Love Trails Festival powered by Garmin today announces a major expansion of its programme for 2026, as the world’s first running and music festival prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary with its most ambitious edition to date. With over 90% of already sold, the final 10% of tickets will be released this Friday 27 March at 10am and will be released exclusively to those on the waitlist: https://www.lovetrailsfestival.co.uk/2026-waitlist.
Returning to the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, from 2-6 July 2026, Love Trails has spent the past decade growing from a grassroots coastal gathering into one of the UK’s most distinctive summer festival formats, bringing together trail running and hiking, live music and DJs, outdoor adventure, wellbeing and community in one destination setting. For its 10th anniversary year, that offering is broader than ever.
This latest wave of programming sees Love Trails deepen every side of the festival experience, from bigger after-dark production and new live performances, to its largest ever global gathering of run and hike communities, expanded movement programming, fresh outdoor adventures and a stronger family offer. It reflects how the festival has evolved over the past ten years, and how audiences increasingly want more from a weekend away than either a traditional music festival or a straightforward sporting event can offer on their own.
This latest wave of programming sees Love Trails deepen every side of the festival experience, from bigger after-dark production and new live performances, to its largest ever global gathering of run and hike communities, expanded movement programming, fresh outdoor adventures and a stronger family offer. It reflects how the festival has evolved over the past ten years, and how audiences increasingly want more from a weekend away than either a traditional music festival or a straightforward sporting event can offer on their own.
Joining a line-up that already includes Mr Scruff, Nubiyan Twist, Joshua Idehen, Falle Nioke Soundsystem and Oby Onyioha is headliner nimino, whose warm, genre-blurring electronic sound has made him one of the most exciting names in the dance scene right now.
From the world of running, Andre Coggins and his Mafia Moves crew return to the Gower alongside Birmingham’s largest running crew Made Running fronted by Hermen Dange; and poet and NOTES running founder Josh Lynott leads running experiences across the weekend. Dr Becca Salmon, the fast-rising creator in fitness, lifestyle, and education known for her inspiring and motivational content, will also be joining the line-up, along with Ryan Lloyd Haynes, founder of Run With Purpose, which was created to tackle loneliness and make running a more inclusive sport and British record holder and elite marathon runner, Becky Briggs.
Live music additions include North Wales’ bred, London-based The Joy Formidable, back for their first performances in two years, alongside 1-800 GIRLS, Project Smok, Masca and Good Habits. Fan-favourite Sarah Weiler’s Piano Sing-a-long is back for the fourth year in a row (having since become a staple of the Greenpeace stage at Glastonbury). They’ll be joined by crate-digging DJs and selectors including Cami Layé Okún, Poly-Ritmo and United Freedom Collective, and drum & bass sensation Anaïs. The result is a music programme that continues to reflect the festival’s genre-spanning identity, from global sounds and live instrumentation to club culture, spoken word and late-night energy.
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