4Play
Jazz-funk · Jungle · House · ReggaeWest Row × Kensal Road
Notting Hill Carnival 2026 · Music first
The PLUGGD Sound System Map
Thirty-six systems. Two days. No sensible person is trying to hear all of them. Find your sound, learn the corner and let the day take it from there.
Sunday 30 + Monday 31 AugustSystems run 12pm–7pmRoster: 36 confirmed for 2026
Carnival does not have one soundtrack. It has arguments. Sweet soul across the road from roots that can make your sternum reconsider its life choices; jungle around one corner, gospel and house around the next.
This is the PLUGGD way through it: not a list to complete, and definitely not an invitation to spend seven hours marching between pins while the actual party happens without you. It is a sound compass.
The 36 names below are on the official 2026 roster. Street corners are their usual Carnival pitches and can change, so save this page now, then check the official Carnival app for the final live map before you travel. Signal on the road has never cared about your plans.
Find your frequency
Tap a mood to cut through the full field. Genres overlap because good selectors do not work for filing cabinets.
Aba Shanti-I
Roots · Dub · Spiritual pressureEast Row × Southern Row
Arts-A-Light
Soulful house · Gospel · AfrobeatsBonchurch Road × Portobello Road
Channel One
Roots · Reggae · DubLeamington Road Villas × Westbourne Park Road
Different Strokes
Hip-hop · Jungle · Drum & bassSt Luke’s Road × Lancaster Road
Disya Jeneration
Reggae · Soul · DancehallWestbourne Park Road × Powis Terrace
G.I. Roadshow
Reggae · Soca · LatinAdela Street × Kensal Road
Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues
Ska · Rocksteady · BluesTalbot Road, by Powis Mews
Gladdy Wax
Reggae · Ska · Jamaican classicsPortobello Road, off Chesterton Road
GT Flex Roadshow
UKG · Dancehall · Soca · PartyMiddle Row × Conlan Street
Hi-Grade Sound
Reggae · Bass weightOxford Gardens × St Lawrence Terrace
KCC & The Rockin Crew
US house · Funky houseMunro Mews × Wornington Road
Killerwatt
Ragga · ReggaeSt Luke’s Road, north of Tavistock Road
King Tubby’s
Reggae · BashmentClydesdale Road
Latin Rave Street Jam
Salsa · Latin · Street partyPortobello Road × Chesterton Road
Lord Gellys
Jamaica · Grenada · London · New YorkCambridge Gardens × Thorpe Close
Love TKO
Soul · Rock · SocaHazelwood Crescent × Golborne Road
Mark Ross The Boss
Soulful house · Funk · R&BLonsdale Road × Ledbury Road
Mastermind
R&B · Hip-hop · Soul · ReggaeCanal Close
Metro Glory
Vinyl reggae · Science of SoundLedbury Road × Dartmouth Close
Nasty Love
Dancehall · Bashment · RevivalColville Houses
People’s Sound
Reggae · Jamaican selectionsAll Saints Road × Lancaster Road
Pineappletribe
Hard house · Breakbeat · TechnoWest Row × Southern Row
Platinum Soul Sound
Funk · Soul · Lovers rockSutherland Place junction
Rampage Sound
Hip-hop · R&B · Dancehall · JungleColville Terrace × Colville Square
Rapattack
Soul · Jazz · Funk · House · Hip-hopAll Saints Road × McGregor Road
Rough But Sweet
Reggae · Lovers rock · R&BHazelwood Crescent × Bosworth Road
Saxon Sound
Reggae · Foundation · ToastingChesterton Road × St Lawrence Terrace
Seduction City
Soul · Ragga · R&B · Women-ledTelford Road × Ladbroke Grove
Sir Lloyd
Reggae · R&B · BassLeamington Road Villas × Tavistock Road
Sir Valdez
Hip-hop · RaggaGolborne Road, opposite Trellick Tower
Solution Sound
JA · UK reggae · Melodic selectionsLedbury Road × Talbot Road
Starliner Diamond
Reggae · Soca · Afrobeats · Funky soulCheck final official map
Trojan 7 × LIN KAM ART
Roots · Rockers · Dub · RevivalCheck final official map
Virgo International
Reggae · Soca · Family-friendlyPortobello Road × Oxford Gardens
Volcano Sound
Trinidad · Reggae · SocaFaraday Road × Athlone Place
Three ways in
Choose a run. Leave room for detours.
The roots run
Weight, warmth, no rushing
- Aba Shanti-I
- Channel One
- Gladdy Wax
- Saxon Sound
Give this one time. Dub is not improved by checking your step count every twelve minutes.
The cross-London party
From singalong to screwface
- 4Play
- GT Flex
- Sir Lloyd
- Rampage
Big tunes, big crowds, sudden guest appearances and at least one friend announcing they are “two minutes away.” They are not.
The women at the controls
Inheritance in real time
- Seduction City
- Disya Jeneration
- Trojan 7 × LIN KAM ART
Not a diversity sidebar. Three places to hear women selecting, building and carrying the form forward.
Behind the boxes
The map marks a corner. A crew makes it a venue.
Every pin represents work the map cannot show: cabinets built and repaired, amplifiers tested, generators managed, cables run, levels watched and records chosen in conversation with a changing crowd. That is why a sound is more than a large public address system. The technology has an identity, and the people operating it are part of the performance.
Use the map to find the music, then put the phone away long enough to notice how that particular system feels. Warmth, clarity, weight and selection are the real coordinates.
Inside a Carnival sound-system stack, 2008 · Jay Bergesen / CC BY 2.0Keep the day playable
Four notes before you start pin-hopping
01
Save the map offline
Assume your signal will become decorative by mid-afternoon. Screenshot the corner you want and agree a meeting point that is not “by the speakers.”
02
Protect your ears
The bass is meant to be physical. Hearing damage is not a cultural requirement. Bring proper earplugs and take breaks away from the stack.
03
Do not make the rig your furniture
No drinks on boxes, no climbing barriers, no squeezing into the working space because your video needs a better angle. A crew built the venue you are standing in.
04
Know when you have found your corner
If the selector has the crowd, stop navigating. The best thing on this map is the part where you forget to look at it.