NEW FOR 2026, Butlin’s is launching a new themed weekend – and country fans will love it.
Giants of Country – Bootleg Edition Weekender will be launched at Minehead this year.
The Big Weekender will be available from October 9 and feature modern country music including songs by Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Morgan Wallen and Chris Stapleton.
And when there isn’t a performer on stage, visitors can enjoy the Saddle Up line-dancing experience.
In 2026, there will also be new headliners for the Decade Big Weekenders, which are available from £62 per person.
At selected Back to the 2000s Weekenders, former JLS star Aston Merrygold will be part of the line up, as will The Wanted 2.0.
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Aston Merrygold will also headline some of the Replay Weekenders, with music from the 80s, 90s, and noughties.
British singer-songwriter Alison Limerick will headline at selected 90s Reloaded Weekenders as well.
In addition to the new Giants of Country – Bootleg Edition Weekender and returning Decades Weekenders, there will also be four other Big Weekenders launching this year for the first time.
At the Bognor Regis resort there will be two new Big Weekenders.
The first to launch will be Don’t Tell Mama LGBTQ+ Weekender, which will begin on January 23.
And then Bugged Out will return as well, after a 10-year hiatus, on March 6.
It will feature “three nights of the best electronic music from world-class DJs,” according to Butlin’s.
Minehead will also get another Big Weekender, launching this weekend – My Generation Weekender, which will be ideal for Mod fans.
In Skegness, guests can enjoy the Soul Power Weekender from January 16, transporting visitors back to the early 90s.
Butlin’s is currently running an offer for up to 25 per cent off selected Big Weekenders, with the offer ending on January 15.
Each Weekender includes three nights of live music, with headline performers and DJs.
For the price, accommodation is also included and there will be other activities – such as pool parties and silent discos – on during the daytime and evening of each day.
What’s a Butlin’s Weekender like?
THE Sun’s Caroline Iggulden has attended a Butlin’s Big Weekender; here’s what she thought…
Clutching my bottle of Smirnoff Ice in the middle of a packed dancefloor wearing silver combat trousers and a bum bag, I felt like I had been transported back to my youth.
And for a fleeting moment, I forgot I was a mother of three with a job, a mortgage and a pile of laundry to tackle when I got home.
This is part of the joy of a Butlin’s ’90s Reloaded Weekender where garage legends DJ Luck and MC Neat were belting out the floor fillers from my teen disco days.
On Friday night we kicked off proceedings by heading off to watch Chesney Hawkes.
We then headed over to the Centre Stage venue where we caught sets from Ride On Time hitmakers Black Box, Garage acts DJ Luck and MC Neat, and Artful Dodger.
In true Nineties style, midnight felt too early to go to bed so we hit the silent disco at the resort’s sports bar venue Hotshots where we could flick between channels on our light-up headphones, blasting everything from Whigfield to Warren G.
The brilliant thing about a Butlin’s Weekender break is you know exactly what you’ll be spending.
All entertainment and accommodation is included in the price of your visit so it’s great value for groups like ours.
Butlin’s also launched a new £1.8million indoor soft play attraction last year, which Sun Travel tested out.
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