iMEP Music Festival 2025
iMEP – International Music Event Production proudly presents Accrington’s newest music festival in its second year, featuring the fabulous CLEAN BANDIT, with support from Sam Ryder!
In 2014, Clean Bandit attained worldwide success following their collaboration with Jess Glynne and single “Rather Be”, which reached number one in the UK singles chart, as well as topping the singles chart in six other countries, and receiving both a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording and two Ivor Novello awards.
Selling millions of singles and albums worldwide, Clean Bandit have worked on a number of collaborations producing household tracks which have hit number one in the charts, including “Rockabye” with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie, “Symphony” with Zara Larsson and “Solo” with Demi Lovato.
As part of our three year sponsorship at Accrington Cricket Club, we are committed to put the Cricket Club, and the town of Accrington back on the map!
Tickets are capped at a max of 6 per order.
Minimum Age 16, anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by someone over the age of 18.
We reserve the right to carry out ID checks upon entry, to avoid ticket touting.
Refunds are not permitted, and tickets may only be transferred via the Universe site.
FAQS
The festival is being hosted at the iMEP Arena, Accrington Cricket Club. You can find us at this address: iMEP Arena, Thorneyholme Rd, Accrington, BB5 6BD.
Friday 19th September 2025 and Saturday 20th September 2025.
The doors will open to the festival on both Friday 19th September and Saturday 20th September at 4pm.
Please keep an eye on our social media channels, where we will be announcing the full schedule of timings for the event, closer to the festival.
Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/imep-arena-accrington-cricket-club-tickets-accrington/venue/436017
Tickets are capped at a max of 6 per order.
Tickets can only be purchased via Ticketmaster/Universe for this event.
Yes, a payment plan is in place for both individual day tickets and weekend passes. Get a Friday ticket for just £11 per payment
Friday tickets are priced at £40, Saturday tickets at £65 and a weekend pass for £95.
There certainly is! Our Weekend Pass for general admission is £95 and for our VIP weekend pass, it is £190.
They certainly are! Priced at £85 (Friday), £120 (Saturday) and £190 (weekend pass).
VIP tickets will include an exclusive viewing platform located 50 yards from the main stage, which is new to the event for 2025, a private bar, welcome drinks and canapés on arrival, a special lanyard, an undercover outdoor area and much more.
Yes – please send us a private message on social media to discuss this further.
Yes – tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster and include one free companion ticket per ticketholder.
Refunds are not permitted, and tickets may only be transferred via the Universe site.
We welcome all ages to the iMEP Music Festival, however anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by someone over the age of 18 (four U16s per adult).
We reserve the right to carry out ID checks upon entry.
No – once you leave the venue, you will be unable to regain entry.
We have already announced some exciting names including Clean Bandit (Saturday), Sam Ryder (Saturday), Marvin Humes (Saturday), B*Witched (Friday) and Chesney Hawkes (Friday).
By Train: Accrington Train Station is located 1.2 miles from the iMEP Arena. This is a 5-10 minute taxi ride, 25-minute walk or 18-minutes by bus.
By Car: The iMEP Arena is located just 7-10 minutes from junction 7 of the M65.
Official parking for the iMEP Music Festival is at the Accrington Arndale, priced at £5 per vehicle. Parking spots can be booked via Ticketmaster. Other car parks can be found in close proximity to the venue.
At the 2025 iMEP Music Festival there will be 40 toilets and 10 accessible toilets.
There will be two 25-metre fully staffed bars.
We will have a fantastic range of street food on offer throughout the event, serving everything from pizza and burgers, to Greek and Thai cuisine.
All our food venues and bars accept both cash and card.
We have worked hard to ensure all drinks at our bars are competitively priced for festival goers.
No, food and drink cannot be taken into the iMEP Arena – bag checks will also be carried out.
Camping chairs/stools are not allowed in the venue.
Large bags and rucksacks are also not allowed in the venue, but very small bags will be allowed.
No – items such as perfume and aerosols are not allowed in the venue.
We are currently working on some exciting plans, which we will be able to share with you soon. Stay tuned!
To apply for media accreditation, please fill in the following form – https://forms.office.com/e/js6purdSuZ
Please submit all volunteering enquiries via our website: https://www.imep.co.uk/contact-us/
For all the latest news, visit our website and our social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/iMEPGlobal
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