WE OUT HERE ANNOUNCES THIRD WAVE OF 2026 LINE-UP
We Out Here Festival today unveils the third-wave of artists for its 2026 edition. The newly-announced acts cover every corner of the WOH ecosystem - legendary and rising, local and worldwide - honouring the scenes and communities that carry it forward. Artists announced today include multiple GRAMMY-Award winning virtuoso bassist-singer, Thundercat, around the release of his new album ‘Distracted’, as well as prolific multi-instrumentalist and legend of UK Garage, Peven Everett.
Also announced today, the 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, jazz-fusion duo ZENA, alongside, Audrey Powne, Barney Keen, CJP Band, Klash and Brown, Kotoa, Knats, Olive Jones, Plumm, Setwun, Shackleton, Steam Down, Tom Skinner, Alex Rita & Errol, Daddy G and Trojan Soundsystem.
Gilles Peterson’s award-winning festival enters its seventh year, continuing to celebrate the joy of collective musical discovery. This year’s lineup introduces a fresh cluster of artists from within the communities at its heart, inviting audiences to honour foundational legends alongside fresh voices who together continue to push their scenes forward. We Out Here 2026 follows its biggest year yet in 2025; their 5th sold out festival in a row, with 2026 currently on course to sell out in record time.
Set against the backdrop of the idyllic Dorset countryside, 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.
Festival tickets are available from weoutherefestival.com/tickets
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.
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