Brighton's seafront is set for another summer of music, with On The Beach returning for its seventh edition across eleven days in July 2027. Presented by Louder and JOY, the festival has already picked up the 'Best Location' award at the Skiddle Festival Awards, and it's easy to see why: the whole thing is staged right on the beach pebbles, with temporary walkways and mobility tracking laid out along Madeira Drive between the Palace Pier and the Marina.
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The first two headliners are the ones already locked in. The opening party falls on Friday 9 July, when Pete Tong brings Ibiza Classics to the coast with the Tom Richards Essential Orchestra, plus guests Todd Terry and Greg Wilson. A few weeks later, on Saturday 24 July, Sonny Fodera takes the bill. The rest of the calendar is still filling out, with dates on Saturday 10, Sunday 11, Thursday 15, Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18, Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Sunday 25 July awaiting their announcements.
If you're planning to go, the ticket windows open soon. For Pete Tong, pre-sale is Thursday 22 October at 10am with general sale the following day, Friday 23 October, also at 10am. Sonny Fodera's pre-sale starts a day earlier, on Wednesday 21 October at 10am, and his general sale lands on Friday 23 October at 10am. Both go through the festival's own site, with separate pages for each show.
It's worth knowing what you're signing up for. On The Beach launched in 2021 and has since run sold-out shows from the likes of Fatboy Slim, Chase & Status, Above & Beyond, Bicep, Eric Prydz, Underworld, Carl Cox, Royal Blood, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, The Libertines, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs and The Kooks. The 2026 edition was the biggest so far, with eight separate shows over the month, and the numbers behind it show the scale: more than 59,000 people through the gates, around two-thirds of them coming from outside Brighton, and more than £8.3 million fed into the local economy, with over £3 million of that from visitor spending alone.
A few practical things to keep in mind. The site is cashless, there are free water points, a 'Leave No Trace' policy and recycling bins, and official afterparties run at the Concorde2 along the beach. There's merchandise for sale, and a VIP ticket, strictly 18+, gets you a premium lounge, an exclusive bar, an elevated platform with sea views, better facilities and dedicated entry. There's no re-entry, only small bags up to A4 size are allowed, there's no storage on site, and glass is banned. Concerts generally run from the afternoon until around 22:30, so it's a long day on the pebbles rather than a late night. With the first two dates set and the rest to follow, it's the sort of thing worth keeping an eye on as the full line-up takes shape.
Published Date
20 October 2026
