Amelie Lens, Purple Disco Machine and a sunset over Canary Wharf: Magazine Open-Air’s first-ever summer season comes to a close this weekend on the Greenwich Peninsula.
Magazine Open-Air, the new outdoor series from Broadwick Live, wraps up its inaugural run with three distinct shows from 21 to 23 August 2026, staged on a stretch of the Thames that’s never hosted a show like this before, directly across the water from the Canary Wharf skyline.
The closing weekend lineup
Friday 21 August (4pm to 10pm) brings the UK debut of Amelie Lens back-to-back with Sara Landry, two of techno’s most formidable names sharing a set for the first time anywhere, supported by SPFDJ, DAX J, Grace Dahl and DJ Hyperdrive.
Saturday 22 August (2.30pm to 10pm) shifts into disco and house with Grammy-winning producer Purple Disco Machine, joined by Flight Facilities, Jayda G, and a back-to-back from David Bay and Julia Sandstrom. Sunday 23 August (2.30pm to 10pm) closes the series out with an R&B and slow jams day, full lineup still to be confirmed.
All three shows are 18+, and tickets are still available, running from around £60 for the Friday techno show.
What the opening weekend proved
The series opened on 14 to 16 August to more than 30,000 guests across three shows: Our House featuring James Hype and MEDUZA on the Friday, Josh Baker back-to-back Max Dean on the Saturday, and 15 Years: The Soulection Experience closing out the weekend. Reggae legend Wayne Wonder and South London singer Sasha Keable both made special appearances, with surprise cameos from Odeal and Central Cee spotted in the crowd.
It’s not a festival in the traditional sense, more a considered run of one-off day-to-night shows built around a purpose-made stage and a setting that genuinely doesn’t exist anywhere else in London, dancefloor on one side, the Thames and the Canary Wharf towers on the other.
The London x London Take: this is exactly the kind of new London event we want to see more of, a proper outdoor setting used properly, with a lineup that earns the ticket price rather than coasting on the location. If techno at golden hour with that skyline behind the decks sounds like your Friday, book now, the Amelie Lens and Sara Landry b2b alone is worth the trip to the Greenwich Peninsula.
Need to know
- Where: Magazine London, 11 Ordnance Crescent, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0JH
- When: Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August 2026
- Price: From around £60, 18+
- More info: Magazine Open-Air website
