GALA Festival

GALA Festival Independent South London festival nestled in Peckham Rye Park.

14/07/2026

Vital London DJ and B.A.D co-founder NIKS on what comes next, staying rooted, and the work it will take to sustain underground culture for the next ten years.

Part of an ongoing conversation about the people, communities and movements shaping music culture forward. Presented in collaboration with .

09/07/2026

Oh my gosh! Another dose of big-hearted bars from the Rye with one of the UK’s true originals.

D Double E talks crowd energy, giving people power and hearing the field sing it back.

Part of an ongoing conversation about the people, communities and movements shaping music culture forward. Presented in collaboration with .

06/07/2026

From teenage friends to torchbearers for the sound that shaped them.

Beloved NYC duo .nyc on community, history and the values that keep bringing you back to why you started.

Part of an ongoing conversation about the people, communities and movements shaping music culture forward. Presented in collaboration with .

Another roll of gold from Puglia’s finest .
14/06/2026

Another roll of gold from Puglia’s finest .

10/06/2026

D Double E, Musclecars and NIKS: from grime’s foundations to New York’s deep-rooted club lineage and London’s new wave of selectors.

Presented with , our new interview series celebrates the people moving music culture forward.

Rooted in the Johnnie Walker’s Keep Walking spirit of progress and creativity, each conversation explores the journeys, communities and movements shaping the sounds of today - and tomorrow.

Three candid conversations from the meadows of Peckham Rye. Coming soon.

Sun baked shoulders, silver on skin, bodies deep in the dance.Seb Gardner picks his 10 favourite photos from GALA ’26.
09/06/2026

Sun baked shoulders, silver on skin, bodies deep in the dance.

Seb Gardner picks his 10 favourite photos from GALA ’26.

How did the dancefloor feel from where you were standing?Our fifth annual wellbeing survey is now open. It’s a quick, an...
08/06/2026

How did the dancefloor feel from where you were standing?

Our fifth annual wellbeing survey is now open. It’s a quick, anonymous way to tell us what felt good, what needs work, and where we need to improve.

That includes welfare, access, queues at water points, atmosphere and anything else that shaped your weekend.

Written comments won’t be published; they’re there to help us listen, learn and do better.

Part of our ongoing Mutual Future work with , helping us keep building a safer dancefloor together.

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02/06/2026

Moxie & On Loop, London through and through, right at home on the Rye.

On Loop’s first GALA takeover, celebrating ten years of the label and party at the new Donna’s stage. A full-circle moment after Moxie first played the festival back in 2017, when we were just starting out in Brockwell Park.

A real highlight from the weekend. Until next time!

💦 GALA ‘26 on film by Part one.
31/05/2026

💦 GALA ‘26 on film by

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Deep thanks to everyone who joined us over the weekend. To the ones who come back year after year: we see you. And to th...
27/05/2026

Deep thanks to everyone who joined us over the weekend. To the ones who come back year after year: we see you. And to the ones who found us for the first time: welcome.

This big, beautiful, collective bloom. We’ll never get tired of seeing it come together like that: open, loose and in full joy.

It’s always a privilege to usher in a new season with you. And a reminder that the best of life often happens out here: in the shared spaces and on the floors that belong to all of us.

Eleven years deep and we’re just warming up.

To the rhythm of the Rye.

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Photo and video by .gardner

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