Creamfields was founded in 1998, making this its 28th year.
The festival is part of Live Nation (owner since 2012); originated from the Cream nightclub, Liverpool's portfolio of electronic music events.
Livestream history
Creamfields has a long and consistent livestream record. It was first streamed in 2015 via a free Yahoo broadcast that drew about 500,000 online viewers. In recent years the festival has run an official multi-stage livestream in partnership with Beatport, carried free on Beatport's YouTube and Twitch channels as well as on creamfields.com. The 2024 stream covered three stages, the ARC stage, the Steel Yard and the new indoor superstructure, running from Friday afternoon through late Sunday. The 2025 edition expanded the free YouTube stream to four stages: Apex with Capital Dance, Arc, Steel Yard and Halo. Sets from Beatport's Creamfields streams remain archived on YouTube after each festival.
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2025
YouTube · creamfields.comNotable: David Guetta, Ewan McVicar, CamelPhatFree YouTube stream across four stages: Apex with Capital Dance, Arc, Steel Yard, and Halo presented by SHEIN, 22 to 24 August.
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2024
YouTube · Twitch · Beatport.com · creamfields.comNotable: Armin van Buuren, Alesso, CamelPhatBeatport-powered free stream of three stages (ARC, Steel Yard, and the new indoor venue), Friday 23 August 4pm BST through Sunday 25 August 11pm BST.
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2023
YouTube · Facebook · Beatport.comMainstage sets streamed live via Beatport and carried on YouTube and Facebook.
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2015
YahooFirst Creamfields livestream, delivered free through Yahoo.
How to watch
PlatformYouTube and Twitch (Beatport Live), plus creamfields.com
AccessFree stream
Stages streamed4
Embeddablepartial
What sets it apart
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It is the UK's largest dedicated electronic dance music festival, drawing around 70,000 to 80,000 fans per day to a four-day August bank holiday camping event at Daresbury, Cheshire.
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The 2024 edition introduced APEX, a 30,000-capacity indoor main stage billed as the largest indoor festival superstructure in the world, alongside the Steel Yard, a 20-metre-high semi-enclosed superstructure that debuted in 2016.
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The festival grew out of the Cream nightclub in Liverpool, which gives it a direct lineage to the UK club scene of the 1990s.
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2026 marks 20 years of Creamfields at its Daresbury home, where it has been held since 2006.
Headliners
50 artists indexed across the lineup. Top 30 shown by 2026 touring rank.
🇳🇱 Maddix
🇧🇪 Amelie Lens
🇮🇹 Joseph Capriati
Novah
Serafina
🇦🇺 Restricted
🇳🇱 Armin van Buuren
Billy Gillies
Cloudy
🇫🇷 I Hate Models
Max Dean
🇺🇸 Fisher
🇳🇱 Martin Garrix
🇳🇱 Warface
🇳🇱 Angerfist
🇧🇪 Coone
🇮🇪 Bryan Kearney
🇳🇱 Ferry Corsten
🇸🇰 Nifra
🇮🇪 KETTAMA
Adrián Mills
Eli Brown
Nikolina
Saidah
🇩🇪 Sidney Charles
Space 92
Dom Dolla
🇳🇱 Vieze Asbak
X CLUB.
VTSS
Hear the lineup
Maddix · Spotify
Amelie Lens · Spotify
Joseph Capriati · Spotify
Novah · Spotify
Gallery
Venue
The festival takes place at Daresbury Estate in UK. It typically hosts crowds in the 80,000+ range across 4 days.
History
Founded1998
Years running28
ParentLive Nation (owner since 2012); originated from the Cream nightclub, Liverpool
Signature moments
- 2024Creamfields opened APEX, a 30,000-capacity indoor main stage promoted as the largest indoor festival superstructure in the world.
- 2016The Steel Yard superstructure debuted, a 20-metre-high semi-enclosed stage, and the festival expanded toward its four-day format.
- 2015Creamfields was live streamed for the first time, reaching roughly 500,000 online viewers through a free Yahoo stream.