New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Mighty Hoopla announce the latest addition to its incredible 2019 - the legendary Cathy Dennis, making her first live appearance in twenty years.
Having won six Ivors, numerous ASCAP awards, been nominated for 4 Grammy's and 3 Brit Awards, it is little wonder Q Magazine hailed Cathy
Dennis "one of the most influential people in the music industry." She has, after all, penned global hits for Kylie ('Can't Get You Out Of My Head'), Britney ('Toxic'),
Katy Perry ('I Kissed A Girl') alongside songs for the likes of
Celine Dion, Pink,
Ariana Grande,
Kelly Clarkson,
Christina Aguilera, and
Little Mix to name just a few.
This year Cathy is celebrating an incredible 30 years in the music business. Having landed four top 10s in the US and released three acclaimed solo albums along the way, Mighty Hoopla marks Cathy Dennis' return to the public eye and a rare opportunity for one of the most influential people in British pop history to take their rightful place centre-stage.
Cathy
Dennis is the latest peek of Mighty Hoopla's extraordinary 2019 line-up, which is topped by multi-million-selling headliner Chaka Khan. Where else are you as likely to witness iconic acts like
All Saints or
Bananarama as you are RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' winner
Trinity The Tuck? Or, to find names such as Tove Lo, Kate Nash, or Confidence Man side-by-side with London's most subversive club-nights? Since its inception in 2016, Mighty Hoopla has led the charge to become not only the most colourful party in the town, but a thrilling space in which all walks of life (not to mention pop royalty) stand side-by-side with London's most thrilling alternative nightlife. And it's this fine balance which is the essence of Mighty Hoopla, the singular festival in which truly anything is possible and truly everyone is welcome. A festival that celebrates pop and club culture in completely equal measure.
The A-Z of acts and club-nights confirmed for Mighty Hoopla 2019 are as follows:
Alice Chater
All Saints
Artful Dodger
Bananarama
Basement Orchestra
Bongo's Bingo
Buttmiztvah
Cathy Dennis
Confidence Man
Crystal Waters
Fleetmac Wood
Frame
Gay Garage
George Michael Disco
Goldierocks
House Gospel Choir
Hungama
Jamelia
Karoke Hole
Kate Nash
Liberty X
Livin' Joy ft. Luzahn
Masseoke Musicals
Old Dirty Brasstards
Pluma
Push The Button
Ryan Ashley
Samantha Mumba
Savage Disco
Sink The Pink
Some Voices
The Chateau
The Cocoa Butter Club
The Glory
Tove Lo
Trinity The Tuck
Ultimate Power
We Love Pop
Mighty Hoopla was founded in 2016 by the collective minds of Jamie Tagg, Glyn Fussell (East Creative/ Sink The Pink), Sean Rowley (Guilty Pleasures), Ally Wolf (The Grand) and John Burgess (Bugged Out).
Originally starting it's life at Butlins in 2016, Mighty Hoopla then moved to
Victoria Park a year later before finding its home in Brockwell Park in 2018. Now lead by the team at East Creative, an Warholian umbrella of LGBTQ+ artists and events including Sink The Pink and
Savage Disco, have given Mighty Hoopla something they felt was missing in London.
Working with artists, creatives, designers and most importantly the community, East Creative ain to bring everyone together under the wider manifesto of inclusivity, equality, and change. "This is," says Tagg, "a new ecosystem for LGBTQ+ events. We had to invent it because no one else had."
And at a time when the watchwords for London nightlife over the last few years have been closure and prohibition, Mighty Hoopla appears to mark - almost entirely by accident - A Real Moment. "Everything we've been working towards," says Fussell, "felt like it came to fruition at last year's Mighty Hoopla. It was the happiest day of my life." The mission now, then, is to push even further in against conservative convention. To make a space in which the margins take a rightful march towards the mainstream, cascading from the night-time into the sun-kissed day of a London festival. In a bleak world, the Peacocks will always win.
Subject to license Mighty Hoopla will take place in Brockwell Park on June 8th 2019. Early-bird tickets are on sale now at: www.mightyhoopla.com
