Welcome to the resident information page for Festival Republic events at Finsbury Park 2026. We’re happy to be back and look forward to hearing from you and keeping you up to date with our plans for this year’s events!
If you need to contact us during build and event days, please call 020 8080 1459 . For phone-line opening hours, please refer to the resident letter.
We will be on-site at the park from until .
| Date | Event | Gates Open | Music Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| First day of show build | N/A | N/A | |
| Stereophonics | |||
| Fontaines D.C. | |||
| Slayer | |||
| Wireless | |||
| Wireless | |||
| Wireless | |||
| Break Ends | N/A | N/A |
We will be on-site at the park from – .
Sound checks will take place on each of the event days prior to opening and also on and . Sound checks will not be at maximum event levels and although they may last a maximum of within a pre agreed period, tests will be carried out in short intervals.
Outside of our main site, local park users will still have access to the rest of the park. All other park facilities will remain open and be available for use by the local community.
The carriageway between Endymion Road Gate and Finsbury Park Gate is used as the main production route for the events. Access may be limited to park users during this time. Please take care.
The route between Hornsey Tavern Gate and Furtherfield Gallery will be closed the day prior to the live event days and re-open the day after. Should either of these routes need to be closed for safety reasons outside of these times, signs will be erected and security positioned to inform the public of the reasons why.
These road closures ensure the safe exit of public attendees from the park to nearby transport links.
Seven Sisters Road will be closed for a period following the event to facilitate safe egress to the train station.
Stroud Green Road will be closed from approximately on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday to facilitate safe egress to the train station.
Brownswood Ward will be resident (and guests of residents) access-only on live event days. This is achieved via a combination of existing emergency barriers in the local streets and staffed traffic management positions.
The area of Islington between Rock Street and Gillespie Road will be resident (and guests of residents) access-only on live event days. This is achieved via existing low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) street controls and staffed traffic management positions.
Parking restrictions will be in place to protect residents spaces. These restrictions will be discussed with the local boroughs and residents in advance and publicised here prior to the events in an easily digestable format.
We anticipate minimal impact on public transport throughout the day due to phased arrivals, although stations may be busier than usual. Finsbury Park and Manor House stations will be especially busy on Fridays and Saturdays between and . On Sundays, peak travel is expected between and . Please allow extra time when travelling during these periods. All necessary provisions will be made to facilitate local access.
To aid the safe egress of guests, Station Place will be closed to buses and taxis from on Fridays and Saturdays, and from on Sundays. Bus diversions for all local routes will be in place and publicised here nearer the event.
If you plan to travel by tube during peak times, please use the City North entrance at Finsbury Park station to avoid congestion and high event footfall.
We are working with one of the UK’s leading acoustic consultants, Vanguardia, who draft and monitor our noise management plan (NMP).
Festival Republic have commissioned an independent Vibration Study for 2024, aiming to examine the link between crowd motion and building movement at properties around Finsbury Park with a longer term aim to potentially mitigate building movement. We aim to measure the motion directly under the crowd and simultaneously in surrounding buildings.
To understanding how a building will react to ground motion requires a profound understanding of the properties of the building, the soil and the crowd motion. This understanding should enable us to develop an analytical model of vibration within a building (and the surrounding ground), using software specifically designed for vibration in buildings and soil. This report is now available.
Strobe lighting – pyrotechnics, lasers, smoke machines, strobe lighting/special effects may take place during some performances.
There will be fireworks every night of Wireless for the final act.
Sunday 13 July: There will be intermittent pyrotechnics between 19:15 and the end of the show. There will be aerial pyrotechnics to the end of the show.
There will be ample security directly outside the event and in the surrounding areas. You will see both a stationary and roaming presence on the roads immediately adjacent to the festival site. Response teams will also be available to respond to any calls made to the community hotline.
If you have any further questions, please email us at [email protected] .
Kindest regards,