Grace Jones will be back to curate Meltdown Festival in 2021


Photo: Paul Bachmann

Photo: Paul Bachmann




Meltdown Festival will no longer be taking place this year, but Grace Jones will be back to curate the event in 2021.

“Regretfully my Meltdown festival this year must be rescheduled to June 2021 due to the coronavirus,” she’s said. “I am gravely disappointed, but also delighted to be working with the amazing Southbank Centre team who have been able to successfully move the festival dates, along with all of our incredible lineup. Stay safe, stay home and see you next year!”

Solange, Peaches and Lee Scratch Perry were some of the artists who’d been invited by Jones to perform at London’s Southbank between June 12th-21st. “As everyone knows, I’m a collector, and I collect people, amongst other things,” she’d said at the time.

“This is what I have done for Meltdown. These wonderful artists I have chosen represent something unique to me personally and to my career. From Baaba Maal to Skunk Anansie to Solange.”


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