The London Podcast Festival is returning to Kings Place this year, celebrating a decade of championing creativity, connection, and innovation in podcasting.
Running from 4–14 September, the festival will feature a wide range of live in-hall performances and online shows from some of the world’s most popular podcasters.
Since its launch in 2016 as Europe’s first major podcast festival, the event has welcomed more than sixty-eight thousand visitors and hosted over seven hundred and fifty podcasts, from hits like My Dad Wrote A Porno to favourites such as Three Bean Salad, Tommy’s Brownload and Jameela Jamil.
Kings Place’s Head of Artistic Planning Rebecca Millican, who curates the festival, said: “Ten years ago, we set out to make Kings Place the home of live podcasting. A decade later, we’re proud to still be at the centre of this vibrant community.
“Podcasting has grown into a cultural force and the London Podcast Festival is where fans can gather to celebrate, discover, and connect.
“For this 10th anniversary edition, we want to make it the most special year of the London Podcast Festival yet, and we can’t wait to welcome audiences both old and new.”
This year’s festival will once again occupy all of Kings Place’s versatile spaces, including the main halls, Podcast Lounge and canal-side terrace, while live-streamed shows will be available globally via the KPlayer platform.
The first wave of shows includes No Such Thing As A Fish, performing back-to-back on 5 and 6 September; Wooden Overcoats celebrating its own tenth anniversary with a special live audio drama day on 7 September; and Jameela Jamil’s new podcast Wrong Turns on 14 September.
No Such Thing As A Fish said: “We couldn’t be happier to be back in the London Podcast Festival’s tenth year.
“Ten years is how long it takes to grow truffles from nothing, how long it takes to qualify in making artificial sushi, and how long it once took a translator to successfully translate two words of an Agatha Christie book into Icelandic.
“The organisers could have done any of these things with their time – and instead they’ve just made a brilliant podcast festival.”
For the first time, the festival has partnered with History Hit to host live shows from its popular podcasts including Betwixt The Sheets, The Ancients, After Dark and Dan Snow’s History Hit.
Tickets for the first wave of shows go on sale today, starting at £11, with further events to be announced soon.
For tickets and full programme details visit kingsplace.co.uk.
