For peeps planning to sesh in the UK’s capital city this summer, get ready to rave like your life depends on it because we’re dropping the ultimate London EDM festival guide…
ELROW FESTIVAL
Prepare to be swept away in a whirlwind of excitement at elrow Town’s only UK event of the year. Set to bring over 200 performers and dozens of the best electronic DJs to nine stages across Parsloes Park. With trippy visuals, eccentric colours and elrow’s unusual costumed characters floating through the crowd, consider it the equivalent of an acid trip (without the melting faces in the mirror).
LINE UP – Patrick Topping, Gorgon City, Alisha, Hi-Lo & MORE
MAIDEN VOYAGE FESTIVAL
Festival goers know that stage hosts can make all the difference, and this year, Maiden Voyage wasn’t taking any chances. Prepare your eyes EDM fans, because what you’re about to read will be like music to your ears… Manning Maiden Voyage’s four stages will be hosted by Hör Berlin, Phonox, The Cause and Unfold. Do we need to say more?
LINEUP – SPFDJ, Interplanetary Criminal, DJ BORING, VTSS & MORE
CREAMFIELDS SOUTH FESTIVAL
We can’t talk about London EDM festivals without mentioning the iconic Creamfields. While their three-day-long South Edition is technically held outside of the capital, in Chelmsford’s Hylands Park, it’s well worth the 30 minute train journey, with it being one of the UK’s biggest electronic music events, bringing sets from the scenes most renowned DJs to multiple immersive stages.
LINEUP – Andy C, Darkzy, Fat Boy Slim, Hedex, Nina Kraviz, Calvin Harris, Patrick Topping, Flava D & MORE
WE ARE FSTVL
LINEUP – Dom Dolla, Skream, Amelie Lens, Brutalismus3000, Honey Dijon, I Hate Models, Interplanetary Criminal, Michael Bibi, Nathan Dawe, Patrick Topping.
WIDE AWAKE FESTIVAL
LINE UP – Daniel Avery, VTSS, Shygirl & MORE
FIELD DAY FESTIVAL
Brought to us by Broadwick live, the team with an endless roster of iconic London rave venues from Printworks to The Drumsheds, Field Day 2023 is set to showcase some of electronic music’s most revered artists. Returning to the idillic setting of Victoria Park, settle in for a day of sunshine and sounds.
LINEUP – LSDXOXO, Arca, MAFRO & MORE
JUNCTION 2 FESTIVAL
Moving on to a festival that’ll give you serious FOMO if you miss it – Junction 2. This music-packed weekend takes place from the 21st-22nd of July, bringing some of the industry’s most renowned techno, bass and house DJs, plus highly anticipated B2B sets to Boston Manor Park. With unique stages and intimate, immersive vibes, it’s the perfect place to rave to your ride-or-die artists by day or dance the night away to newly discovered sounds.
LINEUP – B.Love, Ben UFO, DJ Seinfeld, Jeff Mills, KETTAMA, Batu, Adiel, Nina Kraviz, Charlotte De Witte
BODY MOVEMENTS FESTIVAL
Uniting ravers through queer club culture and electronic music, BODY MOVEMENTS, the festival that took over Printworks a little over two months ago, is returning to London this July for its third summer edition. Set to take over sixteen of Hackney Wick’s industrial venues on Saturday the 29th, this instalment of BODY MOVEMENTS will once again unite an abundance of LGBTQI+ underground UK and European EDM collectives for a celebration of queer identity and dancing.
LINEUP – Boudica, Jungle Kitty, Queer Bruk, Rat Party, Technomate & MORE
EASTERN ELECTRICS
With humble roots as an underground warehouse party movement, hopping from venue to venue, this festival embodies the true ethos of rave culture and adventurism. For those dreaming of dancing the day away in a sunny field, Eastern Electrics’ supercharged spirit and revved-up vision for 2023, will transport you into a new decade of EDM events with their most daring show to date.
LINEUP – The Martinez Brothers, Marcel Dettmann, Heléna Star, ARTBAT & MORE