London is set to host a variety of music festivals in 2025, from jazz to dance music. Find out which festivals to attend this summer!
The Best London Music Festivals
The summer of music is finally here, with a whole crop of London music festivals on the agenda. This year, the capital is rich with outdoor musical excitement, with beloved favourites and enticing new arrivals scheduled to bring international talent to the city. Spanning every genre, these top festivals promise to draw big crowds, meaning you’ll want to nab your tickets sooner rather than later. Here, we round-up the best music festivals in London this summer that you won’t want to miss.
All Points East
One of London’s most popular music festivals for 2025 returns in full force with four days of top music acts. Spread across two weekends and held in Victoria Park, All Points East 2025 will host an incredible line-up, with Chase and Status, Barry Can’t Swim, Raye and The Maccabees each headlining their own day. Tyla, Shygirl, Bombay Bicycle Club and more are also scheduled to take to the stage, guaranteed to have you jumping and dancing throughout the day. allpointseastfestival.com
Desire Lines
One of the best new music festivals in London for 2025, Desire Lines was founded by the people behind Brainchild and is set to be a day-long music extravaganza in South East London. Held at the Shipwright, a sprawling venue by the river, the multi-arts event features a jam-packed programme of live music, homegrown London DJs, theatre/performance works, talks and conversations and art installations. Designed to celebrate the local community, there’ll also be a marketplace for DIY art, zines and activism, as well as food and drink from a range of SE London independents. theshipwright.co.uk
As One in the Park
As One in the Park is a one-day festival celebrating all things LGBTQ+, with five stages covering a range of different genres. Big names on the line-up include DJ Fat Tony, Bimini and Melvo Baptiste, and there’ll also be plenty of cabaret, drag artists, comedy and dancers strutting their stuff throughout the day. It’s guaranteed to be one of the most joyful music festivals in London this summer. asoneinthepark.co.uk
Junction 2
Junction 2, one of London’s biggest dance music festivals, is back for another year at Boston Manor Park, bringing together a stellar roster of household names along with rising stars to look out for. On the line-up you’ll find tech and electro powerhouses including deadmau5, Christian Löffler and Soulwax, alongside selected up and comers. You’ll want to go just so you can name-drop the next big names on the scene to anyone who didn’t score a ticket. junction2.london
Jamie Jones Presents Paradise in the City
World-renowned Welsh DJ Jamie Jones is bringing his famed Paradise brand to London for the first time ever, as a brand-new full-scale, four-stage festival. Paradise in the City promises to feature the very best techno and house DJs, all hand-picked by Jamie himself, as well as state-of-the-art production handled by London’s biggest underground event organisers, LWE. If you can’t make it to a super-club in Ibiza this summer, this might just be the next best thing. paradiseinthecity.co.uk
Jazz Café Festival
The Jazz Café Festival returns to Camberwell’s Burgess Park with a show-stopping line-up that includes headliner American singer and saxophonist Masego, in what will be his only show in London this summer. He’ll be joined by some of the best UK-based jazz, RnB and hip-hop talent around, including Lex Amor, Brighter Days Live, Skiifall, Raf Saperra, James Massiah and Zino Vinci. thejazzcafe.com
Body Movements Festival
Still haven’t planned how to spend the August bank holiday weekend? Well, the Sunday is now covered thanks to Body Movements Festival, which is returning to Southwark Park for another day-long celebration of London’s queer nightlife. The crème de la crème of the capital’s LGBTQ+ party scene will be taking to the stage, including Mura Masa, Coucou Chloe, Ceechynaa and Cakes da Killa, for an event that’s set to keep the Pride joy flowing well into August. bodymovements.co.uk
Waterworks Festival
Organised by the people behind Percolate and Love International festival in Croatia, this one-day electronic music festival is returning to Acton’s Gunnersbury Park for its fifth edition and is set to be one of the most fun ways to see off the summer. Set across seven stages, you’ll find every genre of dance music on the programme, with sets and performances from the likes of Daisy Moon, Two Shell and Max Cooper. waterworksfestival.co.uk
Jazz on Wick
Another brand-new London music festival for 2025, Jazz on Wick has been created by the teams behind Brainchild Festival, Colour Factory, Orii Community and Voices Radio, so you know it’s going to be well worth checking out. Tacking place across a range of different venues in Hackney Wick, the one-day festival is set to offer up a “cross-genre celebration of jazz and the communities that make it”, featuring performances from the likes of neo-soul singer BINA. and Peruvian multi-instrumentalist Allexa Nava. jazzonwick.co.uk
Published on 28 July 2025 by UKFG
