The best music festivals in London for 2026

Grab your cowboy boots and Stetson hat, because huge country music festival C2C: Country 2 Country will return to London in 2026. Taking place at the O2 from March 13 to 15, next year’s edition will be headlined by Zach Top, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn. This will be Zach Top’s first UK performance, while the legendary duo Brooks & Dunn will be returning to Britain for the first time since 2010. 

Line-up includes: Zach Top, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Scotty McReery, Russell Dickerson, Drake Milligan, Noeline Hofmann and Alana Springsteen. 

The O2, SE10 0DX. Mar 13-15. 

Billing itself as a ‘musical melting pot’, this eclectic festival has quickly become known among indie and alt heads as having one of the best line-ups on the London festival circuit. Previous headliners have ranged from veteran alt-rockers Primal Scream in 2022 to ethereal indie pop singer Caroline Polachek in 2023 to psychedelic Aussie rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in 2024. We expect 2026 will bring the usual mixture of leftfield indie, post-punk, electronica and techno.

Line-up includes: TBA

Brockwell Park, SE24 0NG. May 22.   

Field Day tried to get back to its roots in 2025 when it up sticks from its more corporate-feeling Victoria Park set up and went to Brockwell Park. It will return to south London on May 23 2026, so get it locked in the diary. Acts are still TBA, but expect many of the best electronic producers and DJs for a day of non-stop dancing. 

Line-up includes: TBA 

Brockwell Park, SE24 0NG. May 23.  

All of London’s hottest and hippest people will head to Peckham Rye Park for one of the city’s best electronic music bonanzas in May, as GALA returns after its hugely successful 10th anniversary event in 2025. The theme for 2026 is The Floor Is Ours, which is a call for community and creative ownership in dance music.

Line-up includes: Benji B, Mala, George Daniel, Peach, Call Super, Job Jobse, Moxie, Palms Trax, Hunee, Antal, Or:La, Steffi x Virginia, Chaos in the CBD. 

Peckham Rye Park, SE15 3UA. May 22-24. 

Since launching in 2019, Cross the Tracks has firmly made its name for itself as London’s go-to festival for funk, jazz, RnB and hip hop heads. Its groove-heavy curation leads to a laid-back and open-arms atmosphere, which means you’ll find all sorts of people of having a boogie at the one-dayer. 

Line-up includes: TBA 

Brockwell Park, SE24 0NG. May 24. 

The world’s biggest independent one-day celebration of Caribbean and African culture takes place right here in London, with City Splash’s annual get together taking over Brockwell Park. For the 2025 edition, they pulled out the big names including dancehall legend Popcaan, Ms Dynamite and King Tubby. The 2026 line-up is still to be announced, but expect acts across the spectrum of reggae, dancehall, afrobeats, amapiano and more, alongside more than 8- black-owned food traders.

Line-up includes: TBA 

Brockwell Park, SE24 0NG. May 25.  

London’s biggest pop festival returns, and this is going to be a biggie. Like every year, next summer Mighty Hoopla is presenting all of London’s gays and theys with a mighty line-up of nostalgic pop acts, disco-leaning dance music and megastars. The 2026 edition will be headlined by the one and only Lily Allen, who will be performing her searing and brutal new album West End Girl on Saturday, May 30. On Sunday, the Scissor Sisters will bring their legendary live show to the Brockwell Park stage.

Line-up includes: Lily Allen, Scissor Sisters, Jessie J, JLS, Alexandra Burke, Perrie. 

After making its spectacular debut in the summer, Lido festival is returning to Tower Hamlets park’s Lido Field in 2026. The festival’s inaugural lineup, consisting of legendary trip-hop outfit Massive Attack, veteran DJ-producer Jamie xx, northern hardcore festival Outbreak and 365 party girl Charli xcx, will be hard to beat, but our hopes are high. 

Breakout star responsible for the ‘woke macarena’ CMAT will headline Lido on Friday, June 12. She’ll be joined by artists in a line-up curated especially by the ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ singer. Then downtempo electronica duo Maribou State will take to Victoria Park on June 20, supported by a carefully curated bill of artists including Kelis, Folamour and Theo Parrish b2b Moodymann, with more soon to be announced. 

Line-up includes: CMAT, Father John Misty, Sharon Von Etten, Maribou State, Kelis, Folamour. 

Victoria Park, E9 7DD. Jun 12-20. 

BST will be back again next summer, bringing some of the world’s biggest pop stars to Hyde Park for its 13th edition. Already announced as headliners for 2026 are Lewis Capaldi, Pit Bull and Garth Brooks, with more to be confirmed. Taking place across weekends in June and July, Hyde Park will host an upmarket festival vibe complete with food, drink and a posh VIP area. Here’s all you need to know about the BST Hyde Park’s 2026 edition. 

Line-up includes: Garth Brooks, Pitbull, Kesha, Lewis Capaldi, more TBC.

Hyde Park, W2 2UH. Jun 27 - Jul 12. 

All Points East returns to Vicky Park for its eighth edition in 2026. Since debuting in 2018, the festival has garnered a reputation for building some of the most exciting line-ups in the UK. Tyler, The Creator has already been anounced for not one, but two, headline shows, while Outbreak will return in 2026 headlined by Deftones. 

Line-up includes: Tyler, The Creator, Rex Orange County, Turnstile, Ravyn Lenae, Daniel Caeser, Deftones, Amyl & The Sniffers, Idles and JPEGMAFIA.

Victoria Park, E9 7DD. Aug 28-29. 

Seasoned London festival-goers have been singing the praises of this 10,000-capacity Southwark Park festival since it debuted in 2023, thanks to its boutique size, community vibe and collaborative line-ups created with help from some of the city’s best culture venues. So we’re pleased to say that Rally is coming back for a fourth edition in 2026, with a very exciting line-up curated by Blood Orange, who will will bring his signature blend of synth funk, experimental beats and emotional depth to Southwark Park. Dev Hynes will headline, and the rest of the line-up will be hand-selected by him. It’s still under wraps but given Hynes’ excellent taste, we have high hopes. 

Line-up includes: Blood Orange, more TBC. 

Southwark Park, SE16 2TX. Aug 29.