Croydon’s plans for London Borough of Culture 2023 just got all the more exciting following an announcement of additional funding to create a music heritage trail to celebrate the borough’s rich musical history.
Croydon has been invited to City Hall in the new year to present their bid to become London’s Borough of Culture in 2023.
A star-studded ceremony celebrated the reopening of Fairfield Halls last night following a multi-million pound council-led restoration of the iconic Croydon venue. Special guests included Dame Judi Dench, who reopened the Ashcroft Playhouse in honour of her friend and Croydon-born actress the late Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who formally opened the building.
The future of culture in Croydon was the focus of over 200 delegates who yesterday attended the borough’s inaugural Congress on Culture.
As Croydon awaits the outcome of its bid to be crowned London’s first Borough of Culture […]
Thornton Heath is set to host elements of the London Lumiere lighting festival on Saturday 27 January.
For one day only Trumble Gardens on Brigstock Road will be transformed into an illuminated wonderland at the first Thornton Heath […]
Croydon’s bid to be London’s first ‘Borough of Culture’ has been delivered to the Mayor of London and, if successful, promises a huge range of new festivals and events for 2019.
With the title and the £1.1million that […]
Croydon has launched its bid to become London’s first Borough of Culture in 2019.
The initiative, sponsored by the Mayor of London, will see two winners (one for 2019 and one for 2020) each receive over £1m to […]
This weekend is a big one in the Croydon events calendar, not least because it sees Croydon officially announce its bid to become London’s first ever Borough of Culture.
If successful this will bring over £2million to […]