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Tramlines Festival 2023 reveals massive line-up for Sheffield’s biggest party

Daisy Jackson - 31st January 2023

The 2023 Tramlines Festival line-up has just dropped, with some absolutely massive names headlining Sheffield's biggest party.

The likes of Richard Ashcroft, Courteeners, and Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott will all perform on the The Sarah Nulty main stage, as Tramlines marks its 15th edition.

The three-day festival will be back at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield between 21 and 23 July this year.

Also on the bill for this summer are Blossoms, DMA's (who missed their headline slot when 2020's festival was postponed), Kaiser Chiefs, Sugababes, Beabadoobee, Kate Nash, Katy B, Sea Girls, Pale Waves, and special guests The Enemy and The Zutons, with loads more announced this evening.

On the comedy side of things, famous faces including Omid Djalili, Jonathan Pie, Paul Smith, Tom Wrigglesworth, John Hastings, Nina Gilligan, Tamer Kattan, Scott Bennett, Raul Kohli, and many more, will be taking to the Tramlines stage.

Credit: Tramlines 2022 + Lindsay Melbourne

40,000 music lovers and families will pile into Hillsborough Park each day of Tramlines 2023, ready for a weekend of music, art, comedy and performance across five stages, plus a family friendly area packed with things to do, festival food, bespoke craft beer and ale, vintage clothes stores, and roaming entertainment.

The Friday night will be headlined by Richard Ashcroft, with Courteeners taking the main spot on Saturday as part of their monumental year, which saw the band's debut album reach number one 15 years after its initial release.

The infallible duo of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott will close Tramlines 2023 on the Sunday evening.

The diverse festival brings together artists from the worlds of rock, pop, indie and alternative, with big-name bands and up-and-coming musicians rubbing shoulders on the same bill.

Since 2009, Tramlines has been proud to offer a platform to breaking and emerging talent, this year backing breakthrough acts like Stone, The Moly Wallopers, Primaqueen, Jetski, Franz Von, Amaroun, Deadletter, Lizzie Esau, Rumbi Tauro, and Deuxe.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Tramlines without an injection of Sheffield’s finest, Reverend and The Makers, who’ll bring the crowd pleasers as well as teasers from the new album, plus a band who pull in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend for their hilarious spoof covers, The Everly Pregnant Brothers.

Tramlines announced some of his headliners by sending out miniature bottles of Henderson’s Relish with artist’s names on the labels.

General manager Matt Davies from the Sheffield-based company said: "The recipe for Henderson's Relish has been kept under lock and key for over 130 years. Normally, we're quite good with secrets, but we got a bit too excited about the line-up for this year's Tramlines. Sorry about that."

On the launch of Tramlines 2023, operations director Timm Cleasby said: "This year’s lineup is a cracker with some awesome names and, as always, there’s more than just music with loads to do, see and get involved with.

"My personal must-sees this year are Kate Nash, Rachel Chinouriri, Rumbi Tauro, Sugababes, the funny Paul Smith, and Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.

"To quote our much-missed friend Sarah, 'I Just want to have a massive party with all my friends'.

"The turns are booked, the party’s on and you’re all invited. It can’t come soon enough."

Only a handful of Weekend tickets are left for Tramlines 2023, with over 95% sold already.

Tickets will go back on sale on Friday 3 February at midday, priced at £140 (+ booking fee), and the first batch of day tickets from only £50 (+ booking fee).

To buy tickets and for more info, people should visit www.tramlines.org.uk

Featured image: Tramlines 2022 + CFaruolo