Everything you need to know for Weir Mill's upcoming free family-friendly rave
By Alasdair Perry 29th Sep 2026
Weir Mill will be hosting a free party featuring live music and a family-friendly rave this weekend.
The event is taking place from 11.30am to 10pm on Saturday 3 October, featuring a packed lineup across two stages.
Proceedings will unfold underneath Stockport's historic viaduct, in the centre of what is now the Weir Mill neighbourhood.
Already the spot is host to a range of bars and cafes, apartments, and small parks.
The lineup and timings have now been announced, featuring an all-local billing - every act who takes to the stage on the day is from or based in Stockport.
This includes:
- 12-2pm - Playhouse Project
- 2-3pm - Annie Fay
- 2.05-2.30pm - Pop Vox Choir (Stockport's community choir - live performance)
- 3-4pm NAM
- 3.05-3.30pm - Pop Vox Choir (second live performance)
- 4-5pm - Steve Macca
- 5-6pm - Bobby Thorpe
- 6-7pm - Hannah Pangolin
- 7-9pm - A Certain Ratio (DJ set)
- 9-10pm - Muddy Fee
And from 4pm, the café at Weir Mill will be taken over by Stockport record label, Before I Die, with a full Café Rave until 10pm.
Once again, it will be entirely comprised of Stockport artists, all connected to the Stockport record label scene.
Ant Powell, head of work & social at Capital&Centric (the developers behind Weir Mill), said: "Weir Mill has been years in the making and we think it deserves a proper send-off into the world. WEIR:LIVE isn't a launch event - it's a party for Stockport.
"We wanted every act, every artist and every creative involved to be from this town. The talent is here, it's brilliant, and it deserves a stage.
"We want people who've watched this place come back to life to come down, have a drink, hear some great music and feel like this neighbourhood is already theirs. Because it is."
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