Summer might technically be ages away, but mentally everyone’s already standing in a field, clutching a warm cider and pretending they know who’s on the DJ’s USB. The group chats are waking up, someone’s already dropped “we should do loads this year” (they won’t), and the first set of festival posters are popping up on your timeline, reminding you that sunnier times are in fact coming.
GALA Festival has finally unveiled its full 2026 lineup and stage partners, with presale registration officially open for its tenth edition at Peckham Rye Park from May 22-24, 2026.
London’s foremost independent electronic music festival has confirmed the complete programme for 2026 under the theme The Floor Is Ours, a statement of collective ownership that places the dance floor firmly in the hands of the communities that shape it.
Newly announced highlights include Giggs’ huge Peckham homecoming, a Sunday led by Seth Troxler, Lil’ Louis and Todd Terje, and a Saturday stacked with Saoirse, Sonja Moonear and Detroit In Effect, reaffirming GALA’s status as one of the capital’s most vital celebrations of underground dance music.
Giggs joins GALA Festival 2026 lineup
Friday lands with full weight, championing the rich lineage of UK rap, bass music and soundsystem culture, with Giggs joined by CASISDEAD, Novelist and a special Hamdi & D Double E link‑up, plus low‑end pressure from Mala, Djrum, Objekt, CCL, Carré, Beatrice M., Bakey and Mia Koden.
UKG energy comes via Conducta and Todd Edwards, while Dirty Hit’s dh2 platform showcases George Daniel of The 1975 alongside Oscar Farrell, Or:la and Pariah, with Deviation bosses Benji B and Judah co‑curating the main stage.
Saturday sits at the heart of GALA as a celebration of club culture in all its forms, foregrounding queer expression, boundary‑pushing selectors and communities actively reshaping the dancefloor.
Newly announced acts include Saoirse unveiling her new TEM₀₀ A/V show, X CLUB., DJ Seinfeld and Logic1000, plus notable GALA debuts from Sonja Moonear, Sedef Adasï (aka Acid Ayşe), Verraco and Detroit In Effect, alongside favourites like Job Jobse and Call Super.
Sunday offers a warm, restorative close rooted in house, disco and the origins of dance music, led by Detroit heavyweight Seth Troxler, house godfather Lil’ Louis and Norwegian luminary Todd Terje.
Sets from Gilles Peterson, Cassy, Joe Claussell, Dyed Soundorom, Amaliah, Jennifer Loveless, Musclecars and Isaac Carter join an already stacked closing bill that includes a rare Antal b2b HUNEE b2b Palms Trax session plus Chaos In The CBD, Moxie and Christian AB.
Full GALA Festival 2026 weekend lineup
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.
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.
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
Presale registration for GALA ’26
Presale registration for GALA ’26 is now open, giving fans a chance at early access to the lowest‑priced passes for the festival’s tenth‑anniversary edition at Peckham Rye Park from May 22–24, 2026. Fans can sign up via the official presale portal at presale.thisisgala.co.uk to be first in line when tickets go live.