Sammy Virji headlined a day of garage, speed garage and bassline at Finsbury Park, on a bill of artists he chose himself.
Sammy Virji, the UK garage producer behind “If U Need It”, headlined his own day at Finsbury Park on Friday 7 August 2026, presented by Krankbrother. He chose the rest of the bill himself.
Born Samuel Bashir Virji in London in 1996, he grew up in Witney, Oxfordshire. His father played trombone on Lauryn Hill’s album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
He took up bassline while studying biology at Newcastle University, and left in his third year to make music full time. By the late 2010s he had moved to UK garage, and his 2020 album, Spice Up My Life, reached number seven on the UK Dance Albums Chart.
The day set out his mix of garage, speed garage and bassline on an open-air site among the park’s trees. It was one of five days Krankbrother staged in the park that August, alongside Four Tet’s all-dayer.
Malugi, Oppidan, Pretty Girl, ESC, Jaguar, Soul Mass Transit System, Club Angel and Twofaced completed the bill.