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.
The Croydon Creative Directory is an “online home” for dozens of cultural organisations, creative entrepreneurs and freelancers.
A new fund is offering freelance artists, performers, musicians and other creative practitioners in Croydon grants of up to £1,000 and business support to help them during the coronavirus pandemic.
A planning application for hundreds of homes has been approved that will pay back the multi-million-pound restoration spent on the Fairfield Halls.
Croydon Council is backing its creative community with a fund to help cultural organisations that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Croydon has been named London Borough of Culture for 2023, fending off competition from across the capital. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced the borough’s bid, This is Croydon, had scooped the title and the £1.35m funding award at City Hall this morning (11 February).
A new sculpture celebrating nearly 200 years of Purley’s rail heritage is set to be formally unveiled in the town later this month.
Croydon has been invited to City Hall in the new year to present their bid to become London’s Borough of Culture in 2023.
London Night Czar Amy Lamé welcomed the borough’s plans to boost the late night economy as when she came to Croydon last night, describing them as ‘groundbreaking, inclusive and diverse.’
The new home of Black British theatre threw open its doors for the first time last night, at Croydon’s iconic Fairfield Halls.