songwriter Ella Eyre, British electronic music band Clean Bandit, chart-topping Rudimental, plus many more.