BBC Radio 2 in the Park to take place in Preston

This year's BBC Radio 2 in the Park will take place in Preston. Global superstars will descend on the Lancashire town later this year for two days of live music from some of the world's most-loved pop acts.

BBC Radio 2 in the Park will take place on Saturday 7 and Sunday, September 8. While the line-up has not yet been revealed, the two-day festival will take place at Preston's Moor Park later this year.

The location was revealed this morning on The Zoe Ball Breakfast show this morning (April 24). Stand-in presenter Gaby Roslin also revealed that they will be giving away some tickets to the huge event after 8am.

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BBC Radio 2's Traffic and travel reporter, Richie Anderson, was live in the park from 6.30am this morning while listeners to the show tried to guess where in the UK he was. The full artist line-up will be revealed in early June, and tickets will go on sale shortly after and will be available here.

Last year, BBC Radio 2 in the Park took place in Leicester and featured performances from kylie Minogue, with her first live UK concert performance for four years. Tears for Fears headlined the Saturday evening with their only UK festival appearance of 2023.

For the first time, the festival also featured a Radio 2 DJ stage where some of the broadcaster's favourite presenters and DJs played some of the best music in the world from the last seven decades. Other acts to perform last year included Texas, Bananarama, James Blunt, Busted and Soft Cell.

Speaking about this year's event being held in Lancashire, Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: "I'm delighted that this year’s Radio 2 in the Park will take place in Preston. Following last year's epic extravaganza in Leicester, we can't wait to head north with our fantastic family of Radio 2 presenters, as well as some of the most loved music artists on the planet, to party with the good people of Lancashire!"

Adrian Phillips, chief executive at Preston City Council said: "We are absolutely delighted to welcome the BBC to Preston with Radio 2’s flagship live music event, Radio 2 In the Park. As this year’s host city, we’re really excited to be staging two jam-packed days, full of incredible live performances from some of the music world’s biggest stars.

"This is a brilliant coup for Preston and will be a huge boost for the city. We can’t wait to hear who the line-up is for this year and to welcome thousands of Radio 2 listeners to proud Preston!"

Preston has previously played host to other BBC music festivals including BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in 2007.