Today, London’s foremost independent electronic music festival GALA unveils its full line-up for its return to Peckham Rye Park across the Bank Holiday weekend, 22–24 May 2026, reaffirming its place as one of the capital’s most vital celebrations of underground dance music. Community-led and culture-first, the 2026 edition is framed by the theme The Floor Is Ours — a statement of collective ownership that places the dancefloor firmly in the hands of the communities that shape it.
Friday lands with full weight, championing the rich lineage of UK rap, bass music and soundsystem culture. The day sees a landmark homecoming from Peckham’s own Giggs, joined by cult UK rap figure CASISDEAD, grime mainstay Novelist and East London icon D Double E who performs alongside breakthrough producer Hamdi. UKG flavour comes through Conducta and Todd Edwards, while Dirty Hit’s dh2 stage showcases the forward-leaning club mechanics of George Daniel of The 1975 alongside Oscar Farrell, Or:la and Pariah. Low-end pressure gathers with Mala, Djrum, Objekt, CCL, Carré, Beatrice M., Bakey and Mia Koden, with Deviation bosses Benji B and Judah co-curating the main stage programme. Rooted in soundsystem culture and pirate radio lineage, Friday marks GALA’s most sonically wide-ranging opening yet, with stage hosts including NTS, Rinse FM, HVYWGHT, and BORN N BREAD.
Saturday sits at the heart of GALA: a celebration of club culture in all its forms. House and techno-led but fluid in approach, the day foregrounds queer expression, boundary-pushing selectors and the communities actively reshaping the dancefloor. Newly announced acts include Saoirse who is set to unveil a new A/V show, alongside X CLUB., DJ Seinfeld and Logic1000. Notable debuts elsewhere on the programme come from Sonja Moonear, Sedef Adasï (aka Acid Ayşe), Verraco and Detroit In Effect joining an already stacked bill including Job Jobse and Call Super. With curation also coming from Peach, Club Are and Freakenstein, Saturday unfolds as a day driven by energy, release and togetherness.
Sunday offers a warm, restorative close rooted in house, disco and the origins of dance music. Led by Detroit heavyweight Seth Troxler, the godfather of house music Lil’ Louis and Norwegian luminary Todd Terje, whose work defined the 2010s cosmic disco wave, the final day leans into musicality and shared release. Sets from Gilles Peterson, Cassy, Joe Claussell, Dyed Soundorom, Amaliah, Jennifer Loveless, Musclecars and Isaac Carter round off an already stacked closing bill including a rare b3b by crate diggers Antal, HUNEE and Palms Trax plus Chaos In The CBD, Moxie and Christian AB– bringing GALA’s tenth edition to a close in celebration of trailblazing house and disco artists.
GALA’26
Full lineup and partners
Friday
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
Partners: BORN N BREAD – Deviation – dh2 – HVYWGHT – NTS – Rinse FM – Prince Of Peckham
Saturday
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.
Partners: Club Are – FWEAKY – Peach’s Dreamland – Refuge Worldwide
Sunday
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
