Overview

• Around 80,000 attendees are expected across the four-day Daresbury festival, which is hosting more than 300 acts on 30 stages.
• A campers-only Downtown zone is operating with hot showers, pamper stations, a gym and wellness area, a five-a-side pitch, karaoke and mini golf.
• Freshfields upgrades offer ‘proper’ toilets, premium showers and chill-out areas, with Freshfields Spa adding hot tubs and saunas, and main arena day passes starting from £21.95 including fees.
• Two new stages debuted as Halo and an outdoor forest-themed stage, with coverage referring to it as Forest or Woodland, while Teletech is hosting an arena for the first time.
• Practical reporting detailed on-site experiences including shuttle buses to Liverpool, Runcorn and Warrington, smooth exits after headline sets, and published bar prices such as Carlsberg at £6.30 and Smirnoff vodka at £7.50.