Pitchfork Music Festival London has unveiled a second wave of names for its sixth edition, which runs across the capital from Monday 2 to Sunday 8 November 2026. New additions include DIIV, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Thaiboy Digital, Robert Lester Folsom, Nirosta Steel, Sarah Meth and Sex Mask, with several previously announced shows also expanded.
The latest names join an already wide first announcement led by The Avalanches & Friends, Tortoise, Jacob Alon, ear, Hania Rani, Noname, aja monet, Actress, The Radio Dept., Lido Pimienta, Los Thuthanaka, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Mandy, Indiana and Olof Dreijer. As with previous years, the festival is a run of individually ticketed shows rather than a single site, taking over independent venues including Roundhouse, ICA, Village Underground, MOTH Club, The Cause, KOKO, Hackney Church and Royal Festival Hall.
DIIV join the Dalston Takeover on Saturday 7 November, completing a bill already led by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Mandy, Indiana and Working Men’s Club. Sarah Meth and Sex Mask are also new to the multi-venue event. Wristbands cover EartH Hall, EartH Theatre, The Shacklewell Arms, The Victoria, Café Oto and St Matthias Church, with collection from 4pm at EartH Kitchen and doors at 5pm. All Dalston Takeover venues are 18+.
The full Dalston Takeover A to Z, with new names included, is:
- 60 juno
- bloodsports
- cootie catcher
- DIIV
- Flawed Mangoes
- Freak Slug
- Hiding Places
- ideasforconversations
- lots of hands
- Mandy, Indiana
- Maria BC
- Midwife
- MX Lonely
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Robber Robber
- Sarah Meth
- SELL EVERYTHING
- Sex Mask
- sundots
- Superfan
- Swapmeet
- TURNSPIT
- Victoryland
- Working Men’s Club
Elsewhere on Saturday 7 November, Drain Gang-connected rapper Thaiboy Digital headlines a standalone show at Village Underground. Scottish-born Steven Hall, recording as Nirosta Steel, headlines ICA the same night, performing his double LP My Skyscraper. The album, released on 29 June via ULYSSA, draws on recordings made between 1984 and 2025 and moves through disco, folk and synth-pop. Hall, who grew up in Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow, worked closely with Arthur Russell in New York, and the record includes previously unheard co-writes and accompaniment from the late composer.
On Friday 6 November, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom join The Avalanches at Roundhouse, with Arushi Jain also added for a DJ set. The current Roundhouse bill also lists Debit, Hekt and SHEE alongside The Avalanches. Pitchfork’s own write-up of the announcement additionally names Bassvictim & Friends at Troxy on the same night.
Thursday 5 November brings an intimate ICA bill headed by cult American songwriter Robert Lester Folsom, with Star Moles and Sean Solomon. ear’s sold-out takeover of The Cause the same evening adds Charlie Osborne and Ship Sket. The official programme lists the show as Charlie Osbourne and Ship Sket.
Wednesday 4 November sees MGNA Crrrta and daine’s show upgraded to Village Underground, with Touching Ice added. The festival site still lists that date at Oslo Hackney in one place and Village Underground in the announcement, so it is worth checking the ticket page before travelling. Pitchfork London Selects also completes a week-long residency at MOTH Club with a new Wednesday showcase of Rockie Rode, The Healing Power of Horses and Any Young Mechanic.
The wider week already includes Horse Jumper of Love at MOTH Club on Monday 2 November, The Radio Dept. with Ana Roxanne at KOKO on Tuesday 3 November, Tortoise at Hackney Church and Jacob Alon at Hackney Empire on Wednesday, Actress at EartH Theatre and Lido Pimienta at Village Underground on Thursday, Olof Dreijer at ICA on Friday, Noname at Roundhouse on Saturday, and Hania Rani at Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 8 November. Los Thuthanaka, who played the ICA during last year’s edition, return for an in-the-round show.
Tickets for each event are sold separately via pitchforkmusicfestival.co.uk. General sale for the newly announced events goes live on Wednesday 5 August at 10am. A playlist of this year’s artists is available via the festival’s announcement, with further updates on Instagram and at @pitchfork.
The London series launched in November 2021 and is presented in partnership between FORM and Pitchfork. Last year’s fifth edition, from 4 to 8 November 2025, closed with names including Two Shell, Mechatok and The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, alongside King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Laurie Anderson, Oklou and Unwound. Previous editions have included a Dalston Takeover, Roundhouse headline nights and one-off shows from the likes of Weyes Blood, Yaeji, Stereolab, Courtney Barnett and Ezra Collective, with the festival welcoming more than 20,000 people a year.
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