Festival Hub: Meltdown Festival

The Scene: This annual festival is held each summer in London at the massive Southbank Centre. Each year Meltodwn chooses an artist to curate the event. Previous Meltdown directors have included Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Lee Scratch Perry, Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, Scott Walker, John Peel and Ornette Coleman.

Meltdown Festival 2024: June 14-23, 2024

This lineup has not been posted yet.

Meltdown Festival 2023: June 9-18, 2023
Meltdown Festival 2022: June 10-19, 2022
  • Grace Jones
  • Solange
  • Peaches
  • Lee Scratch Perry
  • Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra
  • Oumou Sangare
  • Meshell Ndegeocello
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Lee Fields & The Expressions
  • Baaba Maal
Meltdown Festival 2019: August 3-11, 2019
  • Nile Rodgers
Meltdown Festival 2018: June 15-24, 2018
  • 65daysofstatic
  • A Dead Forest Index
  • Alcest
  • And Also The Trees
  • Black Moth Super Rainbow
  • Curaetion-25
  • Death Cab For Cutie
  • Deftones
  • Douglas Dare
  • Drahla
  • Eat Static
  • Emma Ruth Rundle
  • Fear of Men
  • Frightened Rabbit
  • God Is An Astronaut
  • Hilary Woods
  • iLiKETRAiNS
  • Indian Queens
  • Jambinai
  • James Walsh
  • Jo Quail
  • Jonsi, Alex Somers & Paul Corley: Liminal
  • Joycut
  • Kaelan Mikla
  • Kathryn Joseph
  • Kiasmos (DJ set)
  • Kidsmoke
  • Kristin Hersh
  • Loop
  • Low
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Matt Holubowski
  • Maybeshewill
  • Mogwai
  • Mono
  • Moon Duo
  • My Bloody Valentine
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • pg.lost
  • Placebo
  • Planning for Burial
  • Pumarosa
  • Suzanne Vega
  • The Anchoress
  • The Church
  • The Joy Formidable
  • The KVB
  • The Libertines
  • The Notwist
  • The Psychedelic Furs
  • The Soft Moon
  • The Twilight Sad
  • Thought Forms
  • Tropic of Cancer
  • Vessels
  • Vex Red
  • Yonaka