Croydon PrideFest is this Saturday 14 July. | Photo: Croydon PrideFest
Head to south London this Saturday 14 July for Croydon PrideFest. Now in its third year, the one-day fun festival will celebrate the LGBTI community with a free event.
Fly your flag at Croydon PrideFest
The usual rainbow flag will be in good company at this year’s Croydon PrideFest. | Photo: Croydon PrideFest
This year’s PrideFest parade theme is #FlyMyPride. Members of Croydon’s multicultural community are encouraged to bring along the flag of a country they love.
The parade will kick off from Croydon High Street (North End, outside Marks & Spencer) at 11:30am walking to the main event site in Wandle Park with a thousand participants expected.
The park will now host the festival as the event has doubled in size over the years. The festivities will include a wide range of live music and acts, accompanied by food and drinks stalls, going on until 10pm.
The full lineup
Christopher Haul will perform at Croydon PrideFest.
Confirmed acts include Asifa Lahore, star of Channel 4’s Muslim Drag Queens, and singer-songwriter Christopher Haul. Asifa will host the event in the afternoon and Christopher in the evening.
Other acts confirmed for the main stage are:
- 10-piece steel band, Endurance
- Scarlett
- Gill Manly
- BugEye
- Trans-Siberian March Band
- Tin
- Q
- Angie Brown
- Tribute band Abalicious
- Cabaret performer and singer Danny Beard
- Comedian Captain Anchor
Chair of Croydon Pride Paula Goodwin commented: ‘I have no doubt this year’s PrideFest will be awesome. Our acts and presenters are going to help create such a great atmosphere, all a part of Croydon’s celebration of its inclusive Pride scene.’
Mark Watson, Trustee for Croydon Pride, added: ‘The clock is ticking fast for PrideFest and we’re going to have a great time, even bigger and better than in previous years. And they were a tough act to follow!’
‘We might not be the first place you’d expect a Pride festival on this scale but Croydon’s community spirit and inclusivity never cease to amaze me and the other Pride Trustees. There’s a really great line-up of events. I can’t wait.’
Croydon PrideFest will return to south London for its third year. | Photo: Croydon PrideFest
The sponsors
The Council, locally-based businesses, and other groups have thrown their weight behind the event to make it a success.
The London Borough of Croydon is headline sponsor, while Nudge Factory and Liverpool Victoria are gold sponsors. Furthermore, Silver Sponsors include Superdrug, BBS Natural Stone, Willmott Dixon and the Big Lottery Fund. Bronze Sponsors: Mott MacDonald.
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