The ALSO Monthly Drop: Issue #01 ✨
Hello you gorgeous people — welcome to the very first of our new monthly drops, landing on the first Sunday of every month. A mix of what’s happening behind the scenes, what’s inspiring us, and a few handpicked recommendations.
It’s been a full few months wrapping ALSO25 and diving headlong into curating our spectacular 13th edition. The first line-up arrives at the end of January 2026, with some bold new projects launching soon.
ICYMI: September saw the release of the ALSO26 early bird tickets. This is your chance to secure tickets, car passes, and the coveted campervan passes at earlybird prices. As always, there are limited places for campervans to roll directly into our Capability Brown lakeside parkland site — a chance to wake within the landscape where ALSO comes alive. Once these passes are gone, they’re gone.
And we dropped our first-ever ALSO Future Music & Women in Sound Report -read on here.
With love,
The ALSO Team
#ALSO26 | 10–12 July 2026 | Where ideas run wild.
IN THIS ISSUE
Highlights from the ALSO Universe
Ideas, happenings, and inspirations from the ALSO universe:
- Numinity at &Soul, London — On Sat 6 Dec 2025, our fabulous wellbeing partners, Numinity, host a day party. Expect a powerful Master Plant Breathwork session, Ecstatic Dance, Sound Healing, and a wild spa.Earlybird tickets are on sale here.
- Festival, cooked or raw? The magnificient Margaret Heffernan on why ALSO is her festival of choice: “That uncertainty and surprise is what makes ALSO fun: the sense that everyone’s up for anything.” Read more.
- Napton Water Buffalo on BBC Radio 4 — James Hill from Napton Water Buffalo — who scoop their delicious buffalo ice cream at ALSO — were on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet earlier this week and chatting to Jay Rayner about the unique quality of buffalo milk. Listen here.
- ALSO25 in Forbes. Described as a “unique weekend of ideas, music, wellness and nature” AND the “definition of a boutique cultural festival”. We’ll take it. Read the feature here.
- Stornoway at the Royal Albert Hall — A 20th anniversary celebration in March 2026: A Journey From Sea to Summit. The show promises to be unique, bringing their passion for conservation to the fore with an immersive night in nature, alongside special guests. Get tickets here.
Books of the Month
Spotlighting the reads that deserve a place on your list. Naturally, the titles are available on the ALSO Bookshop and support our independent festival — created with a whole lotta love — year-round.
No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes
The UK’s only Rock star classicist, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes, brings us a love story steeped in vengeance — an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea. Based on the classic tragedy by Euripides, this is Medea as you’ve never seen her before . . .
Get your copyfrom the ALSO Bookshop.
Kofi and the Brand New Vibe by Jeffrey Boakye
Kofi is back in a brand-new, music-making adventure! The third in the series — it’s a middle-grade adventure with more twists than an unfamiliar road. Don’t miss the latest book in this fiction series from the award-winning author, broadcaster, educator and journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding race, masculinity, education and popular culture, Jeffrey Boakye.
Released on 9 October. Pre-order your copy from the ALSO Bookshop.
The ALSO Playlist
Missing the summer? The ALSO25 playlist lives on — fresh tracks added to keep the summer alive (if only in our hippocampi). Listen here.
Want to go deeper? Hear directly from the Future Music artists who played at ALSO25. Start with Cat aka Neon Pumps on her inspirations, her sound, and what she loved about being part of the Future Music programme this summer. Watch Cat’s interview at ALSO25 here.
#ALSO26 | 10–12 July 2026 | Where ideas run wild.