Leeds Festival 2022 will welcome thousands of people to Bramham Park for the big annual party.
Six headline performances will be coming from Arctic Monkeys, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion, Rage Against The Machine, Halsey and Bring Me The Horizon. There are lots of other big names on the bill also.
Leeds Festival, and its sister event Reading Festival, will be happening Friday, 26 August and Sunday, August 28. Lots of people will be heading to the event and enjoying the music that August bank holiday weekend.
Read more: The very best highlights from Leeds Festival 2021
Ahead of the event, we will be bringing you everything you need to know about Leeds Festival 2022. From the best camping spots to secret set rumours - we’ll have you covered.
In this article, you’ll find line up details, travel info and details on banned items from the Bramham Park site. You can tell us who you are looking forward to seeing by commenting on this article.
Leeds Festival 2022 line up
At the end of last year, the team at Leeds Festival announced their first wave of acts for the 2022 event. You can get reacquainted with them below:
- Arctic Monkeys
- Arrdee
- Bastille
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Chloe Moriondo
- Circa Waves
- Dave
- Denzel Curry
- Fever 333
- Fontaines DC.
- Glass Animals
- Griff
- Halsey
- Hybrid Minds
- Jack Harlow
- Joy Crookes
- Jxdn
- Kid Brunswick
- Little Simz
- Madison Beer
- Måneskin
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Pale Waves
- Pinkpantheress
- Polo G
- Rage Against The Machine
- Run The Jewels
- Tai Verdes
- Wallows
- Wilkinson
- Wolf Alice
Then earlier in 2022, the organisers of Leeds and Reading added more acts to their line up. Some of the additions included Willow, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, D-Block Europe, Beabadoobee and Poppy. You can see the artists added below:
- 100 Gecs
- A.M.C ft Phantom
- A1xJ1
- Abby Roberts
- All Time Low
- AMA
- As It Is
- Bad Boy Chiller Crew
- Bakar
- BBNO$
- Beabadoobee
- Biscits
- Black Honey
- Bou
- Brooke Combe
- Bru-C
- Carolesdaughter
- Cleopatrick
- Comfy
- Country Dons
- Crystal Millz
- CVC
- D-Block Europe
- Danny Brown
- DJ Target
- DMA’S
- Enter Shikari
- Everyone You Know
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- French The Kid
- Fumez The Engineer
- Gayle
- Gorgon City
- Gus Dapperton
- Hazey
- Jaguar
- Joey Valence & Brae
- JPEGMAFIA
- Kanine
- Kasst x AJFrmThe8
- Kid Kapichi
- Knucks
- Krept & Konan
- LD
- M’Way
- Meg Ward
- Morrisson
- Mugun
- Nia Archives
- Obskür
- Ojerime
- Pa Salieu
- Piri & Tommy
- Poppy
- Potter Payper
- Role Model
- Sad Night Dynamite
- Sigma
- Sir Spyro
- Snow
- Static Dress
- Sueco
- SwitchOTR
- The Blinders
- The Crawlers
- The K’s
- The Lathums
- The Scratch
- The Sherlocks
- The Stickmen Project
- Tigercub
- Tommy Farrow
- TS7
- Unknown T
- V.I.C.
- Willow
- Witch Fever
Banned items
Like any event, there are certain restrictions on what you can and can’t bring to the event. This is to ensure the safety of those attending and allow the festival to run smoothly.
In terms of bags in the arena area, they are required to be no bigger than A4 sized. This is also limited to one A4 sized bag per person in the arena.
Items banned from the arena
- Aerosols over 250ml
- Air horns and megaphones
- Alcohol - There are licenced bars in the site
- Gas canisters
- Animals - other than registered guide dogs
- Unauthorised sale items
- Weapons
- Audio recorders
- Camping equipment
- Cans
- Chairs
- Disposable barbecues
- Drones
- Firewood
- Flares
- Fireworks
- Flags
- Gazebos
- Generators
- Glass bottles
- Drugs - Medication requires a medical note
- Nitrous oxide
- Petrol burners
- Laser pens
- Petrol burner
- Selfie sticks
- Soundsystems
- Spray cans
- Umbrellas
- Unofficial reflective jackets and tabards
Items banned from the campsites
- Aerosols over 250ml
- Air horns and megaphones
- Gas canisters
- Animals - other than registered guide dogs
- Unauthorised sale items
- Weapons
- Drones
- Firewood
- Flares
- Generators
- Glass bottles
- Drugs - Medication requires a medical note
- Nitrous oxide
- Petrol burners
- Laser pens
- Petrol burner
- Selfie sticks
- Soundsystems
- Spray cans
- Unofficial reflective jackets and tabards
Travel
You have a number of options to get to and from the Bramham Park site for Leeds Festival 2022. Most people who travel by train would arrive at Leeds Train Station then make their way to the festival ground from there. You can see the travel options below:
Car
There will be car parking spaces at the festival site which can be booked in advance. You can also arrive by taxi.
The designated taxi rank is based at Red Gate 1 this year. The fare from Leeds City Centre will be in the region of £25 – £40 in a hackney carriage car depending on the route taken and traffic levels. Leeds Festival also has an official partnership with Uber. You can find out more details here.
Bus
The shuttle bus service departs from outside Leeds Train Station in Sovereign Square Park. It will begin running at 9.30am on Wednesday, August 25. On Sunday night the shuttle bus runs from Branham Park all night until 6am.
One leg of the journey takes 45 minutes. The shuttle bus ticket can be purchased on the First Bus app.You can find out more information here.
Leeds Festival tickets
Weekend tickets for this year's festival have sold out - as have the Sunday day tickets.
At the time of writing day tickets for Friday and Saturday are still available - but could well sell out soon.
To buy tickets for Leeds Festival 2022, visit the official website.
As ever, we'll keep you posted about all the big news about Leeds Festival 2022 ahead of this summer's big party. You can also join our Leeds Festival Facebook group to find out more about the 2022 event or sign up our Leeds Festival newsletter.
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