Manchester’s Escape To Freight Island Reveals Line Up

It promises to be the UK's first socially distanced festival space...

Manchester's Escape To Freight Island has confirmed its summer line up.

The project takes place at Platform 15 in the city, and has promised to be "the UK's first socially distanced outdoor food, drink and festival space…"

Launching on Platform 15, the line up for the project features a host of excellent music.

Gilles Peterson, Erol Alkan, and Norman Jay have been booked for the coming season, with Manchester legend Greg Wilson also due to take part.

Linking with a number of festivals, Escape To Freight Island will take care of partnerships with Festival No. 6, We Out Here, and more.

A fully-seated open air market and festival space, the project vows to become "an axis of food, drink, music, immersive entertainment, festival takeovers and family focused happenings".

Escape To Freight Island opens on July 24th.

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