On The Beach Festival announce Sonny Fodera and Pete Tong with Tom Richards’ Essential Orchestra as first headliners

Brighton’s award-winning On The Beach festival, presented by Louder and JOY. Concerts, returns in July 2027 for its seventh edition on the city’s iconic seafront. Today, the festival announces its launch on 9th July with Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics with Tom Richards Essential Orchestra, with Sonny Fodera also announced for Saturday 24th July.

One of electronic music’s most influential figures, Pete Tong MBE has spent more than three decades shaping dance music as a DJ, producer and BBC Radio 1 broadcaster. His acclaimed Ibiza Classics show reimagines
some of the genre’s best-loved anthems with the Essential Orchestra, conducted by Tom Richards, whose credits include arranging and conducting RAYE’s My 21st Century Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall.

Multi-platinum-selling DJ and producer Sonny Fodera brings his signature house sound to Brighton beach on Saturday 24th July, following the sell-out of all four dates on his March 2027 UK arena tour, including
Manchester’s Co-op Live and London’s The O2. Known for hits including ‘Asking’, his latest album, can we do it all again?, reached the UK Top 20. His international headline shows and Pacha Ibiza residency have established him as a major draw on the global dance circuit.

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