Festival line-ups you might have missed: Montreux Jazz Festival, Reading & Leeds, Boa Nova

Welcome to Mixmag’s round-up of festival line-ups you might have missed this week

Montreux Jazz Festival unveils 60th anniversary line-up with PinkPantheress, Moby and more

Lake Geneva’s picturesque Montreux Jazz Festival is returning from July 3 - 18 this summer, bringing with it a stacked selection of acts that promises to “bridge generations”.

The 60th edition will feature a slew of headline acts including PinkPantheress, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and Tyla, who feature on the bill alongside Loyle Carner, Moby, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Danny L Harle and many more across a whopping 16 days.

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Reading & Leeds add 60 new names including Rossi. and Skepta to 2026 bill

Reading & Leeds festivals have added 60 new names to their joint 2026 bill, with each festival taking place throughout August Bank Holiday weekend from August 27 - 30.

Adding to already announced headliners including Charli xcx and Chase & Status, R&L’s 2026 line-up now includes Max Dean b2b Luke Dean at Reading, Rossi., Mall Grab, Clara La San, and Skepta, who goes b2b with Prospa at Reading, and b2b with East End Dubs at Leeds.

For more info and tickets, click here for Reading and here for Leeds

Nia Archives to debut new live show at Boardmasters

Boardmasters has revealed the stage splits for its 2026 edition, which takes place across August 5 to 9 at Watergate Bay & Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall.

Nia Archives has joined the Saturday line-up, and will debut her new live show at the festival. 

Names already announced include Fatboy Slim, Rudimental, Joy Crookes, Rose Gray, Window Kid, Hamdi, Ewan McVicar, 4AM Kru, Goldie, Saint Ludo, and more.

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NTS will bring underground DJ line-up to WOMAD UK 2026

Music broadcaster NTS will bring a curated line-up of underground DJs to WOMAD UK for its 2026 festival, which will take place in Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire across July 23-26.

Among the global roster of artists expected to appear at the "World's Festival" in collaboration with NTS include Mexico's Coco María, Tanzania's DJ Travella, New York's Livwutang, and Brazil's Vhoor. 

“We’ve long respected WOMAD for its ability to unite a wide range of sounds you wouldn’t typically experience side by side," says NTS' head of music operations Gabi Bobrovizki. "The collaboration between NTS and WOMAD has allowed us to tap into this sensibility and platform artists we rarely have the opportunity to that is truly representative of music communities worldwide.“

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London's new Brazilian music festival, Boa Nova, shares debut line-up

Boa Nova, London's forthcoming music festival celebrating celebrating Brazilian genres, has shared the line-up for its debut event, which will take place in Leyton Jubilee Park on May 22. 

Coming from Columbo Group, the team behind Maiden Voyage Festival and Brixton's Phonox nightclub, the first edition of Boa Nova will welcome performances from DJ Patife, Mari Froes, Caio Prince, Bronka, Liniker, D.Vyzor, Th4ys and more, alongisde a "very special" unannounced guest. 

Find more info and tickets here.