Wigan’s Haigh Woodland Park is set a host a two-day major music festival in summer 2027
A two-day music festival for up to 10,000 people is going to be held at Wigan’s Haigh Woodland Park in August.
A major music festival is set to be held at Wigan’s Haigh Woodland Park next summer, it has been revealed.
The historic Haigh Hall and surrounding parkland are currently the subject of a £50m transformation project to become an arts, culture and heritage destination which it is hoped will bring in visitors from far and wide.
And it has now been announced it will be the backdrop for a new two-day festival in August which will attract thousands of people.
Organisers will not be revealing the line-up until Thursday, November 19, but they have promised to bring a host of big names to the area.
They anticipate it will create a huge amount excitement around the use of the much-loved venue, which famously hosted The Verve’s massive home-coming show in 1998.
Live at Haigh Hall is the brainwave of experienced events company ATA Events, which has been staging shows around the country for more than 20 years, featuring a diverse range of artists from Faithless to Razorlight and Armand Van Helden.
The organisation is building a reputation for staging large-scale events at locations that have not been used for that purpose previously, notably at Lumley Castle near Durham earlier this year, when a two-day sold-out event was held which included performances by headliners Groove Armada, Marti Pellow, Gabrielle and a host of big name DJs and dance acts.
ATA Event has now turned its attention to Haigh, with plans for two very different dance music events on Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7.
Along with the yet-to-be-named headliners, the second day will feature a number of popular local brands, including the long-standing 1990s old-skool and club classics events More Cake and On A Plate.
Daz Flatman, from ATA Events, said: “We are very excited and honoured that Wigan Council has put its trust in us and allowed us to deliver the first festival of its kind at Haigh.
“It is an absolutely stunning location and will be perfect for what we want to do.
“We can’t wait to unveil the amazing line-up and give Wigan a music event that it hasn’t really had before.”
Coun Chris Ready, the council’s portfolio holder for communities and neighbourhoods, said: “’The offer of a large-scale music event at Haigh is fantastic. Lots of us fondly remember previous concerts so to be able to do this again, and this time to a whole new generation, is amazing.
“Live at Haigh Hall is part of a wider series of events and ensures there is something for the whole community at Haigh.
“This forms part of the wider transformation plan, where we will see spaces like the bothy yard, glasshouse and the hall being available for events of all kinds in the future.”
The festival will have capacity for 5,000 people each day, with two stages, food stalls, bars and VIP packages available.
Anyone interested can now sign up www.liveathaighhall.com to be among the first to discover the line-up and to purchase tickets.