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This year will see the festival with 2 new stages (Electric Forest and HALO) plus the return of the Teletech Arena. That brings the number of major stages for this year’s festival up to 8, with a total of 30 stages across the entire festival. As well as more stages, Creamfields will debut their new area ‘Downtown’. This is their new entertainment village, including sports and wellness activities to refresh after visiting the stages. This includes football, basketball, mini-golf, bingo and karaoke. Theatre performances and quizzes will also feature at this new area. For the disciplined, the area will also include a fitness centre and a new ‘Culinary Quarter’, filled with healthy options. Creamfields are also introducing their new wellness centre ‘Freshfields’, including a spa, ice-bath, ‘pamper tent’ and hot showers, perfect for a 4 day festival.

Creamfields began as the world-famous Cream nightclub, based in Liverpool. Alongside the Hacienda in Manchester and the Ministry of Sound in London, Cream was a focal point of the 90’s rave scene, launching the careers of DJ’s such as Paul Oakenfeld, Carl Cox and Paul van Dyk. The club launched the first Creamfields festival in 1998 as a one-day festival and instantly became a hit with its lineup. Sadly, Cream closed it’s doors for the final time in 2002 but it’s legacy lives on with Creamfields, now in its 27th year strong.

‘Electric Forest’ is one of the new stages revealed this year. This stage is nestled within the forest (reminiscent of Boomtown) and will provide an intimate space surrounded by nature. This stage will feature sets from the likes of Eats Everything, JWAVE and special guest East End Dubs.

HALO, the other new stage, is an evolution of the Runway stage and provides an immersive, 360° experience. This stage shows the ambition that Creamfields have approached their 2025 festival with. The stage was created by renowned stage and show design studio ‘Lucid Creates’. In an interview with Creamfields, Chris Carr from Lucid states “Creamfields has never underestimated the importance of pushing boundaries with high-end production, keeping their dedicated audience excited and engaged with numerous site upgrades, as well as new arenas and stages year on year. We’re incredibly grateful to be given the space and the opportunity to create such ambitious structures and shows like RUNWAY and now HALO with Creamfields. It’s not an easy thing to pull off, but creating these groundbreaking experiences really is what drives us all”. This stage will feature sets from Jamie Jones, Patrick Topping, Four Tet and others.

Creamfields runs from Thursday, August 21 – Sunday, August 24 2025, tickets  are available here.

Swedish House Mafia have a long history with Creamfields, being part of its Cream club nights in the early 2000’s, and they played their first set at the festival in 2007. The last time they played at Creamfields was in 2023, playing the same Arc Stage they’ll be returning to this year.

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Their 2019 set was deemed an iconic highlight, and especially memorable after the group caused £4 million worth of damage when dropping their Knife Party collaboration, ‘Antidote’. The amount of pyrotechnics used permanently damaged the stage’s LED screens.

American DJ Anyma was announced as the first headliner last month, set to close out the festival on the Sunday night (August 24).

Other acts confirmed on the Creamfields lineup include David Guetta, Chase & Status, Boris Brejcha, Eric Prydz, Sarah Landry, Fisher, Hardwell, Amelie Lens, Dom Dolla, Hannah Laing, Camelphat, Ewan McVicar, Jamie Jones, Duke Dumont, Patrick Topping, Eats Everything, Fatboy Slim, Josh Baker, Andy C, Gaskin, HorsegiirL, Sonny Fodera, Franky Wah, AZYR, Ben Hemsley, Ben Nicky, Martin Garrix, and Gorgon City. More acts will be announced soon.

This year’s festival will be a first for some fresh features – a new stage has been added, a 360° Halo “mega stage”. This new stage will be “a monumental 45 metre, diameter, cyclical outdoor arena with pioneering 360 and overhead video, lighting and sound”.

New areas/zones will also be introduced this year. One of these is ‘Downtown’, a sports, wellness and entertainment village which will give festivalgoers an opportunity to exercise and wind down with activities like five-a-side football, basketball, mini golf and rave karaoke.

Another area to be added will be ‘Freshfields’, described as an “on-site retreat offering premium facilities”. The wellness luxuries here will include saunas, hot tubs, both hot and ice-cold showers and proper bathrooms.

Creamfields 2025 will take place during the August Bank Holiday Weekend from August 21-24 in Daresbury, Cheshire. You can find tickets and more information on the official Creamfields website.

The announcement has now been followed by an official confirmation tweet by Creamfields which read: “Just Announced! @swedishousemfia confirmed for a SOLD OUT Creamfields North 2023, Sunday 27th August. #CreamfieldsNorth #Creamfields2023.” You can view the full post below.

Just Announced! @swedishousemfia confirmed for a SOLD OUT Creamfields North 2023, Sunday 27th August. #CreamfieldsNorth #Creamfields2023 pic.twitter.com/sl6AC5a5CK

— Creamfields (@Creamfields) October 11, 2022

The full line-up for 2023 Creamfields North is yet to be announced but the event is scheduled to take place in Daresbury, Cheshire between 24-27 August next year. Tickets are already completely sold out, making it the fastest-selling Creamfields on record. Swedish House Mafia’s return to Creamfields comes after their last performance at the festival in 2019.

The producer trio have remained busy since then and earlier this year they released their debut album Paradise Again featuring guest appearances from A$AP Rocky, Sting and many more. They are currently on the European leg of their world tour in support of the LP. During their San Fransisco show last month, Swedish House Mafia also previewed a new Alicia Keys-assisted single titled ‘Finally’ which is yet to be released. The track is actually a cover of the Kings of Tomorrow song of the same name, which featured the singer Julie McKnight.

Creamfields originally started in Cheshire in 1998 and is one of the most popular and well renowned open-air electronic music festivals in the world. The festival had a very successful sell out this year, which marked their 25-year celebrations and continues to deliver world class line ups and next level production, with a continuous growing loyal following and is set to be Swedish House Mafia’s biggest apperance yet. Tickets for the festival went on sale on September 29 and are available for purchase here and as previously stated while the full line-up is yet to be announced you can keep up to date over the Creamfields website.

Along with this good news, Creamfields has also released confirmation of their 2021 lineup to the amazement of fans worldwide. In the midst of the pandemic, Creamfields is one of the many music festivals that have been forced to cancel their 2020 installment in respect of the coronavirus health concerns and requirements.

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#Creamfields2021 phase one line up is here! Limited 10 part deposit tickets available from £5 per month – creamfields.com/tickets

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In preparation for their momentous return, Creamfields confirmed phase one of their 2021 lineup to excited fans on Friday 26th June. A few acts from the epic lineup include drum & bass guru Andy C on Friday 27th August 2021, techno forefather Carl Cox on Saturday 28th August 2021, and terrific production trio Disciples on Sunday 29th August 2021.

On Saturday 27th June, Creamfields also took to their official Instagram page to post their 2021 lineup to over 200,000 delighted followers. The short video clip featured a montage of the festival, a sensory feast of partygoers, laser lights and booming sound systems, along with phase one of their fantastic 2021 lineup flashing intermittently across the screen. Some of the most impressive names on the expansive lineup mentioned in the video were London-based trance group Above & Beyond, Goldcoast Disk Jockey Fisher and the wildly talented DJ pioneer, Peggy Gou.

The already popular post gained over 3,000 likes and 7,000 views. Creamfields captioned the post with the statement: “#Creamfields2021 phase one lineup is here!” along with a direct link to the Creamfields website for 2021 ticket purchase. @creamfieldsofficial’s most recent Instagram post on this day declared the 2021 music festival as “the most affordable Creamfields EVER! Limited 10 part deposit scheme on sale now from just £5 per month”. The post detailed an exclusive offer for a 10 part deposit scheme for ticket payments along with a direct link to Creamfields official website. The post gained an understandably joyous reaction, receiving over 660 likes within an hour of being posted 

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#Creamfields2021 – 10 part deposit scheme announced, payments from £5 a month! Head over to Facebook to enter our competition!

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Established in Liverpool in 1998, Creamfields was one of the first large scale British music festivals dedicated to dance music. Since its conception, Creamfields has been famed for enlisting the cream of the crop from the electronic dance music world.

Over the past twenty two years, Creamfields has evolved from a one-day event with 25,000 attendees to a tremendous four-day experience with a whopping 70,000 attendees. On 13th May 2020 festival-goers were heartbroken when Creamfields official website cancelled their 2020 installment, saying: “We have been closely monitoring the global situation and it has become clear that it’s simply not possible for this year’s addition to go ahead”. 

Nevertheless, Creamfields recent confirmation of their 2021 return has given festival-goers everywhere something else to look forward to.

Tickets for Creamfields 2021 can be purchased here.

The festival released a statement regarding the postponement on Twitter: “We have been closely monitoring the global situation and it has become clear that it’s simply not possible for this year’s edition to go ahead.”

Creamfields thanked those who supported them and promised to “be back stronger than ever” next year. Read the full statement from the post below.

Important Information regarding Creamfields 2020 pic.twitter.com/D5BBJFVvVw

— Creamfields (@Creamfields) May 13, 2020

There are two options for those who already purchased tickets for this year’s edition. First, they can retain their tickets for the returning dates next year. In the meantime, the second option is to claim a refund. All of the information can be seen in the tweet above, or visit Creamfields’ official site for more details.

There is also good news for those who wish to keep their tickets for the 2021 edition. The festival offers up to £60 in vouchers for drinks, food, and merches that they can spend at the event.

This year, Creamfields booked plenty of exciting EDM acts to perform at the festival. The Chainsmokers, Jonas Blue, Deadmau5, Gorgon City, and Calvin Harris were the leading names to appear.

To keep the hype going, they have unveiled artists who will perform on the new dates next year. Adam Beyer, Ben Nicky, Carlcox, Deadmau5, and Martin Garrix appear on 2021’s line-up. Dutch DJ Tiësto, who just had his latest album ‘The London Session‘ come out last week, is also set to perform at the festival.

Gibson, who is understood to have attended Warrington Collegiate, was treated by on-site medical staff and a doctor, before being taken to Warrington District General Hospital, in the early hours of Saturday (August 24). However, despite the best efforts of medical staff, the 19-year-old died in hospital.

Officers were called Cheshire dance music festival, on Saturday the 24th of August 2019, at around 12:15am, after being alerted that the man needed medical attention. According to Metro, police have said there are ‘no suspicious circumstances’ regarding his death. The young man’s family were informed and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.

Speaking abut the incident, Detective Inspector Alistair Hinze, said: “There do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. A file will prepared for the coroner and our thoughts are with the family at this incredibly difficult time.”

A spokesperson for Creamfields added: “We are deeply saddened to hear of this tragic accident. ‘We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones and we continue to work closely with the authorities.”

The annual three-day dance music festival, is situated around 20 miles from Liverpool, in Daresbury, Cheshire. The three-day event attracts thousands of festival goers every year. This year’s festival saw the like of Andy C, Shy FX, Paul Van Dyk, Chase and Status, Tiesto and the Chemical Brothers grace the stage.