LIDO Festival: Maribou State announce full lineup to huge Summer show in London
The full lineup is here for Maribou State’s huge Summer show…
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This year, LIDO Festival is the essential closing act to London's summer season, taking place on Monday 31 August with a line-up that spans the full spectrum of electronic, soul and experimental music.
Headlined and curated by Maribou State, the British duo known for their lush, electronic and live instrumentation, the festival will deliver a day of discovery and dance, with new acts announced: Alabaster Deplume, Calibre, DJ Koze, Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set), Lady Wray, LTJ Bukem, MADMADMAD, Marie Davidson (Live), Oscar Farrell, United Freedom Collective And Yemz.
The bill is a who's who of artists pushing boundaries across genres, from the liquid drum & bass mastery of LTJ Bukem, the atmospheric electronics of Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set) and the free-jazz spoken word of Alabaster DePlume. Renowned German DJ and producer DJ Koze also joins the billing, alongside Canadian electronic musician Marie Davidson, for a live set in Victoria Park.
From the dub-influenced grooves of Calibre to the vintage soul of Lady Wray and the high-energy vibe of MADMADMAD, LIDO Festival is the festival where line-up curation comes first. With rising talents like Oscar Farrell, Yemz and United Freedom Collective rounding out the day, this August Bank Holiday Monday will be a celebration of music.
Previously announced, Kelis will bring her iconic presence to LIDO, while the legendary Theo Parrish B2B Moodymann offers a rare back-to-back session from two of Detroit's deepest house selectors. French selector Folamour will deliver his signature feel-good, disco-tinged sets.
Maribou State are a Hertfordshire-born duo, Chris Davids and Liam Ivory, celebrated for crafting genre-fluid soundscapes that merge organic instrumentation, grooves and atmospheric textures. Since 2011, the duo have established themselves as major players on the global dance music circuit, performing roadblock shows at Glastonbury to the Sydney Opera House, as well as back-to-back sold-out UK, EU and North American tours. The Guardian’s 4-star review of their 2025 tour praised the show as “full of committed, emotionally resonant performances”.
The duo have released three studio albums: Portraits (2015), Kingdoms In Colour (2018) and Hallucinating Love (2025) and collaborated with an array of artists, including Holly Walker, North Downs, Khruangbin, Andreya Triana and Gaidaa, blending their electronic sound with diverse vocal and instrumental talents. In the context of electronic music and live performances, Maribou State is often credited with bringing a deeply emotive, organic dimension to the modern downtempo / electronica space - balancing dancefloor sensibility with introspective nuance.
For those who were unaware, the original date of this festival has changed from June to August to protect the park’s ground conditions following a wet Winter. The other two days have been cancelled, but Maribou State will be going ahead, and it’s not one to miss.
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