DANCE MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE UK 2026
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Dance music festivals in the UK 2026

UK dance music festivals in 2026 run from late spring through to September across 25 events. Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters and Lytham Festival carry the large-scale summer crowd. Lovebox, Mighty Hoopla and BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend anchor the London and city end of the calendar. Sundown Festival runs in Norfolk in late August. The Forest Live series extends the season across woodland stages into June and July. Filter by month, region and size to find the weekend that fits.

Dance is the broadest genre tag in the Fezzy dataset - it catches everything from Boomtown's multi-stage world to forest circuit raves. Use the genre sub-filter to narrow to house, drum and bass or electronic if you know what you are after.

25 festivalsMay to September 2026Biggest: Boomtown (70,000 cap)Electronic · Pop · Dance · Indie
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Featured
12-16 Aug

Boomtown

Winchester
Featured70,000 cap

Boomtown Chapter Five returns to Matterley Estate, Hampshire, 12-16 August 2026. Headlined by Skrillex, Four Tet, Faithless, Madn...

Immersive city / multi-genreElectronic
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Featured
5-9 Aug

Boardmasters

Newquay
Featured58,000 cap

Fatboy Slim, Kasabian & Lily Allen headlined Boardmasters 2026. Five days of music, surf and action sports at Watergate Bay, Corn...

Surf & musicDance👨‍👩‍👧
Tickets
Featured
1-5 Jul

Lytham Festival

Lytham
Featured25,000 cap

Lytham Festival presents five days of incredible music featuring internationally acclaimed artists across multiple genres. From T...

Multi-genre concertsR&B
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4-7 Jun

Forbidden Forest

Grantham
Festival22,000 cap

A magical place where music lovers unite to celebrate dance, nature and electronic music in the stunning grounds of Belvoir Castl...

Electronic/DanceVarious dance music genres
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6-9 Aug

Back2 Festival

East Midlands
Festival12,000 cap

Back 2 Festival 2026 lineup: East 17, Vengaboys, 911, Boyzlife, Basshunter + more. 10th and final edition - permanently ended. 6-...

pop, dance, club classics
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27-30 Aug

Greenbelt Festival

Kettering
Festival11,000 cap

Arrested Development, The Proclaimers & Charlotte Church headline. Arts, faith and justice festival at Kettering, 27-30 Aug 2026.

arts, music, faith & ideasMusic👨‍👩‍👧
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21-24 May

Shindig Festival

South West
Festival10,000 cap

Charlton Park, Wiltshire

Funkdance
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5-5 Sept

Love to Be

Scarborough
Festival6,000 cap

Love to Be Festival 2026 lineup: Claptone, Sam Divine, David Penn, Todd Terry, Gok Wan and more. One-day house music festival (12...

Classic house musicElectronic Dance Music
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Hidden Gem
28-30 Aug

Maui Waui Festival

Unknown
Hidden gem5,000 cap

A colourful world, circus and roots weekender in the Suffolk countryside with quirky stages and late night cabaret.

Eclectic world / circus / rootsElectronic👨‍👩‍👧
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12 Jun - 1 Jul

Belsonic

Belfast
Festival

Belsonic is a series of major standalone concerts staged at Ormeau Park in Belfast each summer, bringing international headline a...

MixedRock
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30-30 Aug

Proper Fest

Clacton-on-Sea
Festival

Ratpack, Slipmatt and Shades Of Rhythm headline Essex's one-day rave across 7 stages, celebrating late 80s, 90s and 00s dance mus...

Multi-stage danceHouse
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17-19 Jul

Sunset Groove Festival

Crowle
Festival

A 3-day camping festival in the Lincolnshire countryside featuring house and techno music across multiple stages.

ElectronicHouse👨‍👩‍👧
Tickets
Featured
Featured40,000 cap

Multi-genre pop, dance and rock festival at Old Park Farm in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales; May 22-24 with comedy, circus, workshops...

Multi-genre (pop / dance / rock)dance
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2-4 Sept

Sundown Festival

Norwich
Featured40,000 cap

Norwich dance and pop festival. Skipped 2025 (refunds issued). 2026 status unconfirmed - official website offline and no headline...

Mainstream pop & dance music
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27-27 Jun

51st State

Enfield
Festival

51st State Festival 2026 (Riverside Sessions) took place 27 Jun 2026 at Eutopia Warehouse, Barking, with David Morales, Todd Edwa...

Housegarage
Tickets
22-24 May

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

Sunderland
Festival

Olivia Dean, Fatboy Slim, Niall Horan & FISHER headlined 2026 in Sunderland. Radio 1's annual touring festival with 100+ artists.

Popdance
Tickets
16-19 Jul

Beat-Herder

Clitheroe
Festival

Faithless, Sigma and Wilkinson headline four days in Beat-Herder's hand-built Lancashire site, with hidden venues from a working...

Electronicdance👨‍👩‍👧
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Festival

Forest Live brings a week of open-air concerts to Birches Valley in Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire. The 2026 shows ran from...

MixedPop
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Festival

Forest Live stages open-air concerts in the natural amphitheatre at Delamere Forest, near Northwich, Cheshire. The 2026 shows ran...

MixedIndie
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Festival

Forest Live returns to High Lodge in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, for a week of open-air concerts among the trees. The 2026 shows ra...

MixedPop
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Festival

Forest Live hosts open-air concerts among the trees at Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The 2026 shows ran fr...

MixedDance
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22-24 May

GALA

London
Festival

GALA is an 18-plus dance and DJ-led festival held in Peckham Rye Park in south London over the May bank holiday weekend, pairing...

HouseDance
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31-31 Aug

LIDO Festival

London
Festival

LIDO Festival is an artist led music event on Victoria Park's Lido Field in London, now in its second year, where each headliner...

ElectronicDance
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29-30 May

Lovebox Festival

Margate
Festival

Lovebox returned in 2026 after a seven-year hiatus, relocating from its original London home to Dreamland amusement park in Marga...

DanceElectronic
Tickets
30-31 May

Mighty Hoopla

London
Festival

Lily Allen, Scissor Sisters, JLS & Jessie J headlined 2026. Europe's largest LGBTQ+ pop music festival at Brockwell Park.

Popdance
Tickets

Dance music festivals in the UK month by month

September

1 festival
5-5 SeptLove to BeScarborough · Classic house music

May

6 festivals · already run for 2026
21-24 MayShindig FestivalSouth West · Funk
22-24 MayBBC Radio 1's Big WeekendSunderland · Pop
22-24 MayGALALondon · House
22-24 MayIn It Together FestivalWales · Multi-genre (pop / dance / rock)
29-30 MayLovebox FestivalMargate · Dance
30-31 MayMighty HooplaLondon · Pop

June

6 festivals · already run for 2026
4-7 JunForbidden ForestGrantham · Electronic/Dance
12 Jun - 1 JulBelsonicBelfast · Mixed
17-21 JunForest Live - Delamere ForestNorthwich · Mixed
24-28 JunForest Live - Cannock Chase ForestRugeley · Mixed
24-28 JunForest Live - Westonbirt ArboretumTetbury · Mixed

July

3 festivals · already run for 2026
1-5 JulLytham FestivalLytham · Multi-genre concerts
16-19 JulBeat-HerderClitheroe · Electronic
17-19 JulSunset Groove FestivalCrowle · Electronic

August

9 festivals · already run for 2026
27-27 Jun51st StateEnfield · House
5-9 AugBoardmastersNewquay · Surf & music
6-9 AugBack2 FestivalEast Midlands · pop, dance, club classics
12-16 AugBoomtownWinchester · Immersive city / multi-genre
27-30 AugGreenbelt FestivalKettering · arts, music, faith & ideas
28-30 AugMaui Waui FestivalUnknown · Eclectic world / circus / roots
30-30 AugProper FestClacton-on-Sea · Multi-stage dance
31-31 AugLIDO FestivalLondon · Electronic
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FAQs

When are the next dance music festivals in the UK?

The 2026 season of dance music festivals in the UK has finished. 2027 dates are announced through autumn and winter, and this page updates as they land.

What is the biggest of the dance music festivals in the UK?

Boomtown is the biggest of the dance music festivals in the UK in our directory, with a capacity of around 70,000.

How many dance music festivals in the UK are happening in 2026?

Fezzy lists 25 dance music festivals in the UK for 2026, running May to September 2026. New events are added as they are announced.