Parklife 2026 🎧 Innovation at scale, festival after festival.
Just days after showcasing the new Titan 3 system at Download Festival, Star Live delivered another new stage to the UK festival scene for Live Nation Entertainment.
​For Parklife 2026, the team supplied the all-new Panorama Stage to replace the festival's iconic Hangar Stage with a bold new concept designed to redefine the experience for artists and audiences alike.
​Built using Star Live's VerTech and Ultra component range, the bespoke 80m-wide structure featured multi-tiered general admission dance platforms surrounding the central DJ position, bringing fans closer to the action and creating a more immersive festival experience.
​The Panorama structure supported an impressive 83.5m x 8m curved video screen, weighing more than 30 tonnes, alongside audio, lighting and a suspended Kinesys-controlled roof over the DJ area – all with no columns obstructing the audience view. The package included three 20m lighting and delay towers incorporating multi-level dance terraces, FOH facilities, technical storage infrastructure and accessible viewing platforms. The radical new design helped create a seamless production environment whilst creating a dramatic focal point across the Heaton Park skyline throughout the weekend.
​The project showcased Star Live's new all-black truss aesthetic, providing a contemporary canvas for lighting, video and scenic treatments while creating a striking visual identity of its own.
​Alongside Panorama, Star Live delivered the Magic Sky stage, a 15m all-black VerTech structure that formed another key performance space within the festival.
​From Download's new Apex Stage to Parklife's Panorama, these projects reflect a shared ambition to continually evolve the festival experience through innovation, investment and thoughtful design.
​Great stage design is about more than structures. It's about creating environments where artists, audiences and organisers can get the very best from an event, delivering unforgettable experiences and lasting value.
​Projects like these are built on experience, knowledge, commercial acumen, grit and determination. A huge thank you to our incredible team and the Parklife, Live Nation and Engine No 4 project teams for their trust, collaboration and partnership.​