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 than 1000 performers each year.
We need volunteers!
Latest news
We hope to run all sections to the fullest capacity, but we are dependent upon
sufficient volunteer help at these January/February sessions so, if you can
help, please get in touch.
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The entry system for the Croydon Performing Arts Festival 2025 is now closed. Thank you to all who have entered and we look forward to welcoming you to this year's festival!​
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Our Western Dance section will run from May 24th – 31st and that syllabus and entry system will be available from January with a similar announcement made when that is active.
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Congratulations to our cash prize winners from the 2024 festival:
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Coleridge-Taylor Prize - Davinia Davis-Maxwell
Piano - Sophie McCrossen
Piano - Shravan Sriram
South Asian Music instrumental - Shriya Mistry
South Asian Music Vocal - Smriti Saraf
Vocal - Esme Roberts
Speech - Seli Afriyeye
Drama - McKenna Harris
South Asian Dance - Aadhya Velan
South Asian Dance - Catherine Kurian
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