Offie Mag

We Out Here has announced the second wave of its 2026 line-up, adding the likes of Shabaka, John Glacier, GENA, Lovie and Shy One.

The festival returns to St Giles in Wimborne, Dorset, running 20th–23rd August 2026 — and yes, that’s one for the highlighter pen. They join a first wave announced before the end of 2025, including MIKE, Stereolab, Mulatu Astatke, Scientist, Sampa The Great, Yukimi and more.

Having attended each and every one of the post-Covid editions of We Out Here, Offie Mag can vouch for the festival’s quality. As impressive as the names on the bill are, the real magic of We Out Here’s curation is always the storytelling: founders of genres meeting innovators of sub-genres, scene elders sharing space with future-shapers, and a site that lets you do a lot in a day — and a night.

Throw in radio sets, panel talks and wider cultural programming that properly engages with the realities of the modern-day creative sector, and you’ve got a festival that earns the inevitable “best festival ever” coverage that’ll flood your timeline on Monday 24th August.

Tickets are on sale now — and prices are due to go up at midnight on 8th February 2026.