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.
2026 Prize Winners
A big "Thank You!" to all our 2026 participants.
We would also like to congratulate the performers nominated by our adjudicators for our 2026 cash prizes.
South Asian Music
Surya Gandla - Vocal
Asmi Panda – Vocal
South Asian Dance
Vaishnavi
Dhakshinasree Narmula,
Saburi Taneja and,
Nirvignya Sai Narmula
Rasikapriya
Ahrani Sivarajah, Avaana
Samuel, Oviya Yathunanthan,
Ashaiya Amin, Reisha Rajeen
and Arya Samuel
Choir
The Downsmen
Strings
Alexander Cetateanu
Isabelle Galea Harris
Coleridge-Taylor
Ian Roy
Piano
Yan Shun Damien Cheng
Several Disciplines
Mythili Krishnan
Speech
Esme Morrish
Drama
Jasmina Sermuka
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.
