Brand New Music Festival Launching at Chelmsford City Racecourse

A major new music festival headlined by global superstars and award-winning musicians will be held at Chelmsford City Racecourse.

Chelmsford City Live 2025 will take place next July with a capacity of up to 30,000 people each day.

Megastar Justin Timberlake will headline on Friday July 4 while local Essex boy Olly Murs will headline his biggest homecoming show there on Sunday July 6 with more headliner announcements to come.

Chelmsford City Live 2025 will host up to four standalone headline concerts giving music fans the option to attend single days or to buy a multi-day pass. All concerts will take place on non-race days.

Chelmsford City Live is a partnership between Chelmsford City Racecourse and Live Nation promoters Cuffe and Taylor.

One of the UK’s top live music, theatre and event promoters, Cuffe and Taylor present more than 100 outdoor shows across the summer and up to a thousand nights of theatre annually. They specialise in taking music to the people and work across a multitude of iconic outdoor locations nationally.

Cuffe and Taylor promoter Ben Hatton said: “We are delighted to be announcing a whole new festival for Essex for 2025 and beyond. The venue essentially provides us with a blank canvas that will enable us to attract some of the biggest names in the world of live music today and that means our options are endless.”

Head of Events at Chelmsford City Racecourse Anthony Coleridge added: “We’re over the moon to be launching this amazing new music festival for the South-East.

“Working with Live Nation and Cuffe and Taylor is a fantastic opportunity for the venue and by forming this partnership we now have the opportunity to attract some of the world’s most celebrated stars of music for Chelmsford City Live.

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