A gig held at The Old Market Assembly on Saturday 17th October. The event starts at 22:30.
PAPAYA FEST 2026 - CLOSING NIGHT FIESTA
★ LEI DI DAI ★ live - plus DJs LA POPELEI + special guest
We’re sending PAPAYA off the only way that makes sense: sweaty, loud, and dancing till the lights come up. This is the closing fiesta - Lei di Dai, live.
LEI DI DAI
Crowned Queen of Brazilian Dancehall by Rolling Stone, and a serious force in the sound-system scene. Out of São Paulo, she blends reggae, dancehall and Afro-Brazilian beats into a sound all her own, with a hard kick of jungle and DnB underneath. Her songs dig into empowerment, justice and love, and she brings the vocals and the stage presence to back it up. First time hearing her or long-time fan, she’ll have you sweaty and dancing down to the floor. She’s taken it to Glastonbury, Boomtown, Shambala and the Commonwealth Games - now she’s ours.
DJs
Then the DJs take it deep and late. La Popelei is on a mission to make you wiggle - British-Venezuelan, all bass, all chaos: reggaeton, afrobeat, tropical bass, jungle, DnB, breaks. Calls herself a Sunday roast stuffed in an arepa. Founder of this whole damn festival, plays Shambala and WOMAD, and will have every cell in your body fizzing.
And then? A very special guest DJ - the perfect person to see PAPAYA off in style, bringing the Latin heat right to the last dance. All will be revealed soon.
One dancefloor, one big send-off, and a stupidly fun night out. Let’s go out with a bang.
10pm Doors
10:30pm LEI DI DAI
11:30pm LA POPELEI
12:45am Guest DJ
2am Close