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GALA, a regular feature on Time Out’s list of the top music festivals in London, has revealed its full 2026 lineup. While the Peckham Rye Park fest is best loved for specialising in dance music, the 2026 edition will feature a notable amount of hip-hop and grime.
UK rap titans Giggs (doing a Peckham hometown set), Novelist, D Double E and CASISDEAD will headline the first day of the event on Friday May 22. Other names confirmed for the Friday are dubstep pioneer Mala and bassy IDM producers Djrum and Objekt, plus genre-spanning producer Or:la and the future-pop beats of the 1975’s George Daniel.
The Saturday (May 23) will see GALA fully embrace the sounds it knows best, with a house- and techno-led lineup. Call Super, DJ Seinfeld and Logic1000 are all on the bill, as well as a new A/V set from Saoirse.
Sunday (May 24), meanwhile, will apparently be ‘rooted in house, disco and the origins of dance music’. Global superstar DJ Seth Troxler will lead a lineup that also features legendary names Lil’ Louis and Todd Terje. Helping close out the fest will be Gilles Peterson, Moxie and a B3B by Antal, HUNEE and Palms Trax.
And that’s all just a small fraction of the lineup. As always, GALA will be partnering with various others to put together the 2026 festival. Among this year’s partners are NTS, Rinse FM, Refuge Worldwide, FWEAKY, The Cause and JUMBI.
Find the full GALA ’26 lineup below.
GALA 2026 full lineup
Here’s this year’s bill for GALA, split by day (and in alphabetical order).
Friday May 22
- Abimbola
- Bakey
- Benji B & Judah
- BORN N BREAD
- Carré & Beatrice M.
- CCL
- Conducta
- David Rodigan
- DJ Fart in the Club
- Djrum
- ELLADHC
- Facta & K-Lone
- George Daniel & Oscar Farrell
- Giggs
- Hamdi & D Double E
- Ikonika & Shannen SP
- Infinite Snds
- Mala
- mi-el
- Mia Koden
- Novelist
- Objekt
- Onai
- Or:la & Pariah
- Paranoid London (live) ft. Josh Caffé
- Surusinghe
- Tim Reaper
- Tilly Indigo
- Todd Edwards
Saturday May 23
- BASHKAAA
- bullet tooth
- Call Super
- CK
- Detroit In Effect
- DJ Seinfeld
- dj sweet6teen
- Elkka
- Freakenstein
- Job Jobse
- Kia & Priori
- Livwutang
- Logic1000
- Meilgaarden
- Midland
- MIKA
- NIKS
- No Plastic & Zaytoona
- Peach & Prosumer
- Radioactive Man
- Rob Mello
- S3BA
- Saoirse presents TEM₀₀ A/V
- Sedef Adasï
- Sonja Moonear
- Sophie McAlister
- Steffi x Virginia (live)
- Tai Lokun
- Tasha
- Tikiman & Richard Akingbehin
- Verraco
- X CLUB
Sunday May 24
- Amaliah b2b Jennifer Loveless
- Antal & HUNEE & Palms Trax
- Bjørn Torske
- Cassy
- CC:DISCO!
- Chaos In The CBD
- Christian AB
- Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy
- Dee Diggs & OMOLOKO
- Dyed Soundorom
- Gilles Peterson
- Isaac Carter
- Joe Claussell
- Kleo
- Laurine & Cecilio
- Lil’ Louis
- Mad Professor
- MiNNA
- Moxie
- Musclecars
- Sarahtonin
- Seth Troxler
- System Olympia
- Talaboman (John Talabot & Axel Boman)
- Todd Terje
- Zjoso
Tickets go on general sale on January 30, but you can sign up for presale here.
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