Jorja Smith’s Co-Curated Day at All Points East 2026 Centres UK R&B

All Points East’s Friday edition in Victoria Park did not follow the usual afternoon rhythm. By mid-afternoon the site was already filling, and by early evening the 45,000-capacity park appeared close to full. The reason was a lineup co-curated by Jorja Smith and her FAMM label, built around British R&B and club music with Smith and Tems as headliners.

The undercard was notably female-led. Nia Archives, Katy B, kwn, Arya Starr and Uncle Waffles each drew large crowds, while DJs including Tash LC, Keyrah and Saint Ludo held the smaller stages. That balance gave the day a different centre of gravity from the usual festival circuit.

Wesley Joseph, from Smith’s hometown of Walsall, performed tracks from his album Forever Ends Someday on the West Stage with a strong early crowd. Katy B followed later, opening with “Lights On” and closing with a drum and bass segment. Fifteen years after On A Mission, her set drew younger fans who knew both new and old material, a measure of how naturally her return has landed.

Elsewhere, a Red Bull Zone dance battle turned a brand space into a crowd-stopping extension of the day’s club energy. The framing felt coherent: a festival day built less around imported names than around sounds and scenes already active in the UK.