Four Weeks to Go Until the Sold-Out 10th Anniversary of Love Trails Festival
Today marks four weeks to go until Love Trails Festival powered by Garmin returns for its 10th and most ambitious edition to date. With tickets now sold out, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the world’s first running and music festival.
Taking place on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, from 2-6 July 2026, Love Trails has spent the past decade growing from a grassroots coastal gathering into one of the UK’s most distinctive summer festival experiences, bringing together trail running and hiking, live music and DJs, outdoor adventure, wellbeing and community in one destination setting.
This year, Love Trails deepens every side of the festival experience, from bigger after-dark production and new live performances, to its largest ever gathering of run and hike communities, expanded movement programming, fresh outdoor adventures and a stronger family offer.
Music
Love Trails’ 10th anniversary music programme brings together one of its most eclectic line-ups yet, spanning electronic, soul, jazz, afrobeat, indie and live performance. This year’s bill features nimino, Mr Scruff, Nubiyan Twist, Joshua Idehen, Falle Nioke Soundsystem, Oby Onyioha, Anaïs & MC Texas, The Joy Formidable, 1-800 GIRLS and more, creating a soundtrack that reflects the festival’s unique mix of movement, culture and late-night energy.
Running
Running remains at the heart of Love Trails, with more than 50 run and hike communities joining the 2026 programme, making it the biggest gathering of its kind in Europe. Headline moments include the return of Andre Coggins and Mafia Moves, Birmingham crew Made Running, Josh Lynott’s run-to-poetry experiences, Becky Briggs, RUN-N-RAVE, The Five Points Project and Raziq Rauf’s run-to-creative-writing sessions. The race programme also returns in full, from the Garmin 5km and 10km to the Love Trails 16km, Salomon 27km and Ultra-Trail Gower Peninsula®, alongside the launch of Timed Out™, a new immersive race concept built around atmosphere, interaction and culture.
Adventure
Beyond the trails, Love Trails continues to make the most of its Gower setting with a wide-ranging outdoor adventure programme. Festivalgoers can take part in coasteering, rock climbing, sea kayaking, surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, foraging and birdwatching, with new sessions at Cwm Ivy marsh offering another way to connect with the peninsula’s landscape and wildlife. It adds another layer to the weekend, giving festivalgoers more ways to explore Love Trails at their own pace, whether through challenge, discovery or simply being outdoors.
If you would like to come and experience Love Trails 2026, press accreditation is still available and can be applied for here.