Birmingham Pride has announced the first handful of names in their 2024 festival line-up, which includes Heather Small, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tia Kofi, and Louis III, all of whom will be performing over the Pride weekend held on the May bank holiday.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who recently shot back up the charts into the top 10 with Murder on the Dancefloor thanks to the hit film Saltburn, will appear on the mainstage on Sunday, May 26.
On Saturday May 25, the mainstage will host drag performer Tia Kofi, who first appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 2 and is, this year, returning to our screens in Drag Race UK vs the World season 2, airing February 9. Also gracing the stage that day will be Heather Small, whose career began as the lead singer of M People with hits including Moving On Up, One Night In Heaven and Search For The Hero, which sold millions of records in the 1990s, and earnt numerous awards.
Heather Small’s solo career also boasts the iconic track Proud which, explains Birmingham Pride: “became an anthem played during significant moments like London winning the Olympics bid, featured in a series of Oprah, and was performed by Heather at the opening ceremony of the Gay Games in Chicago.”
Joining Heather Small and Tia Kofi on Saturday’s main stage is Louis III, a dance pop artist and social media star who has surpassed over 160 million streams and amassed 660,000 TikTok followers and 107,000 Instagram followers.
Further performers for the mainstage as well as the Dance Arena, Conrad Guest Cabaret Stage, and Future Stage are still to be announced, and tickets for Birmingham Pride 2024 are on sale now.
