JLS announced as Darley Park headliners
BBCJLS have been announced as the latest act to perform at the Darley Park Weekender in Derby.
Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, JB Gill, and Marvin Humes will headline the three-day festival on Saturday 22 August.
Since their breakthrough in 2008 on The X Factor, the group have won multiple MOBO Awards along with BRIT Awards for British Breakthrough and British Single for their chart-topping hit, Beat Again.
Billy Ocean and Marti Pellow have already been announced as acts set to perform over the weekend.
Ocean, famous for songs including Red Light Spells Danger and Caribbean Queen, will headline the Friday evening, with Wet Wet Wet singer Pellow set to appear as a special guest.
The Darley Park Weekender is due to take place from 21 to 23 August.
Derby City Council is hosting the event again, despite a significant drop in ticket sales for the 2025 shows.
Figures provided to the BBC showed just over 6,000 tickets were sold for 2025's three-day series of concerts from 29 to 31 August, down from 11,000 in 2024 and 15,000 in 2023.
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