Today, We Out Here - Gilles Peterson’s award-winning weekender - completes their 2024 bill with over 100 new artists, news on special takeovers, plus a celebration of worldwide community radio.
A festival for all: We Out Here threads sounds from all corners of the musical world to bring music-lovers together in one place. New artists include the community hip-hop collective The Silhouettes Project and the legendary voice of the scene, Bahamadia. Nigerian highlife band The Cavemen, iconic jazz singer Norma Winstone and Rio Samba star Rogê also add to the live programme, joining headliners André 3000, Sampha, Kae Tempest, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Louie Vega and CASISDEAD.
We Out Here platforms the best in live music alongside club and dance music culture, and joining previously announced Joy Orbison, Moodymann, Shanti Celeste, Mala and Calibre is legendary French electronic producer and DJ Laurent Garnier, whilst Andres, Waajeed and Flo Real join Moodymann’s Tribute to Amp Fiddler and Boo Williams and Rahaan join Tama Sumo & Lakuti’s takeover. Nick the Record and John Gomez are set to celebrate 10 years of their Tangent parties and Patrick Forge, Charlie Dark and Donna Leake will be joining the Love Dancin’ programme alongside Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, Mr Scruff and festival founder Gilles Peterson.
Lemon Lounge, the South London community and custom sound system, will be bringing their much-loved intimate tent to the fields once again, with programme highlights including Alexander Nut, Chunky, K-Lone, SNO and Source Direct. In celebration of significant milestones, First Word Records have united a family lineup of Allysha Joy, Konny Kon (Children of Zeus) and Werkha to celebrate 20 years. Tru Thoughts and Wah Wah 45s will be celebrating 25 years, with guests including Tara Lily, Alice Russell, Robert Luis and Jamie Finlay.
A new addition for this year’s show, We Out Here joins forces with festival partner Worldwide FM to present a ‘celebration of community radio’, uniting 8 Radio Stations from around the world. Alongside WWFM (Global), Foundation FM (London), Voices Radio (London), Clyde Built (Glasgow), Reform Radio (Manchester), Noods Radio (Bristol), Mondo Radio (Sheffield), Radio AlHara (Palestine) and 1BTN (Brighton) come together for a series of radio transmissions on-site, as well as weekly takeovers on Worldwide FM throughout the summer.
Talent development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors, who have supported some of the biggest stars in the UK Jazz scene today - Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd (all previous WOH performers) - this year take over the Big Top stage, now renamed the Tomorrow’s Warriors Big Top. They’ve brought together some of the brightest talents of their community - the place to catch We Out Here’s future headliners.
In the lead up to today’s music announcement, other activities on-site have been announced: We Out Here’s Family Programme with confirmed partners National Youth Jazz Orchestra providing music workshops and family raves with Big Fish Little Fish, and this year’s wellness programme featuring Capoeira, Tai Chi, Feng shui meditation alongside yoga, breathing and mindfulness workshops: all free to attend.
Columbia Road's Brawn restaurant once again joins forces with Gilles Peterson’s label Brownswood Recordings + Worldwide FM to present the Brawnswood stage. This year, Brawn will be serving their signature breakfast menu before firing up the wood-fired oven and cooking a Mediterranean-inspired menu in collaboration with Chef Ry Jessup, soundtracked by a hand-picked selection of DJs and Live Artists, dropping in for intimate, stripped-back sets.
Enveloped by towering trees, the site offers We Out Here’s positive and passionate community a unique opportunity to switch off from the outside world and, together, fully immerse in what’s fast become We Out Here’s trademark offering: outstanding live music, some of the best record collections in the world, high-end sound and production, family, wellness & cultural activities and above all, uniting a worldwide family of conscious music-loving people.
*Ticket information is available here weoutherefestival.com
Full 2024 Lineup
(Artists are listed by stage)
Main Stage:
ANDRÉ 3000 / SAMPHA
AJA MONET / ASHA PUTHLI / BRIAN JACKSON / CASSIE KINOSHI’S SEED. X NIKNAK / CORINNE BAILEY RAE pres. BLACK RAINBOWS / CORTO.ALTO / DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER / EBO TAYLOR / FLOATING POINTS
GILLES PETERSON / IRREVERSIBLE ENTANGLEMENTS / KAE TEMPEST / LONNIE HOLLEY / LORAINE JAMES
LOUIE VEGA & THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE / MATTHEW HALSALL / MOUNT KIMBIE / NANA BENZ DU TOGO OBONGJAYAR / ROGÊ / RON TRENT pres WARM / SAINTÉ / TARA CLERKIN TRIO / THE CAVEMEN / YAYA BEY
Lush Life:
BAHAMADIA / CASISDEAD / THE SILHOUETTES PROJECT
ANCIENT INFINITY ORCHESTRA / AND IS PHI / BEL COBAIN / COTONETE / DURAND BERNARR / EGO ELLA MAY HAGAN / JIM / JOHNNY CLARKE / KAMAL. / LOOSE ENDS / MANSUR BROWN / MILDLIFE / MOSES YOOFEE TRIO NABIHAH IQBAL / NIECY BLUES / NORMA WINSTONE / OREGLO / ROSIE TURTON / SANAM/ STRANDZ THANDII / VENNA
Rhythm Corner:
CALIBRE / JOY ORBISON / LAURENT GARNIER
MALA / MOODYMANN / SHANTI CELESTE / LTJ BUKEM / ZERO 7 (DJ SET) / DJ FLIGHT / ZED BIAS / DARWIN LENZMAN / ANDRÉS / FLO REAL / WAAJEED / JULION DE’ANGELO / ALEXANDER NUT / AMALIAH
BRIGHTER DAYS: IZCO, REEK0 / LENZMAN / LSB / LOWQUI / SP:MC / BITTER BABE / NICK LEÓN
K-LONE & FACTA / EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY
The Grove:
KODE9 B2B SHERELLE / DJRUM / JOSEY REBELLE / DJ STORM
SULLY B2B TIM REAPER B2B DWARDE B2B COCO BRYCE / IKONIKA B2B SHANNEN SP / DANILO PLESSOW (MCDE) JEREMY UNDERGROUND / LEE GAMBLE / RE:NI B2B MIA KODEN / MANTRA B2B DOUBLE O w/ BLACKEYE MC / BROWN EXCELLENCE / MICHE & RAINER TRUEBY
The Bowl:
TAMA SUMO / LAKUTI / BOO WILLIAMS / RAHAAN / CHEZ DAMIER / RON TRENT / ABA SHANTI-I / CHANNEL ONE LUKE UNA / DJ PAULETTE / GILLES PETERSON / MR SCRUFF / NICK THE RECORD & JOHN GÓMEZ
ALEX RITA & ERROL / ZAKIA / COCO MARIA / DENNIS BOVELL / HASEEB IQBAL
Love Dancin’
COLLEEN ‘COSMO’ MURPHY / GILLES PETERSON / PATRICK FORGE / DONNA LEAKE
MR SCRUFF, CHARLIE DARK, MC KWASI & VANESSA FREEMAN / MUSCLECARS / AROOP ROY / DARRYN JONES ANGEL MEL / ANDREA TROUT / TROJAN SOUND SYSTEM / ROB MELLO / JERRY DAMMERS
GREG WILSON / GAYANCE / COLIN CURTIS / EVES’DROP / VANDORTA
The Lemon Lounge:
ALEXANDER NUT / ALL HANDS ON DECK / AUKA / BLACKBOY / BORGE / CHUNKY / COSMIC SLOP
DJ NARCISO / EPOKA / FLO DILL B2B SPECIAL GUEST / GLADDY WAX / JAZZY SPORT LONDON
KATH MCDERMOTT / K-LONE / LEANNE WRIGHT / LIGHTER DANCE / LIGHTFOOT / LOUISE PLUS ONE / MARíN MAX MISTRY / MR GIBBON / RI MISTRY / ROMAAL KULTAL / SHANNEN SP / SNO / SOCIAL RECORDS SOCIETY
SOURCE DIRECT / UK HUNKY / YAZMIN LACEY (DJ SET) / ZAKIA / ZWANA
Also performing across the weekend:
CONTOURS / ELLA KNIGHT / FILA BRAZILIA / GUTS / LAANI / LEFTO EARLY BIRD / MACCA
MARI* & KATE HUTCHINSON / MR THING / REBECCA VASMANT / RYAN HOPE (GABRIELS) / SASSY J
SHORTEE BLITZ / TIM GARCIA / TINA EDWARDS / WHEELUP / YASMIN
20 YEARS OF FIRST WORD RECORDS: ALLYSHA JOY, AMANDA WHITING, RUBY WOOD + DJS KONNY KON
DON LEISURE, WERKHA, BOBAFATT, GILLA
WAH WAH 45S 25TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: JAMIE FINLAY, LÉA MONDO + DJS DOM SERVINI
LAWNE, ELLEN BETH ABDI & JAMIE FINLAY
TRU THOUGHTS 25TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: TARA LILY, STEVEN BAMIDELE + DJS ALICE RUSSELL, ROBERT LUIS, BIGGABUSH, RHYS BAKER & LUCY MICHAEL
Tomorrow’s Warriors Big Top:
ABENG / BIG MASSIVE / BXL x LDN INTERPLAY / CASSIUS COBBSON / KEZIA ABUOMA / MIRANDA RADFORD / TESS HIRST / TOMORROW'S WARRIORS FRONTLINE + MORE TBA
FUTURE BUBBLERS - AN ALIEN CALLED HARMONY / COEX / JOIISOL / KARINA DE FREITAS / MARYSIA OSU / MICHAEL DIAMOND / SHADEEMUS / T L K / VICTORIA JANE
Also performing across the weekend:
404 EROS / ANGUS PATERSON / BARRY’S HERE / BOB POVEY / BRONSON JONES / CHRIS WELCH /
CHRIS WHEATLEY / COLDSWEAT / CULT 45 / DANNIELLA DEE / EARL GATESHEAD / ECHO JULIET / E DOUBLE D
ED V3CTOR / ELLIE & NAIMA ADAMS / EMILY DUST / FLY MISS FOX / HAROLD HEATH / HEAVY VIBES
JAIME ROSSO / JUST JOSS / KOFFE POVEY / LAMAISONMUSIQ / LAURA JACKSON / LEVI BUSSUE
LOVE SUNDAYS / MR MANKIND / MR GARRUD / NICK AC / REA / RSL (DJ) / STEVE UNTERBERGER / STOATY
SWAY OF THE VERSES / TIMO-G
EVES’DROP: ANDREA TROUT / ANGEL MEL / BEMBE SEGUE / DJ AMAZON / DJ TUNESMITH / DUCHY
LAURA WEAVER / LIL’ MINX / NIKNAK / RUBY SWALLOW / SOXEE / SWEET P / TROUT / VANESSA FREEMAN
PLUS WORLDWIDE FM PRES. ‘A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO’, WITH VOICES RADIO, REFORM RADIO, NOODS RADIO, MONDO RADIO, FOUNDATION FM, RADIO ALHARA, CLYDE BUILT RADIO & 1BTN
