All of London’s hottest and hippest people will head to Peckham Rye Park for one of London’s best electronic music bonanzas in May. GALA will return after its hugely successful 10th anniversary event in 2025. The theme for 2026 has been revealed as The Floor Is Ours, which is a call for community and creative ownership, and wants to take a stand against the growing commercial tide in dance culture.
The Friday of Gala tends to lean towards the bassier side of things. In 2026 it will see Benji B take over with Deviation. Freshly announced acts include CASISDEAD, Giggs and Novelist Also on the bill is Or:La, Mala and Charli xcx’s new hubby, George Daniel. NTS will curate a stage, as well as Dirty Hit’s electronic imprint dh2, and dubstep specialists HVYWGHT.
Peach will debut her new Dreamland project on the Saturday with a takeover of the Pleasuredome. She’ll be joined on the line-up by Saoirse, Call Super, Prosumer, Job Jobse and Steffi x Virginia. Other takeovers will be staged by queer party starters Club Are and Berlin radio station Refuge Worldwide.
Sunday will go hard on the disco and house, with Todd Terje, Seth Troxler and Lil’ Louis leading the charge, alongside a rare b2b2b from Hunee, Palms Trax and Antal. Also playing will be Gilles Peterson, CC:DISCO!, Chaos in the CBD and Moxie, who will bring her On Loop party to the festival.
Who’s playing London this weekend? Make the most of your evenings off with some quality live music – here’s our list of recommended gigs happening this Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
