Pitchfork Music Festival London — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–1 Nov 2026 (1 day)

Location

London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom

Sound

Various

Tickets

€59 · 1 tier tracked

Line-up announced

11 artists so far

The story

Pitchfork Music Festival London is a week-long event taking place from November 2nd through 8th across multiple venues in London, United Kingdom. The festival features a diverse lineup, with artists such as Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Thaiboy Digital, DIIV, and others. The complete lineup is yet to be announced, with various events planned throughout the week.

Pitchfork Music Festival London is a various festival at London, United Kingdom in London, United Kingdom. The November 2026 edition runs 1–1 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Los Thuthanaka, Ship Sket, Tortoise, ear, DIIV, keiyaA, Arusha Jain and Charlie Osborne and 3 more.

Everything happens at London, United Kingdom, in London. London is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Pitchfork Music Festival London keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in London are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Multiple venues across the UK capital
• Takes place from November 2nd to 8th, 2026
• Includes a Dalston Takeover event on November 7th
• Tickets available for one wristband access to six venues

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Pitchfork Music Festival London works out at roughly €211 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 28% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is bus · 6h 28m each way, at €48 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Pitchfork Music Festival London are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Pitchfork Music Festival London on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Sunday 1 November

  Los Thuthanaka, Ship Sket, Tortoise, ear, DIIV, keiyaA, Arusha Jain, Charlie Osborne, Olof Dreijer, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Thaiboy Digital

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  1–1 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Los Thuthanaka, Ship Sket, Tortoise

• 2024

  1–1 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Ship Sket, Tortoise, ear

• 2023

  1–1 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Tortoise, ear, DIIV

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is London, United Kingdom, in London.
• Book a bed in London early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus6h 28m · €48
• car5h 18m · €104
• train4h 3m · €125