Pitbull Leeds will open the first Roundhay Festival in Leeds on Friday July 3 2026, setting up a three-day run at Roundhay Park. The debut gives Leeds a new large-scale summer event, with Pitbull fronting the Friday bill and Lewis Capaldi leading Saturday.
69,999 at Roundhay Park
The festival is set for 700 acres of greenery and a stated capacity of 69,999. That scale puts the first edition of Roundhay Festival in Leeds into the top tier of outdoor shows in the city, and AEG Presents is using the launch to put a fresh name in a market long associated with Leeds Festival.
American Express presents Roundhay Festival runs from Friday July 3 to Sunday July 5 2026, with Pitbull and Lewis Capaldi at the top of the bill. Pitbull, the Mr Worldwide hitmaker, gets the Friday slot; Lewis Capaldi leads the Saturday bill. For festivalgoers in Leeds, the headline names do the selling, but the site size tells the real story: this is being staged as a major first-edition event, not a scaled-down trial.
City Centre Shuttle from Sovereign Street
The City Centre Shuttle will run every 20 minutes from 11am each day, picking people up from Sovereign Street for a single journey cost of £4.50. It accepts card only and does not need to be booked, which gives Leeds city centre attendees a straightforward route into the site without committing to a car.
Organisers are also pointing drivers toward Fearnville Park and Stride, a 30-minute walk from Roundhay Park, while Connaught Fields sits a 10-minute walk to the west entrance of the event. That combination says a lot about how the festival wants arrivals managed: use the shuttle, use the designated parking, and avoid improvising around the park.
Sunday July closures
Fearnville Park and Stride will be closed on Sunday, so the parking plan changes over the final day of the festival. The practical reading is simple for festivalgoers in Leeds: build the journey around the shuttle first, then treat parking as the back-up option rather than the default.
The answer for the first Roundhay Festival is already on the board. Pitbull Leeds starts the event on Friday, Lewis Capaldi follows on Saturday, and the final day brings the parking restriction that matters most to anyone still deciding how to get in and out.
