London is a city steeped in music culture, with a rich and diverse history of musical styles and genres. From classical to punk, from jazz to pop, London has something for everyone when it comes to concerts and music festivals. Whether you're a die-hard fan of a particular artist or simply looking to discover new sounds and experiences, there are countless music festivals happening in and around the city throughout the year – and once the sun comes out in full force, so do the festival vibes. Our guide to the best music festivals in London highlights what makes each one unique and provides all the information on line-ups, prices and everything else you need to plan your perfect festival experience.

The best music festivals in London
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Music festivals in London
- 1Independent Venue Week Celebrating the backbone of live music
- 2C2C: Country to Country Yeehaw!
- 3AVA London
- 4La Linea The London Latin music festival
- 5Brick Lane Jazz Festival Bringing together London's jazz community
- 6Queen's Yard Summer Party The first dance of the summer
- 7Incineration Fest Putting the pedal to the extreme metal
- 8Desertfest London Turning up the volume in Camden
- 9Project 6 24-hour beats
- 10Wide Awake A who's who of independent music
- 11Gala Festival Party time all the time
- 12Field Day Eclectic electronic extravaganza
- 13Portals The gateway to new music dimensions
- 14Cross The Tracks Festival Funk it up
- 15City Splash The home of culture
- 16Opera Holland Park Taking opera into the wild
- 17Pub in The Park Star chefs and star musicians
- 18Mighty Hoopla Bringing back the good old days
- 19Lido Festival New kid on the block
- 20Hampton Court Palace Festival Legendary acts in historical palace
- 21Meltdown UK's longest-running artist-curated festival
- 22Outbreak Festival Hard-hitting alternative music
- 23Outro Festival Get lost in the bass maze
- 24Proms at St Jude's Music and literature for charity
- 25StoomFest Small but heavy
- 26Silverworks Island Summer Series Dancing on the docks
- 27Kew the Music Live music picnic
- 28Wireless Festival Hip hop GOATs
- 29Kaleidoscope Festival London's highest festival
- 30BBC Proms The greatest classical music fest in the world
- 31Junction 2 Parkland rave
- 32Islington Festival of Music and Arts Unyielding community spirit
- 3351st Festival House party
- 34The Jazz Cafe Festival Celebrated venue's first festival
- 35Maiden Voyage Festival Cutting-edge electronic music
- 36South Facing Festival Historic South London venue
- 37Reading Festival A trip to the countryside
- 38Rally Festival The new kid on the block
- 39Battersea Park in Concert Picnic in the park
- 40All Points East Curated all-dayers
- 41Waterworks Festival Dance the day away
- 42Psychobilly Freakout Loud and frantic
- 43Pitchfork Music Festival London Referential and exciting
- 44EFG London Jazz Festival Annual cool cat gathering
- 45British Summer Time Hyde Park Superstar level
- 46Somerset House Summer Series A summer staple
- 47K-Music Festival Go beyond K-pop
- 48The First Fifty A taste of the promising future
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Celebrating the backbone of live music
An annual seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues that takes place across all of the UK, Independent Venue Week is an important part of the live music landscape in London as well. During this week, local communities come together to celebrate the venues with thousands of artists playing hundreds of shows. IVW is championed by a different ambassador every year, including the likes of Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) and Arlo Parks.
- Date: 27 January–2 February
- Price: varies
Yeehaw!
C2C: Country to Country is a music festival for all who enjoy good old American country music. The multi-day event, held at The O2, has been running for over a decade and has received an award from the Country Music Association in recognition of its contributions to developing country music outside of the US. The festival regularly draws some of the biggest country stars, with the 2025 bill headlined by Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley, and Cody Johnson.
- Date: 14–16 March
- Price: from £49.50
- Peninsula Square, Greenwich
AVA is an impactful music and visual arts festival and conference, renowned for working with leading artists, public figures, cultural innovators, and creative business minds. Returning to London in 2025, the conference programme features talks and lectures by the likes of FKA twigs, Underworld, and horsegiirL, complemented by cutting-edge live shows and raves from LSDXOXO, Ryoji Ikeda, Marcel Dettman, and others.
- Date: 20–22 March
- Price: from £30
- 96 Euston Rd, Camden Town 10th Floor, The Standard, 10 Argyle Street, Bloomsbury Charing Cross Road 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston/Stoke Newington
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The London Latin music festival
La Linea is an annual Latin music festival that's held in various venues across central London every April. Established in 2001, the festival showcases the finest and most current contemporary Latin music of the 21st century. Acts for the 2025 edition – the festival's 25th anniversary – include Eliades Ochoa, Rodrigo Cuevas, Muerdo, Villano Antillano, and more.
- Date: 22 April–5 May
- Price: varies
- Silk St, Barbican, The City/City of London Upper Street, Islington 5 Parkway, Camden Town 19B Compton Terrace 95 Effra Road, Brixton Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney
Bringing together London's jazz community
The Brick Lane Jazz Festival celebrates the diverse and boundary-breaking artists that make up the London jazz scene, offering a one-of-a-kind annual experience to explore the latest culturally vibrant sounds from the capital. The festival's venues are conveniently located within a minute's walking distance of each other, inviting you to discover new music and connect with a diverse community while enjoying the iconic Truman Brewery site in Brick Lane.
- Date: 25–27 April
- Price: from £69
The first dance of the summer
Queen's Yard Summer Party is a day festival at various venues in Hackney Wick, exploring all kinds of electronic and urban music with the help of dozens of crews. More than 150 DJs and producers perform throughout the day, turning the entire neighbourhood into a massive street party and ushering in the summer season.
- Date: 3 May
- Price: from £5.50
Putting the pedal to the extreme metal
Incineration Festival bills itself as the UK's most extreme metal festival based in London, and their line-ups back that claim up and then some. With the likes of Decapitated, Spectral Wound, and Tryptikon on the bill, this one isn't for the faint of heart. The festival takes place across multiple well-known venues in Camden Town.
- Date: 3 May
- Price: £90.35
- 3 Greenland Pl, Camden Town 33 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town 174 Camden High St, Camden Town 184 Camden High St, Camden Town Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town
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Turning up the volume in Camden
With sibling editions in Berlin, Antwerp and New York, Desertfest is a globally recognised pilgrimage for fans of heavy riffs and musical psychedelia. In London, the weekend festival takes place across multiple venues in Camden, including iconic spots such as The Roundhouse and The Black Heart, with the ticket ensuring access to all (until max capacity is reached). In 2025, Amenra, Elder, Zeal & Ardor, and many others will play the festival.
- Date: 16–18 May
- Price: weekend from £166.35
- Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town 184 Camden High St, Camden Town 3 Greenland Pl, Camden Town 33 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town 174 Camden High St, Camden Town East Yard, 11 Camden Lock Place, Camden Town
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24-hour beats
Project 6 launches the spring bank holiday festivities in Brockwell Park with a hefty dose of the finest drum & bass, hip hop, techno and related genres during the day, then continues the party late into the night at select venues around the city. In 2024, the daytime programme was headlined by Nines, Pusha T, Eliza Rose, Katy B, SBTRKT, and Shy FX, along with 40+ food vendors, a craft beer market, workshops, site art, and more.
- Date: 23 May
- Price: from £34.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
A who's who of independent music
Held across several stages in Brixton's Brockwell Park, Wide Awake is a celebration of inquisitive independent music, highlighting international up-and-coming bands that are on the cusp of headlining major stages around the world. The team behind the festival includes veteran local promotor Bad Vibrations, the people behind MOTH Club and The Shacklewell Arms, and others. The 2025 edition will feature Kneecap, CMAT, and English Teacher as headliners, along with Daniel Avery, Sprints, Mannequin Pussy, and many more.
- Date: 23 May
- Price: from £49.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
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Party time all the time
Held over the spring bank holiday, Gala Festival is an independent South London festival in Peckham Rye Park. The community-driven festival puts on three days of some of the most tantalising, promising electronic music acts, kickstarting the summer festival season with all-day party vibes and a joyous atmosphere. The 2025 line-up includes names such as Caribou, Floating Points, Moodymann, and many more.
- Date: 23–25 May
- Price: from £39.50
- 34 Straker's Road

Eclectic electronic extravaganza
For the past several years, Field Day took place in Victoria Park as part of All Points East, but its heading back south for its 2025 edition. Now part of the Brockwell Live Bank Holiday Weekender, the event continues its mission of serving up an electic line-up of from across the broad spectrum of electronic music, ranging from household DJ names to boundary-pushing creatives. The Field Day 2025 line-up includes Peggy Gou, Folamour, Skream & Benga, Mall Grab, and others.
- Date: 24 May
- Price: from £64.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
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The gateway to new music dimensions
In 2023, for its biggest edition up to then, Portals Festival moved to the EartH venue in Hackney, and it has stayed there since. With 35 artists across three stages and two days, it's one of the largest events exploring alternative, experimental, math, prog, and post rock music in Europe. The 2025 line-up includes acts such as Julie Christmas, Mouse on the Keys, Brontide, and The None.
- Date: 24–25 May
- Price: from £80
- 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston/Stoke Newington
Funk it up
Cross The Tracks brings together fans of contemporary jazz, funk and soul for a day of concerts, workshops, activities and all sorts of other merriment in Brockwell Park. A variety of independent food and drink traders is on hand, along with a craft beer market, site art installations and more. The 2025 line-up is headlined by Michael Kiwanuka, with Jordan Rakei, Cymande, Gilles Peterson, and many others performing as well.
- Date: 25 May
- Price: from £54.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
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The home of culture
South London's City Splash is a day-long celebration of the UK's Caribbean and African heritage, bringing carnival vibes to Brockwell Park over the May bank holiday. The line-up at this vibrant party features some of the biggest names in reggae, dancehall, and Afrobeats music, including Tarrus Riley, Spice, Valiant, Teejay, and viral sensation DJ AG.
- Date: 26 May
- Price: from £39.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
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Taking opera into the wild
Taking place in a bespoke canopied auditorium in Holland Park over three months, the Opera Holland Park festival puts on critically acclaimed opera performances in a beautiful, leafy setting. Talented performers put on classic works by the likes of Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Engelbert Humperdinck in the warm summer air. Opera Holland Park also acts as a charity and a talent incubator throughout the year.
- Date: 27 May–2 August
- Price: varies
- Holland Park, Kensington
Star chefs and star musicians
At the Pub in The Park festival, the headliners are chefs – though the music programme features big names as well. Launched by Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, Pub in The Park was the biggest food and music festival tour in the UK, celebrating British pub culture with delicious food by award-winning chefs and restaurants, music stars, and a drinks offer to match it all. The 2025 edition in London's Gunnersbury Park is putting a focus on the best gastropubs in the city and will feature Soul II Soul, Jack Savoretti, the Jay Rayner Sextet, and many other music acts.
- Date: 30 May–1 June
- Price: from £44
- Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane, Hounslow
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Bringing back the good old days
The 1990s and 2000s come back into the spotlight at this inclusive, fun-loving festival that caters to those with a fondness for the pop stylings of the previous decades. Period-appropriate fancy dress is encouraged, and the line-up always features names that have lodged themselves firmly on your playlist with bangers upon bangers. The 2025 acts include, among others, Kesha, Ciara, Vengaboys, Loreen, and many more.
- Date: 31 May–1 June
- Price: from £74.50
- Brockwell Park, Brixton
New kid on the block
Lido Festival is a new addition to London's summer festival scene, with the inaugural edition taking place across two weekends in June. Each day of the Victoria Park festival is co-curated by the day's headliner, with Jamie xx and Charli XCX among them. They'll be bringing the likes of Arca, Sampha, Shy One, 070 Shake, and many others along for a day-long party.
- Date: 7–14 June
- Price: from £74.45
- Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
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Legendary acts in historical palace
For a couple of weeks each summer, Hampton Court Palace, the impressive former residence of Henry VIII, hosts a selection of iconic musical acts in its beautiful grounds. You can pick up a picnic hamper to relax during the day, book a fountain-side gazebo for friends and family, or even indulge in the King's VIP Dining Experience, then enjoy gigs by the likes of Rag'n'Bone Man, Chaka Khan, Elbow, and Bananarama.
- Date: 11–21 June
- Price: from £46.50
- Hampton Court Way, Moseley
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UK's longest-running artist-curated festival
Held at the Southbank Centre, Meltdown selects a globally recognised music icon to shape its programme each year, letting them present their creative vision through a series gigs, activities and other events. The festival's 30-year history has included David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, Grace Jones, and Robert Smith as past curators. In 2025, the baton is passing to Little Simz, the youngest Meltdown curator ever.
- Date: 12–22 June
- Price: varies
- Belvedere Road, South Bank/Lambeth/Southwark
Hard-hitting alternative music
Having run in Manchester for several years, Outbreak Festival is expanding to London in 2025 and bringing along it's who's who line-up of modern hardcore and hip-hop acts. Taking over Victoria Park, the one-day festival features heavyweights Turnstile as headliners, along with Knocked Loose, Danny Brown, Sunny Day Real Estate, and many others.
- Date: 13 June
- Price: from £79.75
- Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
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Get lost in the bass maze
Taking over the DIY warren of The Cause, an indoor and outdoor clubbing venue with multiple areas, Outro Festival caters to bass junkies. Covering a wide spectrum from Bass, Garage, and Grime to House music, the festival features the likes of Conducta, Introspekt, Dr Dubplate, and DJ Fuckoff. The massive party starts at noon on Saturday and lasts until the early morning the next day.
- Date: 21 June
- Price: from £10
- 60 Dock Road, Newham
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Music and literature for charity
The Proms at St Jude's festival takes place in Hampstead and includes an assortment of musical performances, comedy, literature events, heritage walks and more. The 2024 concert programme featured classical and Motown shows, as well as renditions of film soundtracks and more. The festival is organised almost entirely by local volunteers and raises funds for the Toynbee Hall charity and the North London Hospice.
- Date: 21–29 June
- Price: varies
Small but heavy
Featuring bands such as Monkey3, Sons of Arrakis, and Red Sun Atacama, StoomFest is a two-day celebration of doom, stoner and psychedelic music, held at the legendary Highbury venue The Garage, with an afterparty thrown in for good measure. The festival aims to build a community of likeminded artists and fans, providing a fair platform to both established acts and promising new artists in the field of heavy alternative genres.
- Date: 4–6 July
- Price: from £40
- 20-22 Highbury Cor
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Dancing on the docks
During the summer, Silverworks Island, a 400,000-square-foot open-air venue in Silvertown Quays, will host a series of inner-city events slanted towards fans of various electronic genres. The all-day parties include Armin Van Buuren's signature A State of Trance dance event, the WAH in the City celebration of drum 'n' bass, garage and grime, featuring artists such as Hybrid Minds and Hedex, and more.
- Date: 6–13 July
- Price: varies
- Royal Victoria Dock, North Woolwich Rd, Newham
Live music picnic
Kew the Music is a an iconic outdoor music series taking place in the lush setting of Kew Gardens in Richmond. Equal parts picnic and concert, the event encourages you to bring your own food and drinks to enjoy in the family-friendly ambiance, though on-site vendors are provided too. The 2025 edition of the week-long festival features UB40, DJ Spooky, and Nicolas Reyes among the headliners.
- Date: 8–13 July
- Price: from £45
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond
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Hip hop GOATs
Though it started out as a rock and pop festival, Wireless Festival focused on rap and other urban styles in recent years, turning Finsbury Park into a hip-hop mecca for one weekend each summer. The biggest acts in the world have taken to its stage, including Rihanna, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and countless others, many often showing up as unannounced secret acts or flying in for UK-exclusive gigs. Local artists are well represented too. The 2025 edition of the festival will feature Drake as headliner across all three days, as well as Burna Boy, Summer Walker, and others.
- Date: 11–13 July
- Price: from £113
- Finsbury Park



London's highest festival
Taking full advantage of its incredible setting in Alexandra Palace Park, Kaleidoscope is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque festivals in the city, combining panoramic views of London with a grand building and vast parkland. Celebrating the best of London's summertime culture with lively festivities, the festival has invited the likes of Faithless, Goldie, Eats Everything, and many other musical acts to perform, along with a whole host of stand-up comics, family-friendly activities, and much more.
- Date: 12 July
- Price: from £10
- Alexandra Palace Way, Haringey



The greatest classical music fest in the world
BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily classical music concerts, talks, workshops, and family events held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It features a diverse range of classical music, including symphonic and chamber music, opera, choral music, and contemporary works. The festival was founded in 1895 and is the largest classical music festival in the world, with a wide audience of music enthusiasts and newcomers. It culminates in the famous Last Night of the Proms, a boisterous celebration featuring popular classical music and flag-waving.
- Date: 18 July–13 September
- Price: varies
- Kensington Gore, Kensington
Parkland rave
Featuring a who's who of contemporary electronic music, from superstar producers such as Charlotte de Witte and Adam Beyer, to rising talent such as DVS1 and Kettama, the Junction 2 festival turns Boston Manor Park into an open-air club across two summer days. Exploring techno, bass, house, minimal and more through one-off B2B pair-ups as well as solo sets, the festival is a must for ravers from all walks of life.
- Date: 25–27 July
- Price: from £29.50
- Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Hounslow
Unyielding community spirit
Islington Festival of Music and Arts has its roots in a series of post-lockdown garden concerts in the summer of 2020. Emboldened by the display of community spirit, the now multi-day event brings together live classical music and fine art at various venues in the neighbourhood. The 2024 edition of the festival revolved around the theme of the Homeland, exploring composers' relationships with their roots. Offbeat events such as live musical walks and yoga with live music are included in the programme as well.
- Date: July 2025
- Price: varies
House party
51st Festival pays homage to the origins of house music, bringing together the various elements of this profoundly influential sound. The program features classic house, tech house, afro house, garage, disco, soul, dancehall and more. The festival's line-up reflects a truly transatlantic vibe, connecting the dots between the US, the UK, Europe, and the Caribbean with acts such as Derrick Carter, Jocelyn Brown, and Todd Terry.
- Date: 2 August
- Price: TBD
- off Champions Way, Page Street, Barnet
Celebrated venue's first festival
Legendary London venue The Jazz Cafe, known for hosting diverse music acts for nearly four decades, launched its first music festival in 2024. Set in Southwark's Burgess Park, the festival features four unique stages, including a grand arena for headliners, a 360-degree DJ stage, a tropical chill-out area, and a mysterious secret stage. The 2025 line-up is headlined by Masego.
- Date: 3 August
- Price: From £35
- Albany Road
Cutting-edge electronic music
Maiden Voyage Festival brings together promotors from some of London's most thrilling electronic music venues, for example Phonox and Fold, as well as Berlin institution Hör. The line-up is a reflection of their values, with a number of rising underground stars tapped to keep the bank holiday dance floor moving. The 2025 edition of Maiden Voyage Festival will be held in Burgess Park and feature Azealia Banks as headliner.
- Date: 9 August
- Price: from £30
- Albany Road
Historic South London venue
South Facing Festival brings the festival atmosphere to Crystal Palace Park with its acclaimed open-air concert series encompassing a range of musical trailblazers and genres. The festival is held at the Crystal Palace Bowl, a historic music venue that goes back more than 150 years, with the likes of Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, and The Cure all playing there. In 2025, the festival headliners include Barrington Levy, Burning Spear, and Basement Jaxx.
- Date: 8–24 August
- Price: from £39.50
- Thicket Road, Bromley
A trip to the countryside
It's not exactly in London, but with the Elizabeth line now in operation, Reading Festival is closer than ever. One of the most iconic British festivals after Glastonbury, the festival packs a punchy line-up of some of the biggest global pop, rock, electronic and hip hop stars into a weekend of camping, legendary moments, crowd singalongs, and wild abandon. Headline acts for 2025 include Travis Scott, Chappell Roan, Bring Me The Horizon, and Hozier.
- Date: 21–24 August
- Price: from £125
The new kid on the block
Rally is a brand new festival launched by the Birds on the Wire concert promotor and by the team behind Gala Festival. The festival aims to celebrate the city's music and arts communities, create opportunities for grassroots culture, promote new sounds, diversity and sustainability, and raise funds for local causes. The collaboration has delivered an exciting and varied line-up featuring acts such as Actress, Armand Hammer, Sorry, Sam Akpro, Mount Kimbie, and more.
- Date: 23 August
- Price: from £35
- Gomm Road
Picnic in the park
Over the August bank holiday weekend, Battersea Park hosts open-air picnic concerts celebrating classical music, West End musicals, and soul and jazz. Among others, the 2024 edition featured the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and guest vocalists performing sounds from some of the most popular West End musicals, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra, and more.
- Date: 23–25 August
- Price: TBD
- Battersea Park, Battersea
Curated all-dayers
All Points East takes over Victoria Park for ten days in summer, holding daylong concert programmes on the weekend. Each day is curated around a specific artist or brand, with the 2025 edition including Raye, Barry Can't Swim, and The Maccabees as headliners. During the week, when there are no concerts, the festival organises free events and activities for the local community.
- Date: 16–24 August
- Price: from £74.50
- Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
Dance the day away
Waterworks Festival is a day-long celebration of independent electronic music, held in Gunnersbury Park in West London and organised in collaboration with Percolate Music. A wide range of artists and sounds are featured across multiple stages, guaranteeing a day of dancing and fun. The 2025 edition features the likes of Onur Özer, Skee Mask, Mala, and John Talabot.
- Date: 13 September
- Price: from £30
- Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane, Hounslow
Loud and frantic
Psychobilly Freakout is a weekend gathering of fans of psychobilly, rockabilly, and associated genres, held at the New Cross Inn in South London. Lace up your Doc Martens, pull on your leather jacket, and head on over for three days of concerts, drinking, tongue-in-cheek horror, and general merrymaking with the likes of Mad Sin, Nekromantix, and more.
- Date: 31 October–2 November
- Price: from £75
- 323 New Cross Road
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Referential and exciting
Starting in 2021, hipster bible Pitchfork has been bringing an eclectic selection of some of the buzziest names in forward-thinking rock, pop, electronic and urban music to acclaimed venues such as Village Underground. Expect multiple days of indoor gigs and good vibes when the festival returns in 2025, with Oklou as the first confirmed act.
- Date: 4–8 November
- Price: varies
Annual cool cat gathering
Held annually in November, London Jazz Festival is the biggest pan-city music festival and has been bringing some of the most brilliant jazz minds in the world to the capital for more than three decades. The festival is held across a range of venues, from renowned jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott's to grand venues such as the Barbican, catering to fans of both classical jazz and its various spin-offs. The 2024 edition featured names such as ANOHNI, Jamie Cullum, and more.
- Date: 14–23 November
- Price: varies
Superstar level
Across multiple weekends each summer, BST Hyde Park brings some of the biggest icons in the world to the famous London park for massive all-day events in front of thousands of devoted fans. The 2025 line-up includes Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Jeff Lynne's ELO, and Zach Bryan as headliners. The programme is padded out with a host of support acts, ranging from established stars in their own right to promising local talent.
- Date: 27 June–13 July
- Price: varies
- Hyde Park
A summer staple
Somerset House is a prominent arts centre in a grand Georgian-era building, home to various organisations and professionals in the fields of arts and social innovation. Each summer, they put on a series of memorable gigs in their spectacular courtyard. The 2024 edition featured headliners such as Corinne Bailey Rae, The Amazons, Cory Henry, and Hania Rani.
- Date: 2025
- Price: varies
- Strand, Covent Garden
Go beyond K-pop
The annual K-Music Festival serves as a showcase of some of the most exciting contemporary music to come out of South Korea, highlighting boundary-pushing Korean artists and intriguing genre fusions. For its 11th edition in 2024, the festival put together an eclectic line-up featuring everything from a production of “Lear” to talented acts such as Black String, Heemoon Lee, and No-Noise, a new project by Lee Il-woo of Jambinai.
- Date: 2025
- Price: varies
A taste of the promising future
The First Fifty serves as an introduction or better yet, a teaser, for The Great Escape, an acclaimed showcase festival that's held in Brighton the following spring. In autumn each year, The Great Escape brings the first fifty acts to be announced for its line-up to East London for one day, playing a host of shows across various venues in the area. Due to the timings, it's impossible to catch all of the acts, but if you're looking for some exciting new tunes and a shot of summer festival vibes during the gloomy season, The First Fifty is a great choice.
- Date: 2025
- Price: varies