Warm up for the festival summer with Wide Awake's free concerts

Wide Awake, an annual summer festival celebrating the best in independent music and rising talent, is throwing a month of free gigs to help you get over the winter gloom.

In collaboration with partner venues MOTH Club, The Shacklewell Arms, and Rich Mix, Wide Awake has put together a month-long series of free gigs showcasing some of the buzziest up-and-coming bands on the underground circuit right now. Across a series of winter weekends, you'll be able to rock up to one of the above-mentioned venues and rock out to an exciting line-up – for free. Here's the full list of dates, line-ups, and venues:

• 12 January – Plantoid, Sheiva, Ray Laurél, Gzi Wisdom at MOTH Club
• 19 January – Sunken, Unlucky, Bug Teeth at MOTH Club
• 27 January – Paige Kennedy, Uh, Dek at The Shacklewell Arms
• 17 February – The New Eves, Hannah Rodgers, El Madrid at Rich Mix

As mentioned, all of the Wide Awake pre-parties are free to enter, just RSVP on Dice to secure your spot.

Wide Awake 2024 is taking place in Brockwell Park on Saturday 25 May, with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Slowdive, Young Fathers, Modeselektor, Sevdaliza, and Squid among the big names announced so far. You can find out more about the festival and book tickets here, or check out our guide to the best music festivals in London for more hot tips for your summer soundtrack.