Soul Festivals 2026-2027

215 upcoming festivals feature Soul, 62 where it dominates; 77 with tickets on sale.

Soul at festivals

Soul rarely gets a festival to itself. It shares bills with jazz, funk, gospel and R&B. In Britain it also has its own dance culture: northern soul, which grew up in northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s around fast American records above 100 bpm. Manchester's Twisted Wheel and the Wigan Casino, whose all-nighters began in September 1973, turned it into dancing that ran until 8 in the morning.

For festivals, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, founded in 1970, takes over the Fair Grounds Race Course in late April and early May with jazz, gospel, funk and R&B. Love Supreme, started in 2013, spends the first weekend of July at Glynde Place in East Sussex, three days of jazz, soul and funk. In London, Cross the Tracks brings jazz, funk and soul to Brockwell Park in May.

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Text updated on September 29, 2026

The most Soul festivals

Ranked by the share of the lineup tagged Soul (at least 5 identified artists).

  1. 1
    Clearwater Jazz Holiday 2026
    38% Soul
  2. 2
    Tampa Bay Blues Festival 2027
    33% Soul
  3. 3
    Kaleido Fest 2027
    33% Soul
  4. 4
    Whippersnap Festival 2027
    31% Soul
  5. 5
    Love Supreme Festival 2027
    29% Soul
  6. 6
    Suwannee Amp Jam 2027
    29% Soul
  7. 7
    GREEN PARADIZE FESTIVAL
    29% Soul
  8. 8
    Sawtooth Valley Gathering 2027
    29% Soul
  9. 9
    Glorious Day Festival
    25% Soul
  10. 10
    Africa Oyé
    25% Soul

Full calendar of Soul festivals

The 62 upcoming festivals where Soul dominates (at least 20% of the identified lineup, or 3 artists of the genre), month by month. The percentage is the share of identified artists in the lineup tagged Soul.

October 2026 (18)

November 2026 (8)

December 2026 (1)

January 2027 (2)

February 2027 (2)

March 2027 (2)

April 2027 (7)

May 2027 (3)

June 2027 (6)

July 2027 (7)

August 2027 (4)

  • Neopop

    Aug 5 – Aug 7, 2027

    Castelo Santiago da Barra, Portugal 🇵🇹

    5% Soul69 artists

  • Boomtown

    Aug 11 – Aug 15, 2027

    Materley Estate, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    4% Soul98 artists

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  • We Out Here

    Aug 19 – Aug 22, 2027

    We Out Here Festival, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    13% Soul150 artists

  • Tunes in the Park

    Aug 26 – Aug 29, 2027

    Port Eliot Estate, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    11% Soul60 artists

September 2027 (2)

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🇬🇧 Soul festivals in the UK

20 upcoming festivals in the UK where Soul dominates the lineup; 17 with tickets on sale. Next up: SWN Festival 2026, Cardiff, October 15, 2026.

🇺🇸 Soul festivals in the US

19 upcoming festivals in the US where Soul dominates the lineup; 12 with tickets on sale. Next up: Hillberry 2026, Eureka Springs, October 7, 2026.

Also featuring Soul (a minority of the bill) — 153

and 3 more

Soul festivals by country

Ticket prices

Entry from €3; median entry price €68 (across 104 festivals with a known price).