WE OUT HERE 2026 SOLD OUT

We Out Here Festival 2026 today announces it has sold out of all weekend and day tickets for this year’s festival, selling out for the 6th year in a row, and earlier than ever before. The seventh edition of We Out Here is the festival’s biggest to date, kicking off Thursday 20th August in Dorset, running throughout the weekend.

While all weekend and day tickets are now sold out, Children and Baby Tickets, accommodation, travel and on-site activities including Hot Tubs, Paddle Boarding, Saunas and the on-site dining experience On Rotation (subject to availability) will still be available for ticket holders to book along with all other extras such as parking and shuttles within their Kaboodle Accounts.

We Out Here will also be announcing an Official Resale in partnership with Kaboodle and all information will be available on their website and sent out to ticket holders over the coming days. Those still interested in purchasing tickets will be able to sign up to be first to access the resale next week ahead of its launch at the end of May.

Gilles Peterson’s award-winning festival returns in 2026 for its 7th edition, platforming genre pioneers alongside the best in emerging talent spanning the realms of jazz, soul, hip-hop, electronica and more. Set against the backdrop of the idyllic Dorset countryside, this year’s event is shaping up to be unmissable.

Festival-goers can expect to see legendary Brazilian composer, singer, and producer Arthur Verocai with Nu Civilisation Orchestra, multiple GRAMMY-Award winning virtuoso bassist-singer Thundercat, around the release of his new album Distracted, the father of Ethio-Jazz and the ‘Swinging Addis’ era Mulutu Astake, Anglo-French avant-pop group Stereolab, UK Garage pioneer and prolific multi-instrumentalist Peven Everett, iconic jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz, who headlined the festival’s inaugural year, Mercury Prize and BRIT nominated south-London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, acclaimed MOBO-winning composer and saxophonist Shabaka, legendary jazz-rap trio Digable Planets, UK hip-hop stand-out Kofi Stone and Dave Okumu Presents ‘DVTN: A Prayer For D’Angelo’ - a special tribute to the late neo soul legend, performed by the revered Austro-British musician and his community of collaborators. 

Further names include Speakers Corner Quartet, who will bring a special interpretation of the music of cult composer, producer, musician and queer icon Arthur Russell, Jamaican dub innovator Scientist, boundary pushing Zambian artist Sampa The Great, Little Dragon frontwoman Yukimi, acclaimed New York rapper MIKE, 90’s drum & bass pioneer Adam F, Mercury Prize shortlisted jazz project corto.alto, London R&B vocalist Yazmin Lacey, boundary-pushing New York producer and singer James K, UK soulstress Bel Cobain, Hackney-raised rapper-poet-producer John Glacier, celebrated electronic producer Blawan, iconic dub-reggae Channel One, the DJ alter-ego of one of the UK’s most prominent neo-soul singers Greentea Selecta, experimental producer-DJ duo Ivy Lab, kaleidoscopic multi-hypenate James Alexander Bright, rising genre-blurrer Liim, UK jazz-funk-soul fuser Oscar Jerome, nu-jazz singer-songwriter-producer MADELEINE, up-and-comer from NYC’s rap scene SALIMATA, and jazz-fusion duo ZENA. 

Elsewhere, there’s DJ sets from luminary DJ-producer Calibre, WorldwideFM and NTS resident Coco Maria, renowned musical curator Colleen Cosmo Murphy, 6 Music presenter and DJ Jamz Supernova, revered duo K-Lone & Facta, Brooklyn-legend Kenny Dope, festival regular Mr Scruff, trip hop and downtempo pioneer Nightmares On Wax, lauded London selector Shy One, UK garage legend Wookie, dub royalty Iration Steppas & many more. 

The programme is carefully curated to celebrate left-field culture across 15 unique stages over the weekend. From the large open-air forest dance floors to small and intimate homemade sound systems; there’s truly something for everyone! We Out Here line ups are a love letter to phenomenal music and the scenes that nurture it, programmed with consideration and passion. Pockets of music lovers from all over the UK gather together for a weekend of connection,  collective joy and musical discovery. 

Enveloped by towering trees, the We Out Here site offers their positive and passionate community a unique opportunity to switch off from the outside world and fully immerse in what’s become We Out Here’s trademark offering: outstanding live music, some of the best record collections in the world, high-end sound and production, family, wellness and cultural activities. We Out Here continues to nurture a space for collective joy, connection and musical discovery - a worldwide family gathering not to be missed.

With nearly 4 months to go, We Out Here still have more to share - from DJs to our wider programme to the full run down of WOH Radio - there are many more announcements on the way.

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We Out Here

Having taken their name from the 2018 Brownswood compilation; a calling card for London’s bright-burning young jazz scene, We Out Here Festival sees integral members of the movement alongside legendary icons, genre-spanning DJs and young improvisers alike for four days of music in one of the UK’s most beautiful, landscaped festival sites. Joining the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond, We Out Here showcases both outstanding live music and some of the best record collections in the world. They also place an emphasis on high quality food and drink offerings, arts and cultural offerings, crisp sound and production, family activities and wellness: all to compliment quality-led musical curation. 

Gilles Peterson 

Best known as a radio presenter on Saturday afternoons on BBC 6 Music and as an international club DJ, Gilles Peterson is also an avid record collector, a curator, a music producer and record label boss. Every year he puts on three large events – the Worldwide Awards in London which are his annual showcase of that year’s best music, and the Worldwide Festival which has expanded to two editions – one in south of France in July and one in Switzerland in March. He also presents a syndicated weekly radio show that is broadcast all over the globe, from Shanghai and Sydney to France and Germany.