LEI DI DAI + La Popelei + Rhi Play + Lexx

LEI DI DAI + La Popelei + Rhi Play + Lexx at The Old Market Assembly
Headfirst Editor's Pick

"Catch the absolute Queen of the Brazillian dancehall scene tearing it up for the Papaya Fest finale. Lei Di Dai’s singular rudegyal style’s captured Bristol's heart with sprinkles of jungle, reggaeton and baile madness thrown into the grinderrrrrrrr + DJs serving you red hot dembow and searing neo-perreo til 2am. Same again next year? "

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A gig held at The Old Market Assembly on Tomorrow. The event starts at 22:30.


PAPAYA FEST 2026 - CLOSING NIGHT FIESTA

★ LEI DI DAI ★ live - plus DJs LA POPELEI + RHI PLAY b2b LEXX

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? Our very special guests Rhi Play and Lexx of Soft Butch go back to back to close the night - and we cannot wait. Between them it's Latin and reggaeton, afrobeat and afro house, amapiano, drum and bass and breaks, woven into one Latin-inspired journey that starts slow and flirty and builds into something gloriously reckless. Big queer energy, tunes from all over the world, and two DJs who really know how to look after a dancefloor - the perfect way to see PAPAYA off in style, right to the last dance.

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 RHI PLAY b2b LEXX

2am Close



Entry requirements: 18+

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