Creamfields

53°20′N 2°38′W / 53.34°N 2.63°W / 53.34; -2.63

Creamfields
GenreElectronic dance music
DatesNorth: August Bank Holiday Weekend
South: Late May Bank Holiday Weekend[A]
Location(s)Main location UK:[1]
Winchester, Hampshire
(1998)
Liverpool, Merseyside
(1999–2005)
Daresbury, Cheshire
(2006–present)
For spin offs see here
Years active1998–present
FoundersCream
Attendance280,000[2]
Capacity70,000[3]
Organised byLive Nation
WebsiteOfficial website

Creamfields is an electronic dance music festival series founded and organised by British club promoter Cream, with its UK edition taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend, with a number of international editions held across various territories worldwide.

First held in 1998 in Winchester,[4] the festival moved to Cream's home city of Liverpool the following year, taking place on the old Liverpool airport, before moving to its current location on the Daresbury estate in Cheshire.[5] The festival, having initially begun as a one-day event with 25,000 people in attendance, is now a four-day event with camping options hosting 70,000 per day.[6] The festival is the UK's most prestigious electronic dance music festival.[7]

In 2022, Creamfields celebrated its 25th anniversary by launching a second UK-based festival – Creamfields South. Creamfields South took place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford across the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June and is scheduled to return in 2023,[8] with the original Daresbury festival being renamed Creamfields North.[9]


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  2. ^ "WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT CREAMFIELDS – PART 1". Flowmusic.one. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Top 10 largest music festivals in the UK". 16 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Flashback: os Flyers usados na divulgação das festas nos anos 90 – Eletro Vibez". Eletro Vibez (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Travel to Creamfields".
  6. ^ "Creamfields 2021 | Festival Line up & Info". Ticketmaster.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Top 10: Electronic Music Festivals in the UK 2020 – Festicket Magazine".
  8. ^ Woolston, Hope (7 June 2022). "Creamfields South will return to Chelmsford next year". EssexLive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ^ Rice, Elle May (17 February 2022). "Calvin Harris joins Creamfields 2022 line up for 25th anniversary". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 March 2022.