London’s most radical queer DIY dance music festival is back.
Body Movements returns to Southwark Park on Sunday 30 August 2026, taking over five stages with a lineup that cuts across house, techno, ballroom, hyperpop, ghettotech, breaks and more.
Founded by DJ Saoirse, Clayton Wright (Little Gay Brother) and Simon Denby, the festival has built a reputation for platforming queer and trans artists, backing collectives, and keeping the underground alive.
What’s planned for Body Movements 2026?
BASHKKA continues to reshape ballroom and club through a SWANA lens.
MCR-T brings raw, high-speed ghettotech.
Hannah Holland and Jaye Ward deliver hard-edged 4/4 with zero softness.
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On the pop-leaning end, Babymorocco pushes hyperpop into full theatre mode, HEZEN fractures French chanson into glitch-heavy club, and Six Sex serves explicit, high-impact neoperreo.
Mother stage heavyweights include Romy, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, and Saoirse & Shanti Celeste going b2b. Expect sweat.
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Elsewhere across Mother, The Strap, Snatch, Hot Mess and Glory Hole:
Roza Terenzi, Sedef Adasï, Blasha & Allatt, THEMPRESS, Sita Shah, GIDEÖN, Amaliah, Tedesco, Sippin’ T, Mark Ashley-Dupé, Michelle Manetti, Byron Yeates, Dan Beaumont, and more.
Plus live sets from deBasement, FAFF, and Twang.
The collectives running it
Body Movements has always centred the crews who keep queer nightlife alive year-round. 2026 brings takeovers and co-curation from:
2CPERREA
Adonis
Bodyswap
Boudica
Club Are
Dalston Superstore
Daytimers
Fèmmme Fraîche
House of Revlon UK
Inferno
Jungle Kitty
Little Gay Brother
Meat Free
Neurotica
PLASTYK
Playbody
Queer House Party
Rawmantique
Sextou
Beyond the stages
Jay Jay Revlon hosts a Vogue Masterclass.
Fancy a Mooch returns with its Queer Market.
More programming still to be announced.
Full lineup (A–Z)
Amaliah
Babymorocco
BASHKKA
Blasha & Allatt
Byron Yeates
Dan Beaumont
deBasement (Live)
Eris Drew & Octo Octa
FAFF (Live)
GIDEÖN
Hannah Holland
Harietta & Karlie Marx
HEZEN
Jay Jay Revlon
Jaye Ward
Joshua James
Lewis G. Burton
Lishy & YSANNE
Marie Malarie
Mark Ashley-Dupé
MCR-T
Michelle Manetti
mika
Queer House Party
RAKANS
Romy (DJ)
Roza Terenzi
Samantha Togni
Saoirse & Shanti Celeste
Seb Odyssey
Sedef Adasï
Sippin’ T
Sita Shah
Six Sex
Tedesco
THEMPRESS
Twang
The details:
- When: Sunday 30 August
- Where: Southwark Park, London
- Presale: Friday 27 February at 12pm GMT
See you there,
Nonchalant x
This article was written by one of our creative team writers here at Nonchalant Magazine.
