Festival line-ups you might have missed: RALLY, Outwards, Piano People

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

Blawan, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, and EsDeeKid on line-up for All Points East's Outbreak Fest

Returning to Victoria Park on August 23, Outbreak Festival has shared its 2026 line-up, including electronic acts Blawan, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, and EsDeeKid.

While last year’s event had placed Outbreak as part of the Lido Festival programme, 2026 will see the festival join All Points East, with Amyl and the Sniffers, Interpol, IDLES, JPEGMAFIA, AFI, and more set to join headliners Deftones.

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London’s RALLY announces full 2026 line-up

RALLY Festival is back at Southwark Park in South London this summer on August 29. 

Blood Orange is set to headline, with the bill also featuring a live band show from Daniel Avery, a UK debut for Priori and Patrick Holland’s Jump Source project, Smerz, james K, keiyaA, Roman Flügel, Optimo, Parris, DJ Voices, Ciel B2B Paquita Gordon, and more.

The theme for 2026 is Make Your Reality, described as a call to “actively build and sustain the spaces we want to see thrive.”

“In a moment defined by nostalgia and digital saturation, RALLY focuses on what can be created next: realities formed in real time on dancefloors, in shared space and through the communities that give music its meaning,” explains the RALLY team, stating that more details will be announced in the coming months.

Pre-sale is live on February 27 with general sale on March 2.

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Piano People unveils second phase line-up for Lonodn’s High Lights Festival

As revealed last year, Piano People is presenting Scorpion Kings as headliners at High Lights Festival in Barking Park on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 24, this year.

The all-conquering pairing of DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small is topping the bill, which also features Sam Deep, Tyler ICU, Leehleza, Thee Buhle so far. 

The full line-up is being revealed across three phases, with the second phase now adding Juls. Shakes & Les, Thatohatsi & Tracy and Uncool MC.

More ampiano excellence is to be announced, as well as styles spanning Afro House, gqom and Afrotech, with the festival promising “next-level sound and stage design.”

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Lisbon’s Parallel Society finalises line-up with DJ Stingray, Gayance & more

Lisbon-based music and culture festival Parallel Society has revealed the full line-up for this year’s edition, set to take place in the city’s Marvila neighbourhood from March 6 - 7.

Those set to appear this year include DJ Stingray 313, Los Bitchos, Gayance, Gilles Peterson, Kode9, Calibre, Moses Boyd, and more, celebrating live experimental music, technology, and “music for the digital age”.

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Dublin festival Forbidden Fruit reveals first wave line-up for 2026

Forbidden Fruit festival is set to return to the Irish capital this spring, taking place from May 30 - 31 at Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin’s city centre.

Across the festival’s five stages, the likes of KETTAMA, Nia Archives, KAYTRANADA, horsegriirL, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, and Interplanetary Criminal will all make appearances.

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We Love Green adds Soulwax, Lancey Foux, and more to 15th anniversary line-up

Returning to Bois de Vincennes, Paris, for its 15th edition from June 5 to 7, We Love Green has added a selection of new names to its 2026 line-up, including Soulwax, Lancey Foux, Role Model, BBTrickz, and LUVCAT. 

The new names join already-announced acts including headliners Gorillaz and Addison Rae, and  The xx, Hayley Williams, Oklou, Honey Dijon, Overmono, and many more. 

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New Manchester festival Outwards locks in Orbital, Midland, and Josey Rebelle for inaugural line-up 

Set to host its inaugural edition on May 2, new Manchester day festival Outwards has shared the first run of artists set to appear at the 5,000-capacity festival across five outdoor spaces in Ardwick. 

Acts scheduled to appear at the festival so far  Orbital, Moodymann b2b Carl Craig, The Orb, Octave One, Paranoid London, Midland, OK Williams, Pearson Sound, DJ Pierre, Black Grape, A Certain Ratio, and many more. 

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