GALA Festival is returning to Peckham Rye Park this May, and the 2026 edition arrives with a theme that feels deliberately timed: The Floor Is Ours.GALA Festival, Electronic Music, London Nightlife, Peckham, Festivals 2026, Dance Music, Benji B, Peach, Hunee, Palms Trax, Antal, Bank Holiday, London Events, Underground Music
The organisers have framed it as a call for community and creative ownership in dance culture, a direct response to the growing commercialisation of electronic music in the UK and beyond. At a moment when festival lineups are increasingly shaped by algorithm-friendly bookings and brand partnerships, it’s a statement worth taking seriously.
The three-day event runs across the late May bank holiday weekend, with a lineup that reflects the breadth of the London underground. Friday leans into bass and leftfield sounds, with Benji B and Or:la among those leading the charge. Saturday sees Peach debut her new Dreamland project, taking over the Pleasuredome stage, one of the most anticipated sets of the weekend. She’ll be joined by Call Super, Prosumer, Job Jobse, and Steffi x Virginia. Sunday wraps the weekend with a heavy lean into disco and house, headlined by a rare back-to-back-to-back from Hunee, Palms Trax, and Antal, alongside Chaos in the CBD and Moxie, who brings her On Loop party to the park.
GALA’s programming has always skewed toward selectors and labels rather than headline names, and this year is no different. That ethos, depth over profile, is arguably what The Floor Is Ours theme is built on.
The festival takes place at Peckham Rye Park, SE15, across the May bank holiday weekend.
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