GALA Festival 2026 has fired the opening shot in a busy run of line-up news. South London’s favourite independent day festival is joined by two more names worth circling: Australia’s Pitch Music & Arts and Westival, which takes over a stretch of the Welsh coast. Here’s the rundown.
GALA Festival 2026: Peckham Rye, 22–24 May
Fresh from its 10th anniversary, GALA heads back to Peckham Rye Park over the late May bank holiday weekend. The first wave reads like a love letter to dancers. It opens with a three-way Palms Trax, Antal and Hunee B2B2B, followed by Job Jobse, Peach & Prosumer, Moxie, Bakey, Chaos In The CBD, Beatrice M., Introspekt, Call Super and Mala. House legend Lil Louis, CC:DISCO!, a live set from Steffi & Virginia and Main Phase with Christian AB round things out. Peach is also bringing her Dreamland party to The Pleasure Dome, its first time at a festival.
Pitch Music & Arts: ninth edition in the Grampians
In Victoria, Pitch returns for its ninth edition from 6–10 March 2026. It’s set on the Grampian Plains beneath Gariwerd in Moyston over the Labour Day long weekend. Techno heavyweight Charlotte de Witte leads a deep bill alongside Eris Drew & Octo Octa, Sama’ Abdulhadi, DJ Nobu, Âme, Job Jobse, Palms Trax, DjRUM, Pangaea, Special Request, Dee Diggs, MARRØN and Girls Don’t Sync. Local artists including Bailey Ibbs, Bitter Babe and OK Williams are also on the bill. Organisers are calling this edition a “new era”, and the Pitch Black stage is getting a redesign.
Westival: Pembrokeshire’s biggest bill yet
Westival returns to Shipping Hill Farm near Tenby on the Pembrokeshire coast from 2–5 July 2026, with what it calls its biggest line-up yet. Drum & bass royalty Shy FX headlines, joined by Ms Dynamite, High Contrast, 4am Kru and Antony Szmierek. The club side is stacked too, with Dr Banana, Dan Shake, Anish Kumar, RIRIA, MiNNA, Yung Singh, Crazy P and Soul Mass Transit System, plus live sets from The Allergies and The Blims. Away from the music, the boutique festival is also expanding its wellness area, Camp Restival.
Names on repeat
Spot the overlap: Palms Trax, Job Jobse and CC:DISCO! all play both GALA and Pitch. If you plan your festival year around DJs rather than headliners, those are the names to follow.
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