Dodgy taxis, shady ice cream vans and rammed streets: How Oasis' huge Heaton Park gigs will be handled

It’s 44 weeks until around 400,000 ticket holders will descend on Heaton Park for the Oasis reunion shows. Despite it being 10 months away, Bury Council has said planning has already started ahead of multitudes of fans arriving in the areas of Prestwich, Blackley and Whitefield to enjoy the biggest shows of the summer.

The brothers from Burnage will play five nights at the north Manchester park in a 10 day period between July 11 and July 20, 2025. A quirk of of council boundaries means the park itself is within the city of Manchester but the vast majority of surrounding road approaches and affected residents are in Bury.

Manchester, Bury and Rochdale councils, along with event organisers, park management and emergency services have already started holding regular meetings on issues such as resident access and parking, taxi licensing, street traders, public transport and access for health workers who need to make visits during the concert period. Speaking at a meeting of Bury Council on Wednesday, cabinet member Sandra Walmsley gave an insight into the level of planning needed to cope with the huge influx of music fans.

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She said the fact that as the Parklife festival had been held at the park over recent years, the council has experience of the issues surrounding such large events. She said “Bury Council officers and ward councillors in Prestwich have held initial meetings with Heaton Park management to discuss mitigations for the concerts.

"They will continue on a monthly basis up to the shows. We will learn form previous Parklife festivals and other events there.

"Manchester City Council has