Love to be… returns with its flag­ship fes­ti­val at The Stray in Har­ro­gate, Sat­ur­day 5th Sep­tem­ber with a new­ly reworked site designed to make your expe­ri­ence even better. 

The 2026 edi­tion intro­duces an expand­ed main stage, new chill­out zone, upgrad­ed VIP offer­ing and a host of fresh additions.

Get Glam
A stand­out new fea­ture for 2026 is the Glam Van from Ilk­ley busi­ness, The Hair & Make­up Project. Inside a lux­u­ry mobile beau­ty space,with a range of treat­ments includ­ing fes­ti­val braids, biodegrad­able glit­ter, soft and full glam make­up, hair styling and face paint­ing. Ful­ly equipped with pro­fes­sion­al styling sta­tions and state­ment light­ing, plus a 360° video booth along with par­ty props, the Glam Van is where get­ting ready becomes part of the event itself.

VIP tick­et hold­ers ben­e­fit from a ful­ly redesigned area with a new VIP gar­den with inter­ac­tive games, an upgrad­ed stage host­ed by funkylove with exclu­sive DJ sets and live per­for­mances, expand­ed seat­ing and table areas, a free pam­per room stocked with glit­ter and beau­ty prod­ucts, a pre­mi­um bar, and they’ll even be a magi­cian enter­tain­ing guests through­out the day!

The festival’s main stage is larg­er, paired with upgrad­ed sound and pro­duc­tion for a fuller, more pow­er­ful experience. 

Chill­out space…
While danc­ing to the best in house music is the dish of the day, Love to be has intro­duced a brand-new chill­out area for 2026, offer­ing a retreat from the dance­floor com­plete with bean bags, soft light­ing and a cov­ered area for rest and recuperation.

There will be a tra­di­tion­al bar sys­tem, replac­ing the pre­vi­ous wrist­band top-up approach. Ser­vice will be faster and queu­ing times short­er to keep the drinks flowing.

Fur­ther addi­tions across the site include an expand­ed food vil­lage , a per­ma­nent jew­ellery stall, fes­ti­val cloth­ing traders, cof­fee van, and the pop­u­lar Love to be… merch stand.

Love to be has pulled out all the stops for 2026, fea­tur­ing Clap­tone, Paul Wool­ford, Sam Divine, Julie McK­night (Live), David Penn, Mousse T, Trim­tone, DJ Cash Only, Jani­ka Tenn, Todd Ter­ry, Gok Wan, K‑Klass (Live), Grant Nel­son, Paul Tay­lor, Tom Wain­wright and loads more.

Tick­ets for Love to be…
Sat­ur­day 5th Sep­tem­ber
The Stray, Har­ro­gate
Time: 12pm – 11pm
Tick­ets from £51.50 + bf 

Tick­ets may con­tain affil­i­ate links at no extra cost to you.