Lineup - Mighty Hoopla Festival

We are thrilled that this year’s Hoopla will be closed by one of the millennium's most iconic pop stars. Having risen to fame in one of biggest girl groups of the 21st century, Cheryl has since gone on to release five number-one singles in the UK - the first British female solo artist to achieve this feat. Revellers can expect to hear smash hits ‘Fight for This Love’, ‘Call My Name’ and ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ in a pop-tastic set that’s sure to blow your military hats off.

Becky became the first, and only, The Voice UK contestant to score a UK number 1 with her song, ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’. Her album Get To Know featured her huge hits with Wilkinson, MK, Sigala, Jonas Blue and more. She since ruled 2020 with massive hits ‘Space’ and her cover of Alphaville’s ‘Forever Young’. She’ll be bringing Sunrise to the South on 4 Sept!

Hold On! The legendary En Vogue (Cindy Herron-Braggs, Terry Ellis, Rhona Bennett) have been added to the 2021 event! The ladies slayed the first ever Hoopla in 2016 with their sass, soul and mega hits. What could be better than free-ing yo’ mind and hollering your lungs out to ‘Don’t Let Go (Love)’ with your best ladies around you?

Multi-talented rapper and famous paw-print tattoo owner Eve will take to the main stage with chart successes including ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’, ‘Who's That Girl’ and ‘Gangsta Lovin', as well as collaborations with Missy Elliot, Gwen Stefani and Kelly Rowland. Hoopla will be the raptress’s first UK festival performance for eight years!

Raye slayed Hoopla in 2017 with hits ‘By Your Side’ and Jax Jones collab ‘You Don’t Know Me’. She’s since worked with David Guetta, Regard and Kojo Funds and released her debut album Euphoric Sad Songs at the end of last year featuring top ten hit ‘Secrets’.

If you’ve been watching Pose recently it’s likely you heard the legendary ‘Gonna Make You Sweat’? We did and got straight on the blower to book C&C Music Factory for Hoopla! The New York house act also have 'Things That Make You Go Hmm' and 'Just A Touch Of Love' in their arsenal of hits.

The first lady of So Solid Crew, Brixton born Lisa had solo hits with ‘All Over’, ‘In Love’ and ‘Wah Gwarn’ and she’s game for joining the Artful Dodger garage session.

Hoopla is on a Saturday so we’ve invited the songstress behind the biggest and best Saturday anthem ever! It’s ‘Saturday Night’, it had a viral dance to accompany it way before virals and TikTok existed and Whiggy has two other top ten hits that sound a bit like it too!

Hackney lass Gab stormed to the top of the charts in 1993 with her debut ‘Dreams’ . Dreams did come true as she had further hits with ‘Give Me A Little More Time’, ‘Walk On By’ and a second number one in ‘Rise’. Back in the pop game this year she is releasing an album of cover versions!

The scouse pop Kitten’s are now a duo (the two ace singers Natasha and Liz, The Queen Of The Prawn Ring has long gone) belting out the epic ‘Whole Again’ and their covers of Blondie ’n’ The Bangles.

London legend Jodie is a jill of all trades in clubs - promoter, DJ and producer. Since hitting big with the Melanie C featuring hit ‘The Night’ she bagged remix work for Beyonce, Cher and productions for Charli XCX. Harsh will be housin’ up Hoopla’s dance stage.

London’s super inclusive, camptastic rave-up is infamous for its colourful party goers and clubs kids who echo - and often eclipse - the fabulous stage performers. They will be appearing on the main stage through out Hoopla’s day.

Hoopla is thrilled to welcome bonafide pop icon Somerville to our summer ville, with his unique falsetto backed with his big band and string section. He hit big with his first band Bronski Beat and their seminal smash ‘Small-town Boy’ and then formed the Communards, bagging the biggest hit of 1986 with his version of ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’. With so many more huge songs to choose from this is sure to be a Hoopla highlight!

Pop/rap starlet Betty Boo will be back, back! BACK! ‘Doin’ The Do’ and asking ‘Where Are You Baby?’ Betty also has a new album out this year - we are rubbing our knees in anticipation! She will also be meeting Jonny Woo for a chat in the Happy Camper which we have obviously called - When Woo Met Boo!

Strike a pose Kiddy is coming to Hoopla to play our house stage Bump! The NYC DJ and performer is heavily influenced by the 80s/90s ballroom scene and he keeps that super-nostalgic sound alive as he sings and raps along to his beats. Don’t just stand there let’s get to it…Smile!

DJ and erstwhile S-Express member Sonique went solo and hit big in 2000 with a UK No. 1 ‘It Feels So Good’. She bagged a BRIT (Best female solo artist) in 2001 after invading the charts again with ‘Sky’ and ‘I Put A Spell On You’.

Oy Gay! Buttmitzvah is London's famous queer Jewish clubnight, a smoked salmon flavoured take on the ancient ritual into adulthood - all in the form of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

From Bulwell to Brockwell Park, viral star and the people's manager Sue Tuke’s will be bringing a pop-up version of Sec*hand Chances to Hoopla! Her fans include Jade Thirlwall, Sam Smith, Rylan and Madonna. Bring some pounds and pence to buy old Spice Girls cassettes, faux diamond ear rings and Sound Of Music vinyl. All proceeds to charity of course…

With a supercharged backlog of award-winning radio shows, electrifying mixes and the sharpest eye for cutting edge new music, Jaguar is one of the most impressive and exciting new DJ's to break out onto the UK scene. “One of my favourite new DJs right now!” - The Blessed Madonna

Co-owner of East London’s The Glory, comedian, drag queen, Gay Bingo host and artiste Jonny Woo will be hosting with the mosting. He’ll also be interviewing his beloved Betty Boo for ‘When Woo Met Boo!'

Britain's original and best live band singalong party. A live band smashes out the greatest anthems, big screen lyrics and YOU, the crowd, just need to BRING THE SING.

Join the ring mistress Rhys' Pieces and her bunch of Queerdos in a party filled with cabaret stardust of some of the most entertaining, wig-snatching, tear jerking, side-splitting cabaret from London and beyond for a full fledged roaring Queef!! Hosted by Rhys' Pieces.

Mighty Hoopla is one glorious day, but The Clapham Grand is an all year round home and heart to much of the festival and it’s amazing crowd. From staging big pop acts, weekly parties, singalong movie nights and comedians to Ru Paul’s drag race and Bongo’s Bingo, it’s become a London institution and the home of modern variety. www.claphamgrand.com

Meet Elm, four queers who love all things pop. The Irish band matches vocal androgyny with unforgettable cello lines, creating a unique sense of originality within the constraints of the pop realm!

Bristolian comedian and Crazy Delicious host will be doing a turn, quizzing Katie Price and introducing bands in the House of Love (including her fave Jimmy Somerville).

Sure to be a Hoopla highlight (we know what’s being planned…) HRH will be joining Love Of Huns and Jayde Adams on stage for An Audience with…Katie Price. “I’ll be on stage being me, The Price.”

Dalston darling Milk Shandy has cemented her place in the East London nightlife with sets at local hotspots Dalston Superstore, The Glory, Savage, XOYO and more! Expect an eclectic mix of disco, house, boogie, and groove from this up and coming queer icon!

Nonsense chat, wolf head props and stream-of-consciousness surreal WTF-uckery. R&K are like the Italian/Irish offspring of the Mighty Boosh.

DJ duo Victoria Peckham and Fat Pat Butch smuggle over their signature Hotness-Hun-Rave straight from the sweat boxes of Ibiza to your London doorstep. A night for homos, huns & total slagz; expect podium, house, glitter, filth & slut-droppin' pop. Leave your dignity at the door and step Inside the hun house…

We started the GMD in homage to the greatest pop star of our generation in 2017 and it’s become one of the must-go-to parts of Hoopla attracting bigger crowds each year. Expect an hour of George and Wham! classics played by one of his pals, pop journalist Paul Simper.

'Chief nutbag' at The Glory and age-defying showgirl. John will be sizzling and saying something (like Kylie) in the House of Love and beyond.

Drawing their influence from the legendary Party Monster Movie, Klub Kids are the Kings (Or Queens!) of Ru Paul’s Drag Show! From their home at The Clapham Grand across the UK & Europe their parties always featuring the best Queens, alongside their own fabulous hosts, dancers and dj’s! We can’t wait to see who they bring with them for their Hoopla Takeover on The Grand stage - last year Trinity The Tuck blew our minds!

Literally this…chaps sans clothes with their colonels out reading from revered tomes….Top of their reading list at Hoopla will be extracts from Elton John’s Me autobiography (the great man himself has OK-ed this…).

Pan-Asian cabaret collective The Bitten Peach is Pan-Asian cabaret collective where we celebrate Asian culture, foster Asian talent and empower the Pan-Asian community. Our ever-growing collective is made up of legendary Queens, Kings & Beasts of East, Southeast, and South Asian descent. Come take a bite of The Bitten Peach! Hosted by ShayShay and Lilly Snach Dragon.

Celebrating over 15 years at the top of the pops Guilty Pleasures is an unashamedly glorious, all-singing, all-dancing declaration of love for pop, power ballads and R&B bangers. They will be the main hosts in the House Of Love.

Savage and Durrr resident Jonjo joins Hoopla for the first time with his arsenal of pop-flecked dance tunes.

London’s Prince of pop, Neil hosts Dalston Superstore’s Power Ballad Brunch and R&She as well as livening up lockdown’s with his Twitch shows’ Queens Of Pop and Disco On Demand.

The Cocoa Butter Club are BACK! Shimmy over to The Birdcage for heels, hoops, hilarity and high-jinks as the QTIBPOC collective delivers divas, Kings, Queens and everything in-between. Hosted by Sadie Sinner The Songbird.

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