Silver Gore, RABBITFOOT, Fust, sean trelford and My First Time lead Best Fit's five-day festival of new music for 2026

Taking place at The Lexington in London from 12-16 January 2026, this year's line-up sees Silver Gore, RABBITFOOT, Fust, sean trelford and My First Time heading up five nights of incredible music with tickets on sale from Wednesday, 12 November.

Over the last ten years, the Five Day Forecast has featured Mercury Music prize nominees Self Esteem, Jockstrap, Porridge Radio and Black Country New Road as well as early shows from the likes of Pale Waves, Katy J Pearson, Squid, as well as debut UK performances from Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Gia Margaret, Faye Webster and more.

Island Records-signed duo Silver Gore – singer-drummer Ava Gore and producer Ethan P. Flynn – open the first night of the 2025 Five Day Forecast after an incredible year that’s seen them conquer every showcase around and put out a contender for both the year’s best EP with Dogs in Heaven, and best song with “All the Good Men”. They’re joined by Dublin six-piece Madra Salach – who are picking up the baton from Lisa O Neil and Lankum in exploring new forms for a traditional folk sound – and Cambridge-born experimental singer/songwriter Tommy Barlow.

Genre-blending and subverting collective RABBITFOOT has earned their stripes winning over audiences across London and beyond over the last year, with a template familiar to fans of the Windmill scene. They’re joined on the second day of the Forecast by green star – the Spanish-American trio pulling showgaze and grunge into new and exciting shapes – and Brighton’s slowcore four-piece Glasshouse Red Spider Mite.

Fust is the musical project of Aaron Dowdy whose intimate, Faulknerian songwriting has earned the Dear Life Records-signed four-piece from North Carolina a unique place in the alternative country scene. Headlining the mid-week slot at the Forecast, they’re joined by Brighton indie project ladylike, and Manchester art-pop six-piece Truthpaste.

Barely out of his teens and pushing the envelope for guitar music, DIY indie songwriter sean trelford’s raw, personal songwriting allies him to the greats - from Mahler and ELO to Radiohead and Tame Impala. He headlines the penultimate night of the Forecast, joined by two other bands taking guitars to incredible places: London five-piece Ain’t and Speedy Wunderground-signed post-punk project MORN.

Closing out the 2026 Five Day Forecast is Bristol’s My First Time, whose crushing mix of new-school punk, thrash-y pop and twisted riffs delivers arresting social commentary and new-school satire. They’re joined by THEATRE, the incredible shoegaze-expanding Dublin band on everyone's lip (and yet to release any music), alongside Brighton alt-punk outfit Lemonsuckr.

Tickets for each night of the Five Day Forecast go on sale on Wednesday, 12 November at 10am via DICE and are priced at £13 + booking fee, or you can pick up a five-day pass for £55 + booking fee.