V Festival 2016 is over! The phenomenal festival was held this weekend, August 20th-21st, and featured an all-star line-up!

Justin Bieber - V Festival 2016
Photo credit: Lauren Maccabee


Global chart royalty graced V Festival 2016, sponsored by Virgin Media, this weekend as Justin Bieber and Rihanna dominated the headline slots across the festival weekend. This year was V Festival’s 21st birthday, with celebrations taking place at the two sites in Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire. 

 
Rihanna - V Festival 2016
Photo Credit: Festival Republic



To top it all off, presale tickets for next year’s festival have been announced. From Friday August 26th at 9am, tickets will be available for a limited time matching last year’s presale price, with a £42 discount off the full price weekend ticket. 

Little Mix - V Festival 2016
Photo credit: Kennerdeigh Scott
In addition to the scheduled line up, and to the delight of V Festival fans, many artists brought surprise guests to perform with them on stage. Craig David was kept busy by performing with Sigala, Little Mix and Lethal Bizzle on top of his own headline TS5 performance at the Dance Arena.   


Video credits to MTV & V Festival

MNEK surprised crowds by coming back on stage with Zara Larsson to blast their smash hit single, ‘Never Forget You’. Global superstar DJ, David Guetta, got the party started and even brought out Bebe Rexha to sing on their hit anthem ‘Hey Mama’.



This year also introduced a number of additions to celebrate the anniversary; BBC Radio 1 hosted a new Summer of Dance stage, bringing chart topping dance anthems from Gorgon City to Eric Prydz to the Friday night crowd.

Photo credit: Marc de Groot

 Amongst the strong sold out crowd in Chelmsford were a host of VIP attendees, including Millie Mackintosh, Hugo Taylor, Marvin & Rochelle Humes, Aston Merrygold, Mollie King, Laura Whitmore, Daisy Lowe, Dougie Poynter, Oliver Cheshire, Lauren Pope, Dionne Bromfield, Mark Wright and Ferne McCann.

Saturday's highlights

Video credits to MTV & V Festival