R&B and Soul festivals

30 festivals still to come with R&B and Soul on the bill, carrying 106 of the 226 R&B and Soul acts we track. Every act has a page: which festivals they play, what time they go on once the festival says, and what they sound like if the name is new to you.

Most of these acts travel with a full band, so the drums hit harder outdoors than they do on record and a horn section cuts clean through open air. Singers stretch songs out, holding a note well past where the recording ends. Backing vocalists carry whole choruses on their own, and the crowd hears every word.

Soul and funk sets tend to land in the late afternoon and early evening, when the light is good and there is room to move. Alt-r&b and electro-soul run later, under a tent or indoors, with low light and bass you feel in the chest. Expect people singing back at the stage.

R&B and Soul festivals in 2026

Every bill still ahead of you with real R&B and Soul on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 R&B and Soul acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.

Who carries R&B and Soul this season

The R&B and Soul acts booked the most in 2026. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

  1. 1Blood Orange15Dev Hynes's velvety art-R&B, with '80s soul textures, jazz chords, and quiet heartbreak from one of pop's most sought-after collaborators.
  2. 2Balu Brigada9Kiwi brothers making slinky, falsetto-led alt-funk: Auckland groove-pop polished to a late-night sheen, with basslines that do most of the flirting.
  3. 3RAYE9Britain's Grammy-and-BRIT-sweeping songwriter freed from label limbo, with big-band soul-pop that has real stakes and a live show that earns every award.
  4. 4Teddy Swims9A tattooed Georgian with a genuinely enormous soul voice, who covered his way to a following and then wrote the heartbreak records to match.
  5. 5GRiZ7Saxophone-wielding electro-funk: half of the GRIZTRONICS b2b with Subtronics, and a solo catalog of brass-blasted future-funk joy.
  6. 6Jessie Murph7A rasp built for heartbreak, dragging country songwriting through trap drums and open-wound honesty, with genre lines treated as suggestions.
  7. 7Lola Young7'Messy' made her unavoidable, with raw South London soul-pop, a busted-heart snarl and a voice that earns the Winehouse comparisons.
  8. 8Midnight Generation6Mexican outfit, active since 2015, reviving glossy eighties boogie and synth-funk with a strong dancefloor pull.
  9. 9Rochelle Jordan6UK-garage-inflected R&B with Kaytranada's favorite-vocalist energy: silk delivery over broken beats, two-step rhythms under velvet vocals.
  10. 10Dijon5Songs that sound recorded live in a crowded room by accident: ragged, intimate, and completely singular, with a live band that pushes them even further loose.

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R&B and Soul festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most R&B and Soul in 2026?

Coachella 2027 (15 R&B and Soul acts), Whippersnap 2027 (14 R&B and Soul acts), Camp Flog Gnaw 2026 (11 R&B and Soul acts). We count the acts on each published lineup rather than going by how a festival bills itself, so this is the depth of the actual R&B and Soul booking.

Where can I see R&B and Soul live in 2026?

30 festivals still to come have R&B and Soul on the bill. The next is Camp Flog Gnaw 2026, November 14–15, 2026 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, with 11 R&B and Soul acts playing.

Which R&B and Soul artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

Blood Orange (15), Balu Brigada (9), RAYE (9), Teddy Swims (9), GRiZ (7). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many R&B and Soul acts are playing festivals in 2026?

226 R&B and Soul acts appear on the lineups we track, across 30 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.

Other genres

EDM 529Indie 496Alternative 453Rock 390Pop 365Punk 317Hip-Hop 309Folk and Americana 287House 267Metal 261Country 252Hardcore 135Techno 134Dubstep and Bass 124Bluegrass 99Latin 96Jazz 76Emo 66Shoegaze and Dream Pop 62Trance 52Psychedelic 47Reggae and Dancehall 37Blues 32Drum & Bass 32Hardstyle and Hard Dance 22

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