Croydon Gladi Gladi
16th - 17th Aug 2025 , 12:00pm - 6:00pm - High Street, North End & Croydon Clocktower
Join us for Croydon Gladi Gladi – a joyful weekend of music, celebrating a Croydon legend – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Gladi Gladi – meaning ‘happy celebration’ – brings together a line-up of exceptional musicians to pay tribute to the trailblazing Croydon composer and conductor on the weekend marking 150 years since his birth.
At the Victorian bandstand, experience world-class performances from Chineke! Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Cable Street Rag Band and Pegasus Opera Company, as well as new music from Senegalese drummer Cheikh Diop and award-winning bassist and composer, Shri.
There’s even more entertainment throughout the weekend with the soulful sounds of Gospel Rising, musical comedy from Bowjangles and the joyful Croydon Steel Orchestra.
Throughout the weekend families can make some noise at an upcycled musical playground, introduce little ones to classic songs with Baby Gospel, listen to storytelling with Usifu Jalloh (The Cowfoot Prince), marvel at the UK’s number one speed painter, learn how to be a DJ and look out for a larger-than-life dancing puppet!
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Photos courtesy of the artists
Dates & Times
Saturday 16 August, 12pm – 6pm
Sunday 17 August, 12pm – 5pm
Where To Find Us
High Street, North End and Croydon Clocktower, Croydon CR0 1GT
