BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend ticket information

Tickets for the event on Saturday and Sunday are now sold out.

Tickets are still available for Friday.

34,500 General Admission tickets are available per day and cost £33+ £4.50 booking fee per ticket per day.

1500 VIP tickets are available per day and cost £95+ £5.70 booking fee per ticket per day.

You can purchase a maximum of two tickets for a single day, but not for multiple days. This restriction is in place in order to give as many people as possible a fair chance to buy tickets. Refunds will only be considered if the event is cancelled or postponed.

VIP ticket holders for this event will benefit from a dedicated entrance and exclusive access to our VIP area. This area includes a paid bar, a DJ playing hits, gourmet food vendors, and premium restroom facilities. Plus, a souvenir Radio 1 Big Weekend lanyard upon entry.

For more information please see the VIP Tickets page on the BBC website.

To purchase a VIP ticket you must be aged 18 or over, anyone under the age of 18 will not be permitted into the VIP area.

ID checks will be in operation for all VIP and General Admission ticket holders at the point of entry.

The following forms of ID accepted: a valid passport; valid Photocard Driving Licence; or a valid photographic identity card bearing the National Proof Of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) hologram.

Challenge 25 Policy will be in operation and all ticket holders may be asked for ID to verify their age when purchasing alcohol. Anyone breaking the rules and regulations governing the ticket purchase process may have any purchased tickets cancelled without notice.

Please note, if you later find you are unable to attend the event, you may be able to sell your tickets at face value via Ticketmaster’s Fan to Fan resale function during the resale window.

Fan to Fan resales will open at midday on Friday 2nd May 2025 and will close at midday on Friday 16th May 2025. With these exceptions, tickets may not be sold, traded, or offered for sale

Staging Radio 1’s Big Weekend each year would be impossible without the help and support of our council partners.

A number of General Admission tickets (Pot 1) will initially be reserved for Liverpool City Council residents; with a second set of General Admission tickets (Pot 2) reserved for postcodes from the surrounding Liverpool City Region. The remainder of the General Admission tickets (Pot 3) will be unreserved and available to anyone in the UK.

General Admission Tickets will be divided into three ‘pots’: Pot 1 - 50% of General Admission tickets will initially be reserved for Liverpool City Council Residents. Tickets will be reserved in Pot 1 for seven days after being made available, after which any unsold will be offered for general sale. Pot 2 - 40% of General Admission tickets will initially be reserved for Residents from the surrounding Liverpool City Region (Sefton, Halton, Wirral, Knowsley, St. Helens).

These tickets will be reserved in Pot 2 for seven days after being made available, after which any unsold will be offered for general sale. Pot 3 - The remaining 10% of General Admission tickets being made available for sale will be unreserved and available for anyone in the UK to purchase.

To secure tickets from Pots 1 & 2 you will need to enter the postcode of your home address at the time of purchase. Anyone breaking the rules and regulations governing the ticket purchasing process may have any purchased tickets cancelled without notice. VIP tickets are unreserved and only available to those aged 18 and over.

For General Admission tickets those aged 15 and under will need to be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over at all times. If you are under 18 please ensure you have permission from your parent and/or guardian to attend. Those aged 2 and under do not require a ticket, but must be in the care of an adult aged 18 or over.

To purchase a VIP ticket you must be aged 18 or over, anyone under the age of 18 will not be permitted into the VIP area. ID checks will be in operation for all VIP and General Admission ticket holders at the point of entry. The following forms of ID accepted: a valid passport; valid Photocard Driving Licence; or a valid photographic identity card bearing the National Proof Of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) hologram.

We operate the Challenge 25 Policy and all ticket holders may be asked for ID to verify their age when purchasing alcohol.

Anyone breaking the rules and regulations governing the ticket purchase process may have any purchased tickets cancelled without notice.

Gate times are:

2pm on Friday

11am Saturday and Sunday

Events on all days will finish by 22:00.

You can purchase a maximum of two tickets for a single day, but not for multiple days.

PLEASE NOTE that any and all transactions that are detected as bot purchases, patrons creating duplicate accounts in order to purchase more than the ticket limit or any action that indicates a suspicious purchase in excess of the ticket limit will be cancelled.

Please also take a moment to read theTerms & Conditions for ticketing of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.