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Soultown Festival

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Croydon Road Recreation Ground, United Kingdom
11 artists

Key facts

Dates
5 September 2026
Where
Croydon Road Recreation Ground, United Kingdom
Tickets
edition over
Headliners
The Commodores, The Spinners, Wet Wet Wet

Data updated on 19 February 2026 — source: official site

🎤Lineup

Headliners
The Commodores – Gold
The Commodores
Gold
The Spinners – Soul
The Spinners
Soul
Wet Wet Wet – Pop
Wet Wet Wet
Pop
Eternal – New Jack Swing
Eternal
New Jack Swing
Fil Straughan – R&B
Fil Straughan
R&B
Kenny Thomas – New Jack Swing
Kenny Thomas
New Jack Swing
Odyssey – Soul
Odyssey
Soul
Plus! – World
Plus!
World
Sol & the Gang
Sol & the Gang
Sweet Female Attitude – Uk Garage
Sweet Female Attitude
Uk Garage
The Sugarhill Gang - Furious 5 ft Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio

✈️How to get to Soultown Festival

Planning your trip to Soultown Festival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.

  • Nearest airport: London City Airport (LCY), about 13 km from the venue.
  • Major international airport nearby: London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 30 km away (more routes).
  • Allow about 18 min by car from the airport to the site.
  • By train, head for London or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
  • By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
Croydon Road Recreation Ground, United Kingdom
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🌤️Soultown Festival 2026 weather

Weather in Croydon Road Recreation Ground in September 2026?

Actual weather at the 2026 edition

On September 5, 2026: up to 22°, low of 12°, not a drop of rain.

no rainy days
  1. Sat, Sep 5Overcast22° / 12° 0 mm

Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).

Typical weather

Light rain
Typical high22°
Typical low13°

Chance of rain: about 33% of days

2025Overcast22° / 13°no rainy days
2024Light rain21° / 12°1 rainy day
2023Light drizzle23° / 15°no rainy days

Based on the last 3 years over the same period.

Hour by hour

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Same week in 2025: Sat September 6 → Sat September 6 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).

🎧Official playlist75 tracks

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📋About

Soultown Festival: Soul, Funk and R&B in Croydon, United Kingdom

The Soultown festival takes place on September 5, 2026, at Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Croydon, south London. This outdoor festival celebrates soul, funk, and R&B. With 9 artists on the bill, it delivers a day of festive Black music in an urban park in Greater London.

Headliners bring together The Commodores, The Spinners, and Wet Wet Wet, legends of soul and blue-eyed soul. The lineup also features Eternal, Odyssey, and contemporary R&B artists.

The musical palette spans disco, house, pop soul, smooth soul, sophisti-pop, new jack swing, philly soul, R&B, soft rock, soul, and vocal house. This diversity reflects forty years of soul and R&B music. Soultown Festival offers a festive and nostalgic lineup for all audiences.

Mark your calendar for September 5, 2026, at Croydon Road Recreation Ground for a day of soul and funk in south London.

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📋Practical info

Dates
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City
Croydon Road Recreation Ground
Artists
11 artists
55%

Lineup focus score

Focused on R&B / Soul (55%) with touches of Autre, Pop. Explore R&B / Soul festivals

55%

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9 of 11 artists tagged.

Musical footprint

As a % of the 8 identified artists in the lineup (known genre), by genre — not to be confused with the focus score, computed on the whole lineup.

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