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Photograph: Luke Dyson
Photograph: Luke Dyson

The London music and nightlife we’re most looking forward to in 2022

From venue reopenings to festivals and open-air gigs, here’s the music and nightlife happening in the capital next year we’re super excited about

Chiara Wilkinson
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This year saw the return of live music and dancefloors – and boy, had we missed it. There’s nothing quite like being stuck in a sweaty mosh pit, belting out the lyrics to the songs you know by heart, all while strangers are chanting the very same words and drinks are sloshed on to you from every angle.

It looks like 2022 will be even better (hopefully). If we’re lucky, we’ll see a return to full festival season – none of this cramming-four-months-of-events-into-four-weeks nonsense. We’ll see an iconic  London venue finally reopen its doors after being refurbished. And we’ll see some superb programming from the capital’s favourite clubs, with a whole lot more still to come.

We’ll be updating this page with more events as they are announced.   

London music and nightlife highlights for 2022

  • Nightlife
  • Nightlife
Somehow, it’s been five whole years since Printworks first opened its doors to the party people of London. Next year is looking bigger than ever, with more than 20 shows confirmed for Printworks’ spring-summer 2022 party season which kicks off on February 4. Acts already announced include groove-master Folamour and tech-house champion Solomun, as well as the iconic Flying Lotus. 
  • Music
  • Music venues
  • Mornington Crescent

Housed in an ornate Grade II-listed building, Koko has a long history and dazzling reputation as one of London’s most iconic music venues and indie clubs. It’s hosted everyone from Madonna to the Sex Pistols and Grace Jones to Charlie Chaplin. Now, after six years of planning and three years of building – during which workers have had to deal with a fire and water damage – it’s reopening next spring with a massive £70m restoration. The redevelopment will see four new spaces open to the public, including the original theatre, the Fly Tower venue, a new shop and DJ space and a late-night pizzeria and tap bar for intimate performances
. Exciting stuff. Find out more about Koko’s relaunch here.

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  • Music
  • Music

London has loads of ace summer festivals, but there aren’t many more picturesque places to catch your favourite artists than the lovely neoclassical quadrangle at Somerset House. The line-up for the eleven-day 2022 edition, which runs from July 7 to 17, looks absolutely mega. Young Londoner Arlo Parks will be performing hits from her debut album ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’, and there’ll be headline sets from Carly Rae Jepsen, John Legend, Ghetts, Black Midi, jazz artist Yussef Dayes and many more.

  • Music
  • Music

You heard that right: Kraftwerk have been announced as one of the headliners for All Points East 2022. The iconic band will be leading an electronic feast of a night featuring The Chemical Brothers, Daniel Avery, Erol Alkan, Floating Points, Haai and more. The other headliners across the weekends of August 19 to 20 and 25 to 28 include Disclosure, Nick Cave and Gorillaz. Elsewhere on the line-up? Idles, James Blake, Caroline Polachek, Michael Kiwanuka, Fleet Foxes and more. Very tasty indeed.

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