Love to be...in the park

About Love to be...in the park

The Music Factory in Sheffield is where Love to be... started in 1994. For 2027, Love to be...in the park takes the name to Thoresby Park, Nottingham on 5 June. It is an open-air, one-day music festival built around house and disco house.

The parent brand marked its 30th birthday in 2024 with an official 30th Birthday FSTVL. This Thoresby Park edition is a new day-festival offshoot. It runs for one day.

Lineup and Programme

The bill leans into house and disco house. Music runs across three stages, including a LOVEZOO-hosted stage, with street food and a VIP area also part of the site.

Who Is It For?

The audience is adult: 18+ only. Musically it sits with house and disco-house crowds, including long-running Love to be... followers and people coming to the brand through the park edition. As an 18+ event, it is not a family festival.

The Venue and Site

The setting is parkland. Thoresby Park covers 150 acres of parkland, woodland and gardens, with the festival running as an open-air day event on the estate.

Festival facilities include street food vendors and a VIP area. The wider estate also has courtyard shops and a café, the Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum, and parkland trails.

Travel

Thoresby Park sits within around 40 minutes' drive of Nottingham, Doncaster, Newark and Sheffield. Rail options are nearby rather than on the estate.

• Nearest rail: Mansfield Woodhouse is 11.7 km away. Mansfield station is about six miles from Edwinstowe.
• Road access: main approaches include the A614, A1 and A616, with M1 access via Junctions 28 and 30.
• Local access: routes include the A38, A617, A6114 and Netherfield Lane via the Ollerton and Thoresby roundabouts.
• Parking: on-site parking is £5 all day, with ANPR in operation and card payment at the machines. Vehicles cannot access the lawns or the area in front of the Courtyard.