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# Croydon PrideFest returns on July 14
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/croydon-pridefest-returns-on-july-14/
- Published: 2018-07-09T01:12:04.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-09T07:45:02.000Z
- Description: Organisers confirm acts and sponsors for Croydon PrideFest event on Saturday, July 14. For a third year running, Croydon is set to celebrate its LGBT+ community with a fun-filled day.
- Author: Besi

## Organisers confirm acts and sponsors for Croydon PrideFest event on Saturday, July 14.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pride2017_2.jpg)

**FOR a third** year running, Croydon is set to celebrate its LGBT+ community with a fun-filled day.

On Saturday July 14, it will throw its third completely free-of-charge Croydon PrideFest, with acts and sponsors all confirmed for the day.

This year’s PrideFest parade theme is #FlyMyPride with Croydon’s multicultural community encouraged to bring along the flag of a country attendees love.

The Council, locally-based businesses and other groups have thrown their weight behind the event to make it a success: including **Headline Sponsor:** The London Borough of Croydon. Gold Sponsors: Nudge Factory and Liverpool Victoria. **Silver Sponsors:** Superdrug, BBS Natural Stone, Willmott Dixon and the Big Lottery Fund. **Bronze Sponsors:** Mott MacDonald.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pride2017_4.jpg)

This year’s PrideFest will kick-off with a parade from Croydon High Street (North End, outside Marks and Spencer) starting at 11.30am walking to the main event site in Wandle Park where a thousand participants are expected to attend.

This year’s event has moved to Wandle Park due to the event doubling in size each year. Festivities will include a wide range of live music and acts, accompanied by food and drinks stalls in the Park, going on until 10pm.

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.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pride2017_8.jpg)

**Other acts confirmed for the main stage are:**

♦ Angie Brown

♦ tribute band Abalicious

♦ cabaret performer and singer Danny Beard

♦ comedian Captain Anchor

♦ 10-piece steel band, Endurance

♦ Scarlett

♦ Gill Manly

♦ BugEye

♦ Trans-Siberian March Band

♦ Tin

♦ Q

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pride2017_6.jpg)

**Paula Goodwin, Chair of Croydon Pride, said:** *“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.*

*“We owe so much to our sponsors, who make this amazing day of celebration possible. All of them are cherished by Croydon Pride for their contribution and I look forward to sharing a fantastic day with them on Saturday 14th July.”*

**Trustee, Mark Watson, 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 ceases to amaze me and the other Pride Trustees. There’s a really great line-up of events. I can’t wait.”*

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pride2017_19.jpg)