The London Podcast Festival returns this September for 11th edition

The London Podcast Festival is back for its 11th year! From 3–13 September 2026, podcast fans will come together at Kings Place, London’s home of live podcasting, and online to enjoy one-of-a-kind live shows with some of the world’s greatest podcasters.

This year’s line-up includes Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil, The Empire Film Podcast, Life After Prison, No Such Thing As A Fish and the first ever live podcast of their audience feedback show Drop Us A Line.

Eleven years into launching Europe’s first major podcast festival, the London Podcast Festival continues to champion creativity, community, connection and innovation in the global podcasting scene. Podcasting has grown into a cultural force and the London Podcast Festival is where fans come together each year to celebrate, discover, and connect.

This year’s festival will once again occupy all of Kings Place’s versatile spaces – from the main hall to spaces to relax in the canal-side terrace – with selected shows also available globally via livestream. The 2026 programme reflects the full range of podcasting’s power to entertain, inspire and bring people together, spanning comedy, gardening, current affairs, wrestling, film, music, disability and deaf-led storytelling, and audio drama.

With such a wide-ranging line-up, the festival is as much about discovery as it is about celebration – a chance for listeners to find their next favourite show alongside the ones they already love. It remains a place where fan communities can come together in person, with ticket prices kept accessible so that meeting up with fellow listeners stays affordable for everyone.

Curated by Kings Place’s Head of Artistic Planning Rebecca Millican, the 2026 festival continues to reflect podcasting’s remarkable ability to entertain, inspire and bring people together.

Millican says: “We’re thrilled to be bringing back the London Podcast Festival for its 11th year. Every year the line-up grows more diverse, and that’s exactly the point – there’s a community here for every kind of listener, from longtime fans catching their favourite show to newcomers discovering something for the first time. It’s a real joy to watch those communities come together in our halls each September, and we can’t wait to welcome them all back this year.”

The first wave of shows available to book include:

• Thu 3 Sep, 19:00 – The World’s Coolest Disabled: a fresh, funny and unfiltered podcast from journalist and broadcaster Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, making its London Podcast Festival debut
• Fri 4 Sep, 19:00 – Outsiding with Caitlin Moran & Adam Frost: a brand-new podcast from the award-winning team behind Dish, celebrating the simple joys of nature, wildlife, gardening and life outdoors
• Sat 5 Sep, 16:30 – Chart Music: The TOTP Podcast: the cult podcast that puts a random episode of Top Of The Pops under the microscope, live and on the road
• Sat 5 Sep, 19:00 – The Empire Film Podcast: the award-winning podcast arm of the world’s biggest movie magazine makes a triumphant return to the festival, with hosts Chris Hewitt, Helen O’Hara and James Dyer talking movies and welcoming a special guest
• Sun 6 Sep, 19:00 – Wooden Overcoats: the British Podcast Award-winning sitcom returns to the festival with a brand-new episode, with a streamed performance also available
• Thu 10 Sep, 19:00 – Ade Oladipo Presents… The Green Chair LIVE: following a sell-out debut in 2025, an even bigger night of boxing, football, culture, audience Q&As and surprise guests
• Thu 10 Sep, 19:00 – Tommy’s Brownload: one of the UK’s most-loved British Asian podcasts, now in its 7th year, returns with its signature mix of humour and cultural commentary
• Thu 10 Sep, 19:30 – Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon: Richard Bacon’s new interview series asking successful people the question that keeps him up at night with guest Johnny Vaughan
• Fri 11 Sep, 19:00 – Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil: the actress and activist brings her live, anti-inspirational comedy disaster podcast to the London Podcast Festival stage
• Fri 11 Sep, 19:00 – Life After Prison: the award-winning podcast supporting people leaving prison and their loved ones, hosted by Zak Addae-Kodua and Jules Rowan
• Fri 11 Sep, 19:00 – The Truth (In My Opinion) with Cody Dahler: in association with Amnesty International, comedian Cody Dahler puts a special guest in charge of the news
• Sat 12 Sep, 11:30 – Ask the Nincompoops: Andy Stanton and Carrie Quinlan bring their family podcast to the stage answering children’s trickiest questions, very, very badly
• Sat 12 Sep, 14:00 – Beef and Dairy Network Podcast: Benjamin Partridge’s award-winning comedy podcast returns to Kings Place with a brand-new live edition, with a streamed performance also available
• Sat 12 Sep, 14:00 – Shaping Tomorrow: Hear Art’s BSL-interpreted video podcast spotlighting deaf and hearing creatives, leaders and changemakers across the creative industries
• Sat 12 Sep, 16:30 – Wrestle Me!: Marc Haynes and Pete Donaldson bring back their hit wrestling podcast by popular demand after 7 years of sold out shows
• Sat 12 Sep, 16:30 – No Such Thing As A Fish: Drop Us A Line: for the first time ever, the Fish team bring their listener correspondence show to a live audience, with a streamed performance also available
• Sat 12 Sep, 16:30 – Black Prose: Yolanthe Fawehinmi’s evergreen archive of Black writers’ stories comes to the festival stage, celebrating powerful voices, creative journeys and the lasting impact of storytelling
• Sat 12 Sep, 19:00 – No Such Thing As A Fish: the smash-hit worldwide sensation returns for an evening of facts, dorkery and further facts, with a streamed performance also available

Returning fan favourites, fresh new voices and another year of podcasting excellence, The London Podcast Festival 2026 is set to be a celebration of the medium at its very best.

Tickets for the first wave of events are on sale now, starting at just £13. 

For available tickets and full programme details, visit:

https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/london-podcast-festival/

More events will be announced through the summer. Follow @londonpodfest on Instagram for all #LondonPodFest related news.

With thanks to the official partners of the London Podcast Festival: The Guardian Podcasts and AudioUK.