Lineup & Performers
This section highlights the key performances and activities at the Disability Festival in the Park Redbridge, highlighting the incredible talent and community spirit that defines our event.
From main stage acts to interactive workshops, discover the vibrant lineup co-produced with our community.
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Stage Lineup
We have been listening to your suggestions and can now confirm this year's line-up for the festival. Thank you to those who have partisipated in working groups, emailed us or shared your ideas - it truly is going be be a great festival!
Stage Acts & Performers
Music & DJs Thoughout The Day
The atmosphere will be kept lively by the WEL DJ Academy and the Dirty Stop Outs, featuring:
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TJ the DJ
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DJ Shake Me Up
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DJ Spartacus
Visitors can expect music between performances, lively transitions and an after-party mix at the end of the festival.
The Disability Festival Choir – Unity Singers will perform three songs during their first appearance before returning later in the afternoon for a second performance.
Local Solo Performers
The stage will then showcase four individual performers:
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Teja Sehra, performing tabla drums
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David Mack, busker
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D Dazzler, rapper
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Jude, singer
This section reflects one of the festival’s central aims: creating opportunities for performers from across the community to share their talent with a supportive audience.
Community Performances
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ASL Bridget’s Café
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Music Man Community Gospel Choir
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Woodbine Zumba
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Give It a Go Funky Friday Crew, including two solo performances
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Dance 21 Woodford
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Barking and Dagenham Progress Project, including a solo performance
These performances bring together dance, music, movement and community participation, reflecting the diversity of the people and organisations involved in the festival.
Sarah Peterson
Back by popular demand, featured vocalist Sarah Peterson will bring her broad repertoire to the Main Stage. Sarah is a classically trained vocalist with more than 25 years’ experience, performing across genres including classical, musical theatre, jazz, pop and country. Her professional work has taken her to venues in Europe and the United States.
Joseph Doran – The Ed Sheeran Illusion
Joseph Doran will present The Ed Sheeran Illusion, an authentic live-looping tribute built around guitar and loop station.
Rather than simply singing over conventional backing tracks, the performance creates songs live, building the sound layer by layer in the style associated with Ed Sheeran’s live shows.
Deaf Rave and the Woojer Zone
The afternoon programme includes a DJ set from Deaf Rave, alongside a dedicated Woojer Zone.
Haptic vests allow music to be experienced through physical vibration, helping deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors feel beats, rhythm and sound through the body.
This is an important part of the festival’s commitment to creating inclusive experiences rather than treating accessibility as an afterthought.
Carrie Anne Rendell’s as Tina Turner Tribute.
The Grand Finale will begin with Carrie Anne Rendell’s Tina Turner tribute.
Carrie Anne’s show is known for its energetic party atmosphere and audience participation, featuring songs associated with Tina Turner such as Nutbush City Limits, River Deep – Mountain High, What’s Love Got to Do with It and Proud Mary.
Vinnie’s Big Screen Sing-a-Ding-a-Long
After the Tina Turner performance, visitors can join Vinnie’s Big Screen Sing-a-Ding-a-Long, bringing the crowd together through familiar music and shared participation.
Monkies Wedding
The live stage programme will finish with Monkies Wedding, a guitar-and-saxophone duo playing ska, rocksteady, reggae, soul and pop.
Their music includes influences from The Beat, The Specials, Madness and Bad Manners, alongside modern and retro songs given their own distinctive style.
After Party Mix
At 7pm, the Dirty Stop Outs will bring the festival to a close with an after-party mix.
Stage Performers
Are you a group or act who would like to perform at the festival?
The festival is all about celebrating diversity, creativity and disability. We welcome local groups, individual acts and performers to share your talents on our main stage.
To perform at this year's festival, please complete the form below in full. A member of the team will be in contact with you in due course. Our stage is fully accessible and limited mobility or wheelchair use.
Due to the number of acts performing and the entertainment schedule, we are unable to provide a choice of timings, and therefore the lineup will be sent to you before the event.