Croydon Performing
Arts Festival
Building Lifetime Memories
The Croydon Performing Arts Festival is open to all amateurs to perform in Western Music, South Asian Music, Dance, South Asian Dance and Speech and Drama. It is one of the largest performing-arts festivals in the country attracting more than1000 performers each year.
Latest news
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Entry for the 2023 festival is now closed. To attend our events, head to the events page for the full schedule.
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Congratulations to our cash prize winners from the 2023 festival:
Sophie McCrossen – Piano
Milan Fraser – Speech
McKenna Harris – Drama
Yasmikaa Srinivasen – South Asian Dance
Mayakjhit Chakraborty – South Asian Music
Davinia Davis-Maxwell – Coleridge-Taylor Prize
Sofia Gomez – Vocal
Xilang Zhao – Brass/Wind
Old Palace Chamber Choir
Downsmen Male Voice Choir
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Join us for the GALA Concert on Sunday 28th May 2023.
Our Performers:
Panash Steel Orchestra
Davinia Davis-Maxwell – piano (Coleridge-Taylor Prize winner)
Mayakjhit Chakraborty – SA Music instrumental
Old Palace Chamber Choir
Yasmikaa Srinivasan - dancer
Ponsita Quartet – dance group
McKenna Harris - speech
Demi Tinubu - speech
Sia Srivastava - speech
Josh Bortoloso - speech
Milan Fraser - speech
Xilang Zhao – trumpet
Lidia Stachow – piano
Aiyana Rennie – double bass
Amos Paran - vocal
Shreyas Kashyap Vishnudas – SA Music vocal
LMP Concerto Finalists
Firoze Madon – piano
Katy Smith – strings
Hassan Marzban - wind