Pride 2024 Main Stage
This year Swindon & Wiltshire Pride is showcasing a diverse line up of live acts including local talent and nationally known artists as we celebrate our 16th year! Check out below for more information!
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For details of the times* of each act, please see the running order.
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* While every effort will be made to be on time, slight time variations may occur on the day.
Meet Your Host: The Royal Serenity
Live singing cabaret drag artist and firebreather - performing on stages across the UK and as far as Spain & The Philippines. Also the creator & producer of a successful Cabaret Show in North Wales called ‘Evening With Royalty’. She has appeared in The Journal, Pioneer, and The Guardian.
Sonia
The number 1 hit ‘You’ll never stop me from loving you’ catapulted Sonia into pop history which continued when she represented the UK at Eurovision. A longtime ally, she is favourite of the Pride scene, she’s the pocket rocket from Liverpool with the BIG voice!
Livin' Joy
The number 1 single ‘I’m A Dreamer’ is one of the most iconic dance anthems of all time and we cant wait for Livin’ Joy to raise up the Pride Main stage! With 6 UK Top 40 hits and many club anthems they will be creating a piece of 90s club culture at Swindon & Wilshire Pride
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The Cheeky Girls
If there is one place where you can be yourself and celebrate who you are its PRIDE. Transylvanian twins Monica and Gabriela have always been quintessentially themselves, writing the campest of hits and performing with pure joy. Get ready to get CHEEKY!
Cheryl​
The Queen of Essex! The Dancing Diva! Star of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK and UK Vs The World and now Canada Vs the World which airs July 19, is known for her incredible dance performances. Having performed in front of Cheryl herself, and with the reunion tour of Girls Aloud this year she will be performing some of their hits on the main stage!
Evelyn Hoskins
Best known on TV for playing Shona in Casualty, she played Liesl Von Trapp In the Sound of Music Live, and in the West End she starred as Dawn in the musical Waitress, as well as originating the role on the UK Tour. We are so excited to have a bit of the West End right here at Swindon & Wiltshire Pride!
Victoria Scone
Victoria Scone (She/Her/They/Them) made history being the first person assigned female at birth to compete on Drag Race UK, on the franchise’s third series.
They then went on to compete on Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World, representing the UK, in which they made the top 4, and garnered rave reviews from fans and critics worldwide.
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Victoria has since led the all-drag cast of ‘Death Drop: Back In The Habit’ on its UK Tour and West End run in 2022/23, playing Mother Superior to critical acclaim. Most recently, Victoria played the Queen of Hearts in Charming Entertainment’s Adult Panto UK Tour of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ 2024 and Carabosse in Tuckshop’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 2023. Pre Drag Race, Victoria made it to the grand-final of Drag Idol UK 2018.
Katy Ellis
The UK’s top Taylor Swift Tribute act, bringing a taste of the ERA’s tour! Katy and her dancers will be performing some of Taylor's biggest hits, and as a full blown Swiftie herself she brings accurate live singing, costumes and dance routines.
LoUis CYpher
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Cheeky Yorkshire lad LoUis CYfer was the first ever Drag King to win the crown at Drag Idol UK and has since successfully conquered the theatre world in the triple award-winning Drag King show Joan.
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CYfer has most recently played Charley Parkhurst in RSC and Royal Court Theatre’s productions of ‘Cowbois’. He was also part of the company of Modest for Middle Child Theatre, which toured the UK before a season at the Kiln Theatre London and earned him a UK Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance.
Before this, CYfer led the all drag West End touring production of ‘Deathdrop: Back In The Habit’ for Trafalgar Entertainment and TuckShop, as Father Alfie-Romeo. As a Master of the Arts (he’s got the certificate n’all!!) CYfer produces his own immersive cabaret theatre and has recently toured with his immersive all-inclusive holiday themed production ‘The Last Resort’, as well as performing in events and gigs all around the country.
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Athena Aperta
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Athena Aperta believes in the fluidity of life, music and gender and is a songwriter, musician and mentor. They run workshops in sound therapy and music meditation as well as holding a LGBTQIA+ Affirmative counselling skills qualification.
They have performed all over Europe as well as Pride in London. Athena Aperta is a musician dedicated to helping others feel less alone. Athena explores what it means to be vulnerable through voice and song.
They have nearly a decade of experience performing live as well as a backstory coming from having severe mental health conditions and addiction to being in the most stable place mentally in her life. Originally from Swindon, Athena Aperta loves to surprise the audience with her impressive tones, humour and quick songwriting abilities. Not one to miss
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Disco Dollz
We welcome local talents Dollz who are a live singing duo celebrating some of the most iconic songs from girls groups and divas of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Expect hits from Madonna, Whitney, Abba and more!
Guest Speaker: Bobbi Pickard
Bobbi Pickard (she/her) CEO of Trans in the City is a Diversity Equity and Inclusion professional with many years senior
operational and programme management
experience in the banking, trading,
technology and energy sectors.
As the first openly transgender person in BP, she transformed transgender
awareness globally within the company. She is CEO of Trans in the City Ltd.
organisation she founded in response to seeing a lack of co-operative working
between global corporates to help the trans and non-binary communiy, and has
transtormed it into a global organisation with over 350 major organisations
collaborating on furthering trans awareness across the world.
Extremely active in all areas of diversity, Bobbi speaks at many events around the
world on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in business, trans issues and diversity and inclusion in
industry. She is in demand on radio, TV and other online mediums and recently
spoke out on TV News about her experiences of beind a trans woman
Bobbi is a Patron of FFLAG, a Diversity Role Model, a very proud golden champion of Stonewall Housing, a council member of OUTvertising, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a DEl Associate or the Wellcome trust and a United Nations Women UK delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women 2024.
Spotlight Choir
We welcome back one of the most inclusive choirs in the UK, Spotlight! The Choir’s founders Maryrose Higgins and Sharon Lloyd set up the group to give their members more confidence, self-belief and tons of fun while performing. We love the choir opening the show with their singalong songs that everyone will know!
Daisy Delights
Daisy Delight is a camp, fun and vibrant Drag Artist from Swindon. Having performed for over 2 years around the South West of England and London, Daisy is ready to dazzle the stage of Swindon Pride 2024! Her sharp lip-sync performances and fierce looks have been enjoyed by audiences far and wide and Swindon will get to dance along to 80s classics and feel-good pop hits
Smashby
Smashby is the Firecracker Queer artist on the rise! A viral sensation, with over 1 Millon likes on TikTok and TV appearances on Channel 4's '50 Years of Pride' and MTV's 'Love Squad’. They have teamed up with Aja and Divina De Campo on singles as well as having one of their singles featured on Love Island Australia.
Revolution Performing Arts
Working with kids from difficult homes mentoring performing arts good for growth self love and expression, RPA has a unique group with an emphasis on fun, confidence building, boosting self-esteem and developing individual protentional.
Revolution is child-centred and help support young people across Wiltshire and further beyond. They create a safe and inclusive environment supporting looked-after and neurodiverse young people with their non-judgmental classes. Revolution supports all young people regardless of their background or perceived talent, they accept everyone!
If you would like to find out more about Revolution and their classes, please head to their stand!
Pride 2024 Community Stage
For details of the times* of each act, please see the running order.
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* While every effort will be made to be on time, slight time variations may occur on the day.
Ella Rae
Ella is a Wiltshire vocalist who has a passion for Jazz & Soul music much older than her years! Expect classics from artists like Amy Winehouse, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone with a fresh modern twist!
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Jazzy
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A Grade 8 vocalist from Old Town. In the last year she has begun singing at events as part of an acoustic duo, a girl group and even in a 9 piece soul band. This summer Jazzy is performing a stunning set of soulful, jazz and pop covers solo in her own style
Rhys Humphreys
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Rhys is an Actor and Musician based in Wroughton. Performing has been his life from a young age when he starred in a local production of Our House - The Musical.
Since then he has been on the stage every year in various productions, and he is excited to perform at Swindon & Wiltshire PRIDE bringing you a set of some of his favourite tracks and tunes.
Goldie Fiasco's Vegas Show
A one-woman extravaganza bursting with fun, skills, show-womanship, comedy and sharp things. Warm, charismatic and very silly she brings the audience on a ridiculous and slightly terrifying journey filling them with fear and fun in equal parts.
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One of very few female knife throwers in the world, Goldie breaks circus tradition by throwing knives at a man. She shares positive messages, breaking gender stereotypes and encouraging everyone to be who they are and that they can do whatever they want irrespective of gender or sex. This is a feel good and empowering show that brings people of all genders together to help make change whilst being full of laughs.
This show is great for all the family, kids love her and she can make the adults laugh with humour that goes over the kids heads! The show ends with a celebration of life and everyone feels fabulous.
Ryley Matthews
Riley is a non-binary artist living near Swindon. She works in in Prime Theatre and is one of the active members at Artsite.
She contributes and assists many community art projects. They take inspiration from a variety of places and like to use a variety of different mediums.
Pride 2024 Pride After Party
Our afterparty has had a glow up! We are once again hosting our OFFICIAL afterparty at Battle Boom Bar. This year will be the best yet, with our DJ playing camp and club classics, Drag performances, on stage interactive games, and an EXCLUSIVE performance (the first time in Swindon) from an artist celebrating one of the most iconic pop stars of our time
The Beyoncé Experience
‘This ain't Texas’, but we have a slice of Cowboy Carter coming to Swindon! Famed for performing on Britain’s Got Talent; the Beyoncé Experience has performed worldwide including New York, Las Vegas, L.A, and Barcelona. The show brings accurate choreography, costumes and energy of Queen Bey.
Dixie Normous
Renowned Drag Queen, actor, live singer and comedian is sassy, classy, and a bit smart arsey! She is our hostess of the after party, bringing you live singing, audience participation games and loads of laughs!
DJ NEMZ
Starting with a passion for DJ-ing 90s and 2000s music, DJ Nehmi is an in demand DJ in the area working in some of the biggest clubs, as well as playing at London Pride. She will be spinning club and camp classics at our afterparty between our other live acts.
