GALA Festival is back in Peckham Rye Park for the May bank holiday weekend, and 2026 is shaping up to be a big one.
The south London dance music fixture runs from Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, with a stacked bill that stretches from UK rap and grime to house, techno and soundsystem culture.
The festival is celebrating its 10th edition, and this year’s programme brings together heavy hitters including Giggs, Casisdead, Novelist, D Double E, Seth Troxler and Todd Terje. As ever, GALA is as much about the curation as the crowd-pleasers, with different stages and day splits giving the event its usual club-kid-with-good-taste energy.
When and where is GALA 2026?
GALA 2026 takes place at Peckham Rye Park, SE15 3UA, from May 22-24, 2026. The festival entrance is opposite Colyton Road.
Gala 2026 timings
The festival opening and closing times are:
- Friday – 2pm-10.30pm
- Saturday – 12pm-10.30pm
- Sunday – 12pm-10.30pm
Last entry for general tickets on Friday is 6pm, while on Saturday it is 5pm.
Full GALA 2026 lineup and set times
Friday May 22
Joy Stage
- Keyrah: 2pm-3.30pm
- Ikonika and Shannen SP: 3.30pm-4.50pm
- Lil Silva and Bok Bok: 4.50pm-6pm
- Casisdead: 6pm-6.45pm
- Desiree: 6.45pm-8pm
- Benji B and Judah: 8pm-9.10pm
- Giggs: 9.10pm-10.30pm
Patio Stage
- Mona Yim: 2pm-3.30pm
- Qendresa (DJ): 3.30pm-5pm
- D Double E: 5pm-5.30pm
- Izco: 5.30pm-6.30pm
- Novelist: 6.30pm-7.15pm
- Conducta: 7.15pm-8.45pm
- Todd Edwards: 8.45pm-10pm
Pleasure Dome
- Carré and Beatrice M.: 2pm-3.30pm
- Mia Koden w/ SP:MC: 3.30pm-5pm
- Bakey w/ SP:MC: 5pm-5.45pm
- Objekt: 5.45pm-7.30pm
- Hamdi w/ D Double E: 7.30pm-8.20pm
- Mala w/ Sgt Pokes: 8.20pm-10pm
1908 Stage
- Mi-El: 2pm-3.30pm
- CCL: 3.30pm-5.30pm
- DJ Fart in the Club: 5.30pm-7pm
- Tim Reaper: 7pm-8.30pm
- Djrum: 8.30pm-10pm
Donna’s Stage
- Facta and K-Lone: 2pm-4.30pm
- Surusinghe: 4.30pm-6pm
- George Daniel and Oscar Farell: 6pm-7.30pm
- Or:la and Pariah: 7.30pm-9pm
- Paranoid London (Live) feat. Josh Caffé: 9pm-9.45pm
Corner Stone
- Born N Bread: 2pm-2.30pm
- Tilly Indigo: 2.30pm-3.30pm
- Winner 1: 3.30pm-4.30pm
- Abimbola: 4.30pm-5.30pm
- Winner 2: 5.30pm-6.30pm
- Onai: 6.30pm-7.30pm
- Infinite Sands: 7.30pm-8.30pm
- Elladhc: 8.30pm-9.30pm
Saturday May 23
Joy Stage
- Sophie McAlister: 12pm-2.30pm
- Logic1000: 2.30pm-4pm
- Bullet Tooth: 4pm-5.30pm
- X Club.: 5.30pm-7pm
- DJ Seinfeld: 7pm-8.30pm
- Saoirse presents TEM₀₀ (A/V): 8.30pm-10.30pm
Patio Stage
- The Cause FM: 12pm-2.30pm
- Job Jobse: 2.30pm-5.30pm
- Sedef Adasï: 5.30pm-7pm
- Sonja Moonear: 7pm-8.30pm
- Call Super: 8.30pm-10.15pm
Pleasure Dome
- Peach (ambient and downtempo set): 12pm-1.30pm
- CK: 1.30pm-3.30pm
- DJ Sweet6teen: 3.30pm-5.30pm
- Steffi x Virginia (Live): 5.30pm-6.45pm
- Midland: 6.45pm-8.15pm
- Peach & Prosumer: 8.15pm-10.15pm
1908 Stage
- No Plastic and Zaytoona: 12pm-2pm
- Tasha: 2pm-3.30pm
- Kia and Priori: 3.30pm-5.30pm
- Tikiman and Richard Akingbehin: 5.30pm-7pm
- Livwutang: 7pm-8.30pm
- Verraco: 8.30pm-10pm
Donna’s Stage
- Rob Mello: 12pm-2.30pm
- Niks: 2.30pm-4pm
- Detroit In Effect: 4pm-5.30pm
- Radioactive Man (Live): 5.30pm-7pm
- Bashkka: 7pm-8.30pm
- Freakenstein: 8.30pm-10pm
Corner Stone
- S3BA: 1pm-3pm
- Mika: 3pm-5pm
- Meilgaarden: 5pm-6.45pm
- Tai Lokun: 6.45pm-8pm
- Elkka: 8pm-10pm
Sunday May 24
Joy Stage
- Minna: 12pm-3pm
- Dee Diggs and Omoloko: 3pm-4.30pm
- Cassy: 4.30pm-6.30pm
- Chaos In The CBD: 6.30pm-8.30pm
- Seth Troxler: 8.30pm-10.30pm
Patio Stage
- Anthea: 12pm-2pm
- Laurine and Cecilio: 2pm-4pm
- Dyed Soundorom: 4pm-6pm
- Christian AB: 6pm-8pm
- Lil’ Louis: 8pm-10pm
Pleasure Dome
- Sarahtonin: 12pm-1.30pm
- Bjørn Torske: 1.30pm-3pm
- Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy: 3pm-4.30pm
- Gilles Peterson: 4.30pm-6pm
- Talaboman: 6pm-8pm
- Todd Terje: 8pm-10.15pm
1908 Stage
- Kléo: 12pm-2pm
- Musclecars: 2pm-3.30pm
- Charlie Dark and Ruby Savage: 3.30pm-5pm
- Joe Claussell: 5pm-7pm
- Antal and Hunee and Palms Trax: 7pm-10.15pm
Donna’s Stage
- System Olympia: 12pm-2pm
- Mad Professor: 2pm-3pm
- CC:DISCO!: 3pm-4.30pm
- Isaac Carter: 4.30pm-6pm
- Amaliah and Jennifer Loveless: 6pm-8pm
- Moxie: 8pm-10pm
Corner Stone
- Savanna Small: 12pm-1.30pm
- Oscillation: 1.30pm-4pm
- Zjoso (Tripou): 4pm-5.30pm
- Sticky Dub: 5.30pm-7pm
- Jaxx TMS: 7pm-8.30pm
- Mr Redley: 8.30pm-10pm
Travel to GALA
The nearest stations are Peckham Rye and Honor Oak Park, and there are also bike parking spaces plus a taxi/pick-up area on East Dulwich Road.
Weather this bank holiday weekend
The forecast is looking gloriously warm with highs of 27C on Friday, 28C on Saturday and 29C on Sunday, plus high UV and pollen levels across the weekend. In other words: sunscreen, water and the usual festival survival instincts are all strongly advised.