Little Simz to curate Meltdown Festival 2025
The long-running event will return to London’s Southbank Centre this year for its 30th edition
2025’s Meltdown Festival – the 30th edition of the long-running event – will be curated by Little Simz.
The festival will return to London’s Southbank Centre from June 12-22, with first names announced in the spring.
Simz said: “I’m super excited to be the 2025 Meltdown Festival curator! My team and I are preparing eleven days of art, music, workshops and more. So many incredible artists have curated this festival so it’s a true honour to be a part of it. Thank you to the Southbank Centre for having me. Meltdown 2025 the Simz way is going to be epic. I’ll see you there.”
She follows in the footsteps of Chaka Khan in 2024 and a 2023 programme curated by Christine & the Queens.
Discussing their choice of 2025 curator, the venue’s Head of Contemporary Music, Jane Beese, said: “Little Simz’ ability to forge new genre-defying ideas and her ambition to inspire the next generation of creators aligns with what the Southbank Centre’s artistic programme and vision stands for. We’re incredibly excited to witness the lineup she’ll curate and for the power of her great art, leadership and culture to bring people together on-site for our 30th year.”
A line-up will be announced in due course.
Last year’s line-up, curated by Khan, included Emeli Sandé, Lady Blackbird, Bruce Hornsby and Incognito.