Croydon Summer Festival 2005

This year’s World Party on 9th July hosts three stages of world music in the park, a global market, funfair, kids area, outdoor performances and a licensed bar. Artists include:
On the Main Stage: Jazz pioneer, Roy Ayers; London hip-hop artist, TY; The Beat; and Ska Cubano.
On the Acoustic Stage: Senegalese singer Nuru Kane and his Paris-based band, Bayefall Gnawa (with musicians from Mali, Morocco, Senegal and France); Claire Toomey; and Mendicant.
On the Dance Stage: the Spam Allstars; Alison David and the Mezzotones; and Size 9.

Sunday, 10th July features the Croydon Mela with a varied artistic programme across four stages including:
On the Main Stage: Bhangra band, DCS; Rapper E=MC and singer, Manak- E; the Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Singers; and Bollywood Strings.
On the Bollyhood Stage: Radio One DJs Bobby and Nihal join forces with Croydon’s own, Class Act. There’s live MC banter, Bollywood and street dance presentations and live performance with The Sona Family; Trickbaby; and the Panjabi Hit Squad feat. Ms Scandalous.
ARCC Classical Stage: Mehboob Nadeem (sitar/vocal) accompanied by Hanif Khan(tabla); Chirabjib Chakraborty (vocal) accompanied on tabla (tbc) and harmonium (tbc); and Kiranpal Singh (Santoor) accompanied by tabla.

On the Community Stage, across the whole weekend, there'll be live hair art from Osadia and young people from Croydon will perform poetry, rap and songs written and perfected in Apples and Snake’s workshops.

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