Creamfields is back for its 20th year at Daresbury, with more than 80,000 dance music fans expected to head to Cheshire for the August Bank Holiday weekend.
And for anyone who missed out on a ticket, there is still a way to experience some of the action.
The pioneering electronic dance music festival has teamed up with Beatport, the digital platform for DJs, producers and dance music fans, to bring performances from Daresbury to audiences at home.
The Creamfields 2026 live stream gets underway at 3pm today, Friday 28 August, continuing throughout the Bank Holiday weekend.
Performances will be broadcast from four of the festival’s stages – ARC, APEX with Capital Dance, Steel Yard and HALO – giving viewers a taste of what is happening across the Cheshire site.
The streaming schedule is:
Friday: 3pm–11pm
Saturday: 2pm–4am
Sunday: 12pm–11pm
All times BST.
There is plenty of star power on the bill, with some of the biggest names in electronic music heading to Daresbury.
Among those appearing are Eric Prydz, FISHER, Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, Disclosure (Live), CamelPhat, Becky Hill, Pete Tong, Gorgon City, Duke Dumont, Armand Van Helden, Danny Howard, Franky Wah, Eli Brown, KETTAMA, Ben Hemsley, Jazzy, Chelina Manuhutu, D.O.D, Morgan Seatree and Silva Bumpa.
The festival’s wider line-up also includes HALŌ, Holy Priest, Arielle Free, Luuk van Dijk, Rossi., Julian Fijma, Syreeta, Gareth Wyn, Winson, Lau, James Organ, Murfi, Leaha, Adrián Mills, Niva, Counterpart, Kaci-Lea Lynch, Tyson O’Brien, Lucia Cors, Rob McPartland, Gaskin, Cait and Teedee.
For those at the festival, it will be a weekend of live performances, dancing and the usual Creamfields spectacle. For those watching from home, the live stream offers the next best thing – without having to negotiate the crowds, mud or journey back from Daresbury.
With Creamfields marking 20 years at its Daresbury home, it is set to be a particularly big weekend for one of the UK’s best-known electronic music festivals.
So whether you’re already on your way to Cheshire or planning to spend the Bank Holiday with the speakers turned up at home, the party is ready to begin.
The Creamfields 2026 live stream starts at 3pm on Friday, 28 August.
Watch the Creamfields 2026 live stream
