New film celebrates ONE LOVE’s return to Bentley Estate: preparations gather pace for August 2027
One Love / One Sun Festival has unveiled its official 2026 Festival Aftermovie, looking back on the festival’s return to the UK festival landscape at Bentley Estate, near Lewes, East Sussex. The film offers a glimpse of the music, people, setting and independent spirit that defined the gathering.
Founded by festival promoter Dan Wiltshire in 2008, One Love has long championed reggae, dub, Rastafari heritage and British sound-system culture. The 2026 event introduced a complementary woodland experience, One Sun, bringing leftfield and underground electronic music into the festival’s wider musical world.
TWO MUSICAL WORLDS. ONE GATHERING.
At the heart of the festival, One Love celebrates roots reggae, dub, live musicians, selectors and the UK’s enduring sound-system culture. Follow the music into the trees and One Sun explores ambient, acid, electronic music, jungle and drum & bass. The two areas trace connections between Jamaican sound-system traditions, British underground dance music and the independent communities that sustain them.
Beyond the stages, the Bentley Estate weekend brings together camping, Caribbean flavours, global street food, independent traders, cultural spaces, art and wellbeing experiences. The new film captures the atmosphere behind that vision: not only a line-up, but a community gathering with its own identity.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2027
The festival returns to Bentley Estate from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 August 2027. The Sabres of Paradise are confirmed to headline One Sun on Friday 20 August with a special woodland club show. Other announced names include Aba Shanti-I, Saxon Sound System, The Cimarons, Coxsone Sound System, Jumpin Jack Frost, Ray Keith and Mixmaster Morris, with further announcements to follow.
Weekend Early Bird tickets are currently priced at £115, with camping included. Children under 12 are admitted free. Organisers are also developing transport, camping facilities, independent trading, cultural areas and wellbeing spaces for 2027.
The 2026 Festival Aftermovie offers returning visitors a reminder of the festival’s first year at Bentley Estate, while introducing new audiences to the world being built for 2027.
EVENT DETAILS
ONE LOVE / ONE SUN FESTIVAL 2027 • 20–22 August 2027 • Bentley Estate, near Lewes, East Sussex • www.onelovefestival.co.uk
Tickets: https://ticketpass.org/event/
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