First Names Announced for GALA Festival 2026

The first announcement of performers for GALA Festival 2026 has been made.

You are welcome to join them for three amazing days of music and experiences across the Bank Holiday weekend, 22-24 May.

• Friday: Feel the Beat – Start your weekend with a bang.
• Saturday: Full Throttle – Peak festival time, full of energy and won’t let up.
• Sunday: Together at Last – Conclusion of your weekend connecting and celebrating with others.

Every Friday at Gala has a bass-heavy vibe, with Benji B heading up the mess that is Deviation in 2026. Also newly announced acts for this year include CASISDEAD, Giggs and Novelist, along with Or:La and Mala, and Charli XCX’s husband George Daniel. NTS is to curate a stage, as is Dirty Hit’s electronic label dh2 and HVYWGHT, who specialise in dubstep.

On Saturday, Peach is going to debut her new Dreamland project with a take over of the Pleasuredome. The line-up includes Saoirse, Call Super, Prosumer, Job Jobse and Steffi x Virginia. There will also be other take overs by the queer party starter Club Are and Berlin’s radio station Refuge Worldwide.

Sunday is going to go hard on disco/house music and the headliners will be Todd Terje, Seth Troxler, and Lil’ Louis with their DJ sets followed by a very rare b2b2b set from Hunee, Palms Trax and Antal, plus Gilles Peterson, CC:DISCO!, Moxie, and Chaos In The CBD who will bring their On Loop party to Gala.

Please be aware of the limited quantity of presale tickets that will go live Friday, 31 October, at 10am (UK-time). Presale ticket link will only be available for purchase if you are signed up at presale.thisisgala.co.uk. This is the only time presale ticket pricing is £50 and under for GALA ’26.

Hold Tight, start building the weekend.