South Facing Festival is a series of open-air concerts that will be held in Crystal Palace Park this summer, featuring a diverse range of artists and content over three consecutive weekends.
For general enquiries about stage times, accessibility last entry and so on, you can contact them directly by emailing info@southfacingfestival.com
The Trust’s Events FAQs outlines more about our event policy and income from events.
Contacting South Facing Festival
There will be three ways for you to contact us at different stages of the event:
Pre event: Attend one of our Resident Info Sessions (Wednesday 30th April)
Pre, during & post event: Email South Facing Festival on community@southfacingfestival.com
During event: Call us on 0333 242 0050 (build & derig 08:00 - 20:00, show days 08:00 - 00:00)
For more local residents information: South Facing Festival Local Residents
Photo: Jess Glynne by We Are Freak
The festival series runs from 7-28 August 2025. Our event calendar provides more information about how South Facing Festival sits within our wider programme of events. This page will be kept up to date so you can make the most of your event but please also check the South Facing Festival website before your visit.
Confirmed events as part of South Facing 2025 include:
Thursday 7 August: Mogwai (& Lankum)
Friday 8 August: Flackstock
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August: Big Smoke Festival (Skepta, JME presents Grime MC FM, The Den)
Thursday 14 August: Morcheeba (feat. Unkle and DJ Shadow)
Saturday 16 August: Tinlicker
Friday 22 and Saturday 23 August: Basement Jaxx
Sunday 24 August: Love Motion: Nile Rodgers & CHIC
Key Dates
Event build 31 July - 6 August 2025, event derig 25 - 29 August 2025
Timings
Sound checks from: 10:00
Noise curfew 22:30
Event close: 23:00
Resident Info Session
There will be two Local Resident Sessions in advance of the event for a presentation of key information, event timings and space for any questions you have.
These will be joint sessions with Festival Republic which will be held in person on Wednesday 30 April inside the Crystal Palace Bowl from 13:00 - 14:30, and 17:30 - 19:00.
If you’d like to attend the online session in April, or you are unable to join in person, please register your interest by emailing community@southfacingfestival.com
