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.
Latest news
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We are pleased to announce that the syllabus for the 2026 Croydon Performing Arts Festival is now available to download and the entry system is now open; it will close on Sunday November 30th.
We have a range of classes in Speech & Drama, South Asian Music and South Asian Dance alongside individual disciplines in Music (Piano, Strings, Guitar, Harp, Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Vocal and Choral) with specialist adjudicators and have Musical versatility classes in Music and South Asian Music.
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For CPAF regulars it is important to note that there are some syllabus modifications within Speech & Drama, South Asian Music and minor changes in South Asian Dance.
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 by answering this circular.
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On behalf of all of us at Croydon Performing Arts Festival, we would like to thank all participants who performed at the 2025 festival.
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We would also like to congratulate the performers nominated by our adjudicators for our 2025 cash prizes.
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South Asian Music
Hrishikesh Tumuluri - Vocal
Abhiram Gandluri – Violin
Isha Visvanathan - Percussion - Mridangam
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Speech
Sahana Rameswaren
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Drama
Riccardo Keane
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Piano
Olivia Edwards
Arissa Vaziri
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South Asian Dance
Advika Kukunoor
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Strings
Rafferty Gayle
Eleanor Dang
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Harp
Selin Serez
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Coleridge-Taylor
Davinia Davis-Maxwell
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Choir
The Downsmen
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Ensemble
Featherstone High School Rock Band​​​​​​​​​​​
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A note from our Chair, Richard Deering
If you have appreciated the work put into this festival and you realise the enormous help that the festival has given to develop the self-esteem and self-respect, especially for the young performers, and would like to offer help - either-year-round or at the event - so that we may make it possible to continue holding our events, please contact us! On behalf of the Trustees, thank you for your continued interest and support.
