Music festivals in London 2016: A complete guide

Love festivals but can’t face camping? From Hyde Park to Hampton Court, David Smyth picks London’s biggest summer music treats
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David Smyth15 April 2016

The festival season is here, and London has stages built, amplifiers on standby and guitar techs ready to go.

Forget swimming through Glastonbury's muddy fields or fighting off gangs of feral teenagers at Reading: there's plenty of musical goodness to be enjoyed in our capital.

Flick through the gallery above for all the details of London's musical happenings this summer.

Variety is London's strength: Alice Cooper will be up to eleven one night, while Beyonce gets Drunk in Love on another.

Highlights this year include a reformed LCD Soundsystem, Stevie Wonder performing his seminal work Songs In The Key Of Life in full and French electro-swing group Caravan Palace reminding the city to take itself a little less seriously and dance more.

Tickets tend to sell out extremely quickly for all of the above festivals, so book now while they're still available – thank us later.

For those tempted to head further afield, read our complete guide to all the best music festivals of 2016.

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