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Big Weekend: First look at Dundee site ahead of festival opening

Around 80,000 people are expected to descend on Camperdown Park for the three-day event.

Final preparations are under way for Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee.

Around 80,000 people are expected to descend on Camperdown Park for the three-day event, which kicks off on Friday.

A host of big names are performing over the weekend, including Lewis Capaldi, The 1975 and Niall Horan.

The Main stage being made ready for Radio 1's Big Weekend.
The Main stage being made ready. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
Workers setting up the Main stage at the Big Weekend site in Dundee.
Final preparations are underway. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
Equipment being taken onto the Main stage.
Work has been happening on the Big Weekend site in Dundee since earlier this month. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.

As well as the Main and Future Sounds stages, festival-goers will have a Radio 1 Dance Stage, and BBC Music Introducing Stage to chose from.

Plenty of food options will also available for revellers to indulge in, including everything from fish and chips and hot-dogs to ice-cream and churros.

Exterior of the Radio 1 studio at Camperdown Park for Big Weekend.
The Radio 1 studio for the weekend. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
The Radio 1 3D logo with the Main stage in the background.
The Radio 1 3D logo with the Main stage in the background. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
The audience area for the Main stage with a ferris wheel.
The audience area for the Main stage. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
Radio 1's artist photobooth at Big Weekend Dundee.
Revellers will get the chance to use the Radio 1 photobooth at Big Weekend. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
Workers setting up the Future Sounds stage for the Radio 1 festival.
Final work on the Future Sounds stage is underway. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.

It’s the second time Camperdown Park has hosted the festival and Dundee is one of only two cities Radio 1’s Big Weekend has returned to since the festival began.

Free shuttlebuses will be in place ferrying revellers from the city centre to Camperdown – with tickets available online.

Audience area at Radio 1 Big Weekend site at Camperdown Park, Dundee.
The festival will run from Friday to Sunday. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson.
Artist posters at the Big Weekend site in Dundee.
Dundee is only one of two cities to host Radio 1’s Big Weekend more than once. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Ahead of the festival starting on Friday, revellers are being warned tickets are only available via phones with a barcode displayed for entry.

Fans are also to be aware they cannot use a screenshot of the tickets on their phone to gain access to the site.

The Courier has produced a handy guide with all you need to know ahead of Big Weekend.

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