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Jorja Smith and Tems announced as All Points East co-headliners
Today, East London’s celebrated festival All Points East welcomes two global powerhouses as co-headliners: the BRIT Award-winning British icon Jorja Smith and two-time Grammy Award-winning British Nigerian star Tems, taking over Victoria Park on Friday 21 August 2026. Curated by Jorja Smith and her label FAMM in collaboration with All Points East, the line-up also features kwn, Ayra Starr, and Odeal, with Tems performing as the penultimate act before Jorja Smith closes the night. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 13 March, 10am, visit allpointseastfestival.com.
Jorja Smith first emerged on the scene ten years ago with her debut single, ‘Blue Lights,’ and has since gone on to achieve global success. By 2017, she was a multiple MOBO Award nominee and featured on Drake’s 2017 playlist project, across ‘Jorja Interlude’ and ‘Get It Together’ featuring Black Coffee. The following year, Smith became a Brit Critics’ Choice Award winner and co-wrote ‘I AM’, produced by Kendrick Lamar, for Marvel’s blockbuster movie Black Panther. Smith was named Best British Female Artist at the Brit Awards the following year and scooped a nomination for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards.
This year, Smith marked the 10th anniversary of ‘Blue Lights’ with a three-track release of Demo Dump 16 on SoundCloud. In May last year, Smith dropped new music collaborating with Maverick Sabre, Ed Thomas and Shayk on the nostalgia-infused ‘The Way I Love You’. The new single was released with a moody music video directed by KC Locke and follows her recent feature on AJ Tracey’s ‘Crush’, as well as her collaborations with Shygirl and Major League DJz. More recently, Smith released a polished version of the fan-voted demo ‘Don’t Leave’, which was originally recorded in 2015, again paying homage to the 10th anniversary of ‘Blue Lights.’ While many of us are anticipating new music, Smith has been confirmed to be supporting Harry Styles across six shows in Mexico City for his ‘Together, Together’ 2026 tour. So, with a headliner show and supporting tour dates, we hope to hear Smith’s long-awaited new tunes filling up Victoria Park.
British Nigerian two-time GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter Tems is known for her global reach. Hailing from Lagos, Tems’ powerful self-produced debut EP, For Broken Ears, marked her as a star in the making. Four years later, in 2024, she unveiled her long-awaited debut album, Born In The Wild, which Pitchfork praised for its “adventurous and melancholic” style. Tems’ searing album received an outstanding five stars from NME. Yet, the singer’s lore and history in the UK started much earlier than that. Tems made her UK Top 10 debut after collaborating with Future and Drake on ‘Wait For U’ in 2022.
Tems’ discography remains innovative and introspective. The singer has collaborated with A-list industry names with writing credits for Beyoncé’s mega album Renaissance, cited as a co-writer and vocalist on Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’, as well as appearing on Justin Bieber’s 2025 GRAMMY nominated album, SWAG. With recognition across the BET Awards, American Music Awards and the MOBO Awards, nobody is raising the bar like Tems. In 2025, she released her acclaimed sophomore EP Love Is A Kingdom reminding fans of her rapid ascent as an artist. In the same year, Tems secured her first UK No. 1 featuring on ‘Raindance’ by British rapper Dave. In the same year, she scooped up a second Academy Award win for Best African Music Performance for her song’ Love Me JeJe’, making her the first Nigerian artist to receive multiple GRAMMYS.
With a track record hard to follow, Tems remains an unstoppable collaborator. From appearing on J. Cole’s new album, The Fall Off, to making her return to London’s famous Victoria Park, she proves she can do it all: creating a sound that’s both intimate and expansive.
London native kwn grew up around music. From picking up the drums and the piano as a youngster to uploading raps to SoundCloud, she always felt a pull to music. Only 25, she has amassed over 3.4 million monthly listeners. Dropping her debut track ‘wn way or another’ in 2022, she quickly became a one to watch artist. However, just as kwn was about to drop her major single ‘Worst Behaviour’ featuring GRAMMY-winning American artist Kehlani, the Londoner was released from her label. Yet kwn came back and bigger. Her collaboration with Kehlani blew up online, also earning a slot on the American rapper’s Crash European tour dates. Since then, kwn has been nominated for Best New International Act at the BET Awards and was named Billboard’s R&B Rookie of the Month. Billboard praised her sound and style, calling her music “a moody amalgam of trap, soulful vocal stacks and splashes of dark electronic music that both captures and reimagines the post-Bryson Tiller R&B landscape.”
kwn’s latest album, with all due respect, was released last year, featuring her hit track with Kehlani and ‘talk to you through it’ featuring UK pop trio FLO. Freshly released, kwn’s latest single, ‘Hopeless Romantic,’ is out now, just in time for her to bring the heat, the tunes and vibes to Victoria Park.
GRAMMY-nominated, double MOBO Award-winning Afrobeats superstar Ayra Starr is unmatched. In the past year, she has released a string of multi-million streaming singles including ‘Gimme Dat‘ (with Wizkid) – which earned Ayra her second GRAMMY nomination, the viral summer hit ‘Hot Body‘ and ‘Who’s Dat Girl‘ with Rema, pushing her total global streaming numbers to over 3 billion. There’s no doubt that Starr is at the top of her game. 2025 saw her hit new milestones: she scooped two MOBO Awards and became the first female artist in 16 years to win Best African Music Act, as well as picking up her first BET Award for Best International Act. With a string of instantly recognisable collaborations across multiple genres – including Coldplay, Kelly Rowland, Stormzy, and David Guetta – it is clear Ayra Starr brings her culture with her wherever she goes, breaking barriers and creating ‘firsts’ for African artists. Starr also became the first Afrobeats artist to perform on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage. Now, with 2026 ahead of her, she returns with her new single ‘Where Do We Go’ and is set to deliver a truly iconic set at Victoria Park.
Growing up, German-born British-Nigerian singer and producer Odeal moved around a lot, spending time in Germany, Spain, Nigeria, and the UK – locations which rapidly shaped his genre-fluid style. While at boarding school in Nigeria, the musician made his first moves as an artist and producer, inspired by local heroes Fela Kuti, Burna Boy, and Wizkid. Since then, Odeal has become a leading name in the R&B scene. In 2025, he had an acclaimed year, winning two MOBO Awards for Best Newcomer and Best R&B Act, as well as BET’s first-ever Best New International Act award. His accolades don’t stop there, Odeal was also part of Amazon Music’s 2025 Breakthrough Artist list, Spotify’s 2025 Artist To Watch and a member of YouTube Music’s 2025 Foundry programme. NME praised his EP, The Fall That Saved Us as “[leaning] into lush R&B minimalism”. Now, embarking on a new chapter, Odeal is a DIY artist prepped and ready to come out on top.
Jorja Smith and Tems join fellow All Points East 2026 headliners: Lorde on Saturday 22 August, Deftones at Outbreak Fest on Sunday 23 August and Tyler, The Creator’s two-day headline slot at Victoria Park on Friday 28 August and Saturday 29 August, and Twenty One Pilots on Sunday 30 August.
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