Macclesfield: Festival line-up for Rewind North 2022 revealed

By Alex Greensmith

27th Jan 2022 | Local News

A Macclesfield 1980s music festival have announced their all-star line-up.

Rewind North is a retro music festival devoted to pop music of the eighties, and has been held in our town since 2016.

And for the next edition of the Siddington music festival, 28 acts have just been confirmed.

The star-studded bill will plat Macclesfield's Capesthorne Hall on August 5 to August 7 2022.

Phil Oakley of the Human League and Holly Johnson. (Image - CC 2.0 Jeffrey Pardoen bit.ly/3u246gB and CC 4.0 Florian Hoffmann FlHoffmann bit.ly/3u6TL35 Unchanged)

Friday's headliner is Holly Johnson, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame. Meanwhile Saturday has Sheffield sythnpop outfit The Human League.

The acts, best known for their number one songs Relax and Don't You Want Me, are not the only chart-toppers to be performing at the Macclesfield event.

Four-time UK no. 1 artist Jason Donavan will perform at the weekend, as well as The Go-Go's band member and solo artist Belinda Carlisle.

Carlisle's Macclesfield performance comes just months after he old band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Macclesfield: Which musician are you most excited to see perform in our town? (Image - Rewind)

Other non-headliners include ska outfit The Selecter, and tongue-in-cheek ABBA tribute act Björn Again, who are one of few tribute acts to have recorded music which has also charted.

There's also a touch of 90s with The One and Only performer Chesney Hawkes appearing on Sunday.

Tickets will be available on the Rewind North website from Friday January 28 at 9pm.

You can save money buy buying tickets at Macclesfield Visitor Information centre on Market Place.

Capesthorne Hall is located on Congleton Rd, Siddington, Macclesfield SK11 9JY.

Macclesfield: Kim Wilde is among the big names performing at Capesthorne Hall in Siddington this summer. (Image - Foto: Stefan Brending / Lizenz: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 de Unchanged bit.ly/3r3ogoJ)

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See also: The best photos from Macclesfield's Rewind North Festival 2021

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