‘We don’t take this for granted’: How Labyrinth on the Thames is navigating success
Ahead of its second edition, co-founder Nick Castleman reveals how the series' historic setting helped power back-to-back sell-outs
News By Hanna Ellington | 28 July 2026
Ahead of the second year of London’s Labyrinth on the Thames, the festival says it is invested in cultivating “new and different audiences”, with the strategy led by a diversified cross-genre programme for its upcoming sophomore edition.
As it prepares to step beyond the dance music remit of its debut edition last year, founder Nick Castleman dives into what was behind the open-air series’ immediate success, and how it is balancing the rewards and restrictions of a UNESCO World…
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