Unmissable acts at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival
- Text by Alex King
- Photography by Emmanuel Comte
For progressive music heads, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide festival is an annual highlight, which goes down in the idyllic Mediterranean fishing port of Sète, July 6-12.
The tenth edition touches all bases familiar to those who follow Peterson’s output: from the deep vibrations of bass culture, legends like Roy Ayers and Ed Motta, to world music from Cuban shining light Daymé Arocena and Thai beatmasters Paradise Bangkok Molam, and so much more.
Here are our top ten acts to look out for at this year’s festival.
James Blake
Daymé Arocena
Roy Ayers
Little Simz
Paradise Bangkok Molam
Kate Tempest
Throwing Shade
Ed Motta
Mala + Coki + Loefah + Sgt Pokes
GoGo Penguin
Worldwide festival runs 6-12 July in Séte, France.
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