Pitchfork Festival London 2026: Six Must-See Gigs Picked

Time Out London has published its guide to the six most essential performances at Pitchfork Festival London 2026. Now in its sixth year, the event runs from 2 to 8 November across 14 venues — largely, but not exclusively, in east London — including Café OTO, EartH, the Roundhouse, Royal Festival Hall, Hackney Empire, KOKO, Oslo Hackney, Moth Club, ICA, Village Underground, St Matthias Church, The Cause, Hackney Church and The Victoria.

Time Out's picks are: Noname at Heaven on 7 November, a special 'ten years of Telefone' set with support from Georgia Anne Muldrow, Cleo Reed and Kaicrewsade (from £43); Actress at EartH Theatre on 5 November, an audio-visual presentation of his album 'Radical Frame,' with support from KMRU and Joy Guidry (from £32); Los Thuthanaka at EartH Hall on 5 November, an intimate in-the-round show by the sibling duo; Jacob Alon at Hackney Empire on 4 November — the first Pitchfork gig at that venue — with Alon's debut album having won a BRIT Award and earned nominations for both the Mercury Prize and Scottish Album of the Year, with support from Paulie Swan (from £38); Lido Pimienta at Village Underground, performing as the winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize (from £30); and the Dalston Takeover on 7 November, a multi-venue afternoon-to-night event headlined by DIIV, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Mandy, Indiana and Working Men's Club (from £47).