Roundhouse

Pitchfork Music Festival is back in the UK for its fourth edition in November, with a jam-packed schedule of eclectic live music encompassing everything from avant-rock and post-punk to psych-pop, UK rap and deconstructed dance music. Gigs take place at plenty of the capital’s most illustrious music and nightlife venues, including Fabric, HERE at Outernet, The Village Underground, EartH and The Roundhouse, plus a bunch of atmospheric small venues like the Shacklewell Arms, Hackney Church, Union Chapel and St Mathias Church. The first wave of artists announced for the six-day festival includes the likes of Tierra Whack, Arooj Aftab, CASISDEAD, Sega Bodega, Kae Tempest, Empress Of, Snow Strippers, Shame, Marika Hackman and plenty of up-and-coming acts who will no doubt be on your Spotify Wrapped come December 2025. The latest and final names added to the bill include Iceage’s Elias Rønnefelt, Loverman, Cobrah, Big Wett, Girl Ultra, Fine Glindvad. It’s basically the place to be if you consider yourself as a music fan with a finger on the pulse. Check out the full line-up here. 

There’s a new festival in town and it’s highlighting one of the more unsung parts of our favourite movies – the soundtracks. London Soundtrack Festival puts the scores front and centre in March 2025, with a series of screenings, talks and performances celebrating the musicians who make Hollywood sound so exciting, tense and emotional. Highlights include Hildur Guðnadóttir introducing the first and second ‘Joker' movies and, later in the programme, holding her own concert; David Cronenberg and Howard Shore in conversation, and screenings of ‘Modern Times’ and ‘Eighth Grade’ with live scores.