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Somerset House is a truly year-round venue. Through the winter months, the palatial arts complex on the Strand is home to one of the city’s most atmospheric winter skating pop-ups. In spring and autumn it hosts all manner of interesting art installations in its magnificent neo-classical courtyard. And at the height of summer, the same space plays host to some of the season’s most memorable outdoor concerts, as part of the Somerset House Summer Series.
With festival line-up announcements coming thick and fast, and another glorious London summer beginning to take shape, the riverside arts venue has revealed the headliners for this year’s Summer Series, with eleven eclectic gigs scheduled from 16-26 July.
As usual, it’s an eclectic line-up, encompassing everything from indie and rock to neo-psychedelica, contemporary jazz and soul.
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The biggest names in this year’s series include breakthrough pop sensation Naïka (Thursday 16 July), veteran indie band The Cribs (Monday 20 July), ascendent art-rock outfit Black Country, New Road (Wednesday 22 July) and psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips (Saturday 25 July).
Also headlining are Palace (Friday 17 July), Thee Sacred Souls (Saturday 18 July), Lightning Seeds (Sunday 18 July), Agnes Obel (Tuesday 21 July), Venna (Thursday 23 July), Raf-Saperra (Friday 24 July) and Benjamin Clementine (Sunday 26 July).
Tickets for all gigs will be priced between £30 and £60, with the general sale for all shows kicks off at 10am on Friday 6 March, after presales for American Express members (from 10am on Tuesday 3 March) and Somerset House subscribers (from 10am on Thursday 5 March). You’ll be able to buy tickets here.
Somerset House Summer Series 2026 shows
Here’s the full list of open-air gigs at the Strand venue this summer:
- July 16 – Naika
- July 17 – Palace
- July 18 – Thee Sacred Souls
- July 19 – Lightning Seeds
- July 20 – The Cribs
- July 21 – Agnes Obel
- July 22 – Black Country, New Road
- July 23 – Venna
- July 24 – Raf-Saperra
- July 25 – The Flaming Lips
- July 26 – Benjamin Clementine
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