DIIV, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Join Pitchfork London 2026
Pitchfork Music Festival London has announced its second round of artists for 2026, adding DIIV, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Thaiboy Digital, Nirosta Steel and Robert Lester Folsom. The festival returns to venues across the capital from 2 to 8 November.
DIIV are now one of four headliners for the Dalston Takeover on Saturday 7 November, alongside Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Mandy, Indiana and Working Men’s Club. Sarah Meth and Sex Mask have also joined the multi-venue East London programme. The previous evening, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom will share the Roundhouse bill with The Avalanches, with Arushi Jain appearing for a DJ set.
Two more headline dates take place on Saturday. Thaiboy Digital plays a standalone show at Village Underground, while Steven Hall brings his Nirosta Steel project to the ICA to perform the double LP My Skyscraper, which spans work dating from 1984 to 2025.
Robert Lester Folsom will also play the ICA on Thursday 5 November, joined by Star Moles and Sean Solomon. At MOTH Club a day earlier, Pitchfork London Selects continues its week-long residency with a new bill featuring Rockie Rode, The Healing Power of Horses and Any Young Mechanic.
Elsewhere, a venue change puts MGNA Crrrta and daine at Village Underground on Wednesday 4 November, with Touching Ice newly added to the line-up. Charlie Osborne and Ship Sket have joined ear’s sold-out event at The Cause the following night.
The additions expand a programme already featuring Tortoise, Jacob Alon, Hania Rani, Noname, aja monet, Actress, The Radio Dept., Lido Pimienta, Los Thuthanaka and Olof Dreijer. Events are ticketed individually, with general sale for the newly announced shows opening at 10am on Wednesday 5 August via pitchforkmusicfestival.co.uk.
