Now in its eighth year, the London Podcast Festival will return to King’s Place from 7-17 September.
Kings Place is the UK’s home of live podcasting, having presented podcast shows since 2010 before the launch of the London Podcast Festival in 2016 which was Europe’s first major podcast festival.
The eleven-day Festival will bring together some of the biggest names in podcasting and new talent with a line-up of live shows, workshops, meet and greets, panels and more, in a celebration of the artform.
Kings Place’s Deputy Director Zoë Jeyes puts the programme together, which makes use of the three performance spaces, ground-floor Podcast Lounge, bar, restaurant and canal terrace.
Those attending can experience multiple events in one day while also networking with the podcast community. For global audiences, many of the live podcast shows will be livestreamed via KPlayer, Kings Place’s bespoke pay-per-view platform.
Partners, live shows, workshops, panels and other events will be announced across the summer in the lead-up to the Festival. Current highlights which are on sale now include:
- The first ever live show of OUTCAST UK, recently named Best New Podcast at the British Podcast Awards
- Live recording of Tea With Twiggy with special guest Ben Elton
- An Audio Drama Day, featuring crossovers between Magenta Presents with Sonos Mystica and The Amelia Project with Greater Boston, as well as We Fix Space Junk, Realms of Peril and Glory and Kane and Feels
- The return of London Podcast Festival favourites such as Two Twos Podcast, Ask the Nincompoops, No Such Thing as a Fish, Drunk Women Solving Crime, Beef and Dairy Network and Masala Podcast
- Dope Black Mums and Dope Black Dads collaborate for a special crossover podcast
- Northern News (recently chosen by The Guardian as one of their top podcasts of 2023 so far), The All New Angelos And Barry Podcast, Lexx Education, Neurodivergent Moments, Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, The Way They Were with Gráinne Maguire, and Sports Horn make their debuts at the Festival
- A range of Maximum Fun Network podcasts return to the Festival, including Judge John Hodgman – which was part of the first two Festivals – Jordan, Jesse, Go! returning for the first time since 2017 and Beef and Dairy Network, along with comedy Star Trek podcast The Greatest Generation making its debut
Since its launch in 2016, the London Podcast Festival has welcomed over 50,000 visitors and over 600 podcasters, playing a key role in the growth of the podcast industry.
Zoë Jeyes, London Podcast Festival Producer and Programmer, said: “It’s been 13 years since we started hosting live podcasts at Kings Place. During that time the audience for these unique events has grown, but one thing hasn’t changed… Kings Place is the home of live podcasting in the UK!
“We’ve championed the artform from day one, giving a wide range of podcasters and curators a live platform and supporting them through all aspects of production.
“Our team help podcasters create one-of-a-kind live shows for their fans in our beautiful venue. I am so excited to share the first events in this year’s festival, a taster of a programme that brings together the very best UK and international podcasts, alongside workshops, panels and special events.
“Take a look through the amazing live shows already confirmed and stay tuned for lots more announcements!”
Tickets for the London Podcast Festival are now on sale on the King’s Place website.
