ownership

Mighty Hoopla is a space to connect through music, fashion and culture. A space to escape the outside world, a space to feel safe.

As an LGBTQ+ inclusive festival we take issues of complicity and transparency extremely seriously and without any knowledge, we have become caught up in something we unequivocally stand against.

Mighty Hoopla became part of Superstruct in April 2023, in order not only to deliver a better quality event but also to help secure the future of the festival. From the start, Superstruct have always ensured we maintained full autonomy and freedom across our programming, artist booking, marketing and most importantly our values, keeping a vital independent sensibility to our show.

In October 2024, Superstruct itself had a change of ownership when its then parent company sold their interest to a new investor, KKR – a transaction that we were not involved with and had no knowledge of until its completion.

Since then, information has come to light about KKR’s unethical investments, particularly in complicit Israeli corporations, which directly counter what we stand for as a festival.

We recognise that the world highest court, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza and that it is practicing apartheid and occupation against the Palestinian people.

Whilst we cannot control agreements or investments made in our parent companies, we wish to state our clear opposition to KKR’s unethical investments.

As a festival we will always use our platform to champion and fund other LGBTQ+ organisations, projects and charities as well as continuing to uplift brilliant queer artists across our shows. No owner or investor will ever change what Mighty Hoopla stands for and the community it serves.

This is an ongoing conversation and we want to thank participating artists, Palestinian campaigners, and queer activists for engaging with us and working with us through this period.

For many years, we have carefully curated our lineups, and vetted potential sponsors and partners, based on our own ethical values, and the BDS movement’s guidelines. We will continue to do so whilst building up to our biggest show to date.

Mighty Hoopla stands with our community.