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Indoors/Modern/Contemporary/Progressive.“Best New Festival 2022”. A community that starts with music.

03/06/2026

💅 // HAVE A NICE DAY STUDIOS AT RADAR
studios is a collective of creative nail artists from Edinburgh.

We cannot wait to decorate your fingertips! ✨

Find them in the Music & Gaming Market this July and give your festival look the finishing touch.

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02/06/2026

🃏 // THE VAULT TCC AT RADAR

We're delighted to welcome The Vault TCC to the RADAR '26 Music & Gaming Market.

The Vault TCC are a North West–based trading card store bringing the love of the hobby straight to Radar Festival. Specialising in single cards, they buy, sell, and trade pokemon and Magic: The Gathering, helping collectors track down that one card they’ve been chasing.

Whether visitors are looking to cash in, trade up, or just have a browse, The Vault TCC brings a friendly, knowledgable experience packed with great finds, fair deals, and proper card-nerd enthusiasm.

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01/06/2026

💀 // HELLCAT JEWELLERY AT RADAR

We're very pleased to welcome to the RADAR '26 Music & Gaming Market.

Hellcat Jewellery: Forged in the Home of Metal.

Handcrafted in Birmingham by Jeweller Jo, Hellcat is where elite craftsmanship meets heavy metal DNA. From anatomical skulls to bespoke gold commissions for couples, our work is steeped in the history of the Jewellery Quarter and the energy of the pit.

Visit our booth at RADAR Festival. Handcrafted. Heavy. Permanent.

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31/05/2026

// MICHAEL JACKSON REACTS

Here’s the next in our popular series of “Michael Jackson** reacts…” where RADAR Festival's very own 'Bad Dad'* listens to artists playing RADAR 2026.

We thought why not pay homage to the Adam & Joe show and do Bad Dad* RADAR style. Michael is one of our biggest fans, and is enjoying discovering the artists that are playing RADAR '26 in more depth.

This week he listened to who impressed him with their energy and enthusiasm!

Thanks to Rode who provided us with the fantastic mics for this recording.

*Look up Adam & Joe's Bad Dad on YouTube. We grew up loving it, and MJ is Catherine's father.
** Yes, that's his real name!

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30/05/2026

🔊 // ICYMI: VOLUMES ARE BACK

These photos are from Volumes at RADAR '23.

If you were there, you probably don't need reminding. If you weren't, well... this is why people got excited when we announced their return.

A genuine fan favourite, and we're very happy to have them back as main support on Friday at RADAR '26.

Friday day tickets and full weekend tickets are available now.

Who's ready to do it all over again? 👀

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29/05/2026

📢// VOLUMES RETURN!!!

Volumes are coming back to RADAR 2026, taking Chelsea Grin's vacated slot.

If you were there in 2023, you saw one of the greatest sets in RADAR history. If you weren't: Volumes are an LA-based band with a sound that sits somewhere between crushing and infectious, and they left a mark on that crowd that people are still talking about. They're firm community favourites. RADAR is, by most accounts, their rightful UK home.

🎨 Beyond the music, RADAR remains the meeting point for creativity, tech and play. Dive into masterclasses, coffee shop chats, discover gear, meet your heroes and head to any of our quiet spaces for a breather. As ever, our no-clash schedule means that you don’t have to choose because you can get it all.

📅 Fri 31st July – Sun 2nd Aug 2026
📍 O₂ Victoria Warehouse, Manchester

🎟 TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST. Weekend and day tickets are still available now, but Tier 2 weekends are running very low, so if you want a discount, buy now before they go, and the price goes up to full price! This is the best-selling RADAR in years.

Tickets: www.radarfestiva.co.uk/tickets

28/05/2026

👀 // YOU MIGHT WANT TO PREPARE

What if we told you we've got a whole series of announcements lined up?

We're about to get started, and if we were you, we'd probably brace ourselves for solidifying those plans for the perfect summer weekend.

See you very soon.

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27/05/2026

🎨 // ELEMENT GAMES PAINTING COMP

We’ve teamed up with Element Games for a RADAR painting competition, with the final shortlist being judged by our friend and painting enthusiast, Jay Postones from TesseracT.

This isn’t about being the most technically perfect painter in the room. We’re looking for creativity, atmosphere, strong ideas, clever links to the lineup, and pieces that make people stop and grin when they see them.

If you’ve got a model idea inspired by a band on the RADAR lineup, we want to see it.

Watch the video for the full intro from Jay, and head to the website for all the details 👀

https://www.radarfestival.co.uk/info/painting-competition/

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25/05/2026

🧊 // INDOOR FESTIVAL PROPAGANDA

Normally festivals spend Bank Holiday weekends convincing you to stand in a field for 11 hours.

Meanwhile at RADAR: “Would you like some shade? Perhaps a roof? Maybe even air conditioning and no sunburn?” "It's lovely and dark in there!"

DRINK WATER (Generally, but especially today)

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24/05/2026

// MICHAEL JACKSON REACTS

Here’s the next in our popular series of “Michael Jackson** reacts…” where RADAR Festival's very own 'Bad Dad'* listens to artists playing RADAR 2026.

We thought why not pay homage to the Adam & Joe show and do Bad Dad* RADAR style. Michael is one of our biggest fans, and is enjoying discovering the artists that are playing RADAR '26 in more depth.

This week he listened to who are far more local to the scene around Manchester. He admired their energy and was enthusiastic about the song he listened to.

Thanks to Rode who provided us with the fantastic mics for this recording.

*Look up Adam & Joe's Bad Dad on YouTube. We grew up loving it, and MJ is Catherine's father.
** Yes, that's his real name!

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