Drumsheds Unveils Another Unmissable Season
Drumsheds has unveiled its full AW26 season, bringing together some of the most influential names, institutions and communities in club culture alongside a new generation shaping its future. The programme moves between landmark anniversaries, major London debuts, returning favourites and new collaborations, connecting decades of dancefloor history with the sounds, artists and communities defining club culture today.
The season opens on 19 September, as Defected London brings the label’s house music universe to all three rooms, with Armand Van Helden and Basement Jaxx among the stellar line-up. Steppers follows with a celebration of UK sounds and soundsystem culture, before Max Dean’s NEXUP returns following its sold-out Drumsheds debut, showcasing a new generation of house talent.
October sees the programme expand further, with EDM institution Don’t Let Daddy Know making its London debut featuring Ben Nicky, Dimitri Vegas, HALŌ, Krewella, Nicky Romero and more. On 10 October Bugged Out! brings more than three decades of dancefloor history to Drumsheds with a lineup that nods to early 00s music culture including 2manydjs, The Avalanches Dave Clarke, Erol Alkan, Étienne de Crécy, Felix Da Housecat, Kittin & The Hacker, LEFTFIELD, Simian Mobile Disco and more.
The launch of new event series from Spotify, DIA/LOG, sees Skream & Benga curating a journey through the past, present and future of dubstep and UK bass, bringing originators including Plastician and D Double E together with a new generation pushing the sound forward. Terminal V brings the harder edges of contemporary techno to Drumsheds, while False Idols returns with its distinctive collision of queer nightlife, live performance and electronic music, led by Kim Petras and COBRAH.
Closing out October, elrow’s Horroween Festival transforms Drumsheds for Halloween, bringing the Spanish brand’s trademark immersive production, performers and dancefloor spectacle together with a line-up including MK and Patrick Topping.
November continues the journey across club culture, beginning with Worried About Henry, putting drum & bass centre stage with Wilkinson. La Discothèque celebrates its 10th anniversary with a night rooted in house and disco, led by Purple Disco Machine and Folamour, before A State of Trance marks 25 years with Armin van Buuren, bringing the first indoor edition of the festival in the UK to Drumsheds.
City Splash brings its celebration of reggae, dancehall and soundsystem culture to the venue on 21 November, before London institution FUSE marks its 18th birthday and biggest London show to date, taking over all three rooms with head honcho Enzo Siragusa, Rossi., Apollonia and Luciano among the line-up. RESISTANCE London follows on 5 December, bringing Paul Kalkbrenner live, Miss Monique and Kölsch to Drumsheds, alongside a three-hour set from Sven Väth and a b2b from Roman Flügel and Gerd Janson.
Ahead of doors opening this weekend, Drumsheds unveils a new campaign, Reasons to Move, exploring what brings people onto the dancefloor. Through 12 real people with12 individual stories, Reasons to Move explores the different relationships people have with Drumsheds, reflecting a venue whose identity is shaped not by a single crowd, but by the collision of different communities, cultures, and musical worlds.
The 12-strong cast brings together six nightlife tastemakers and figures from London’s music and rave culture with six Drumsheds regulars selected directly from its community, Developed with creative partner SUB Studio, with photography by Joshua Gordon, film by Lucien Parsons and interviews by TJ Sidhu, Reasons to Move will unfold across film, photography, outdoor, print, social and the venue itself throughout the season, with the campaign continuing to capture the people and stories of AW26 as it happens.
