London’s biggest and longest-running Latin music festival La Linea returns in 2026

music festival.”LA LINEA 2026 FIRST NAMES:

Silvana Estrada • Sara Correia • Zé Ibarra • Caifanes • Eliane Correa presents Las Salseras – A Tribute to Celia Cruz • Lia Kali • Renata Flores • La Yegros • Desta French presents: Latinas of London • Queralt Lahoz + Maria Arnal

“London’s essential Latin Music Festival.”
Billboard

20^th April  – 6^th May 2026

Tickets on sale from 12pm on Wednesday 19^th November via www.lalineafestival.com

2026,
La Linea, London’s biggest and longest-running Latin music festival, returns in spring 2026 with another vibrant celebration of sound, story and culture across venues throughout the capital. Presented by Como No, the festival runs from 20th April to 6^th May 2026 featuring a diverse line-up of established icons and rising talent from across Latin America, the UK and beyond. 

Now in its 26^th year, La Linea continues to champion the ever-evolving Latin soundscape that shapes London’s global identity. This year’s edition presents a 90% female lineup, reaffirming La Linea’s commitment to amplifying women’s voices in Latin music and positioning the festival as a leading platform for innovation in the genre. 

This year’s festival will feature Mexican singer and songwriter Silvana Estrada, who won the Latin Grammy in 2022 for Best Newcomer, making her La Linea debut with a show at the Union Chapel on Wednesday 29th April (watch her NPR Tiny Desk performance HERE). Estrada sold out EartH Theatre in 2023 and returns to London with her widely acclaimed new album, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias – hailed by Rolling Stone as “her most powerful album yet.”

At the Barbican on Monday 20^th April, Portuguese sensation Sara Correia – a Latin Grammy nominee and one of Fado’s brightest rising stars – begins a new chapter in 2026, bringing a new album and new show. 

The festival has also confirmed an exclusive show from one of the most successful Mexican rock bands of all time, Caifanes. Selling over 3 million albums worldwide, the band was named one of the 100 Greatest Artists in Latin American Rock by Rolling Stone and will swap stadium stages for a special intimate show at The Garage on Tuesday 28^th April. 

Brazilian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zé Ibarra, best known as the lead vocalist of Latin Grammy-winning group Bala Desejo, makes his UK debut at the Jazz Cafe on Wednesday 6^th May, bringing his modern take on Música Popular Brasileira to London audiences for the first time.

Following her sold-out London debut last year at Hootananny Brixton, Spanish singer-songwriter Lia Kali performs at Village Underground on Thursday 23^rd April. Kali, who’s headlined major European festivals including Primavera Sound, has amassed over 440 million streams and will showcase songs from her 2025 release, Kaelis. 

There’s a welcomed return for Latinas of London, led by UK-based Latin artist Desta French, celebrating London’s vibrant Latina community at the Jazz Cafe on Saturday 2^nd May. Also at the Jazz Cafe, Eliane Correa presents Las Salseras – A Tribute to Celia Cruz, a one-night-only homage marking the centenary of the legendary Cuban singer. The show features an all-female salsa band incorporating musicians from across Latin America and the UK. 

Argentinian Nu Cumbia singer-songwriter La Yegros, described by The Guardian as the “queen of the scene”, brings her hypnotic fusion of electronica, psychedelia and Nu Cumbia to The Fox and Firkin in Lewisham on 24^th April, performing tracks from her 2024 album, And performing on the same day at the Jazz Cafe is innovative indigenous Peruvian artist Renata Flores, presenting her first-ever London show with her powerful blend of trap, pop, Andean sounds and use of Quechua – one of the world’s oldest indigenous languages – and it coincides with new music set for release in March. 

And Maria Arnal – one of Spain’s most innovative voices – presents Ama, a bold new avant-pop project, at the Jazz Cafe on Friday 1^st May. She will be joined by Catalan singer Queralt Lahoz, who will share music from her new album, 9:30 PM, which fuses flamenco, bolero, hip-hop and R&B. 

Elena Beltrami (Director of Como No & La Linea Festival): 

“La Linea has always been about connection – between continents, generations and sounds – and this year’s line-up captures that spirit more than ever. We’re proud to showcase the extraordinary creativity of women who are shaping Latin music today while celebrating the London-based artists who are reimagining it for the future.” 

Additional names will be announced in the new year, and tickets are on sale from 12pm on Wednesday 19^th November via www.lalineafestival.com.

La Linea 2026:

Sara Correia 
Monday 20^th April 2026 
Barbican
https://comono.co.uk/artists/sara-correia/

Lia Kali
Thursday 23^rd April 2026 
Village Underground  https://comono.co.uk/artists/lia-kali/

Renata Flores
Friday 24^th April 2026
Jazz Cafe 

La Yegros
Friday 24^th April 2026 
Fox and Firkin 
https://comono.co.uk/artists/la-yegros/

Eliane Correa presents Las Salseras – A Tribute to Celia Cruz
Saturday 25^th April 2026 
Jazz Cafe 
https://comono.co.uk/artists/eliane-correa-presents/

Caifanes 
Tuesday 28^th April 2026 
The Garage https://comono.co.uk/artists/caifanes/

Silvana Estrada 
Wednesday 29^th April 2026 
Union Chapel 

Queralt Lahoz + Maria Arnal
Friday 1^st May 2026
Jazz Cafe 
https://comono.co.uk/artists/maria-arnal-queralt-lahoz/

Desta French presents: Latinas of London
Saturday 2^nd May 2026
Jazz Cafe 

Zé Ibarra
Wednesday 6^th May 2026 
Jazz Cafe 
https://comono.co.uk/artists/ze-ibarra/

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Notes to Editors:

Como No has been London’s leading promoter of music from Latin America since the 1980s. It has presented hundreds of shows from small clubs to major concert halls and arenas. Its shows have helped define Latin music for generations of Londoners and provided outlets for the burgeoning Latin American community as well as other Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking artists.

Since April 2023, Como No has been a National Portfolio Organisation supported by the Arts Council of England.

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