Category Archives: Music

Croydonites pull back the curtains on five days of Fringe

The Croydonites Fringe is back! From July 1 to 5, 21 works will take place across Croydon town centre and South Norwood featuring artists from Croydon, London, the rest of Britain and beyond. Less than a month before the world-famous … Continue reading

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Croydon Bach Choir sing Bernstein and Rutter, Sat June 27

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Songbird Showcase Night, The Oval Tavern, Sat July 18, 8pm

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Croydon Primary Showcase concert, Fairfield Halls, July 6

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DJ duo behind Captain Chippies heating up the sauce market

A combination of great music and Scotch bonnet peppers is serving up a food sensation around Croydon this summer, as GIANELLA A BASILE discovered Friends Ian Anan and Jimmy Plates were making the long journey home to Croydon during a … Continue reading

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Downland Chorale Madrigals & Partsongs, Old Coulsdon, Jul 18

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Reader offer: 15% off entry fee for brewery’s Midsummer Fest

Inside Croydon readers can get a 15% discount on their entry fee for the much-anticipated Anspach and Hobday midsummer beer festival later this month – where the entry ticket includes your first pint free! The independent brewers are bringing back … Continue reading

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Blues at The Oval Tavern, May and June, free entry, 6pm start

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At Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, Abba becomes a five-piece band

KEN TOWL has a night out in Croydon, but not for the first time, he’s heard it all before Mamma Mia! Here I go again! My, my, how can I resist the Fairfield Halls when they put on yet another … Continue reading

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Strike up the band! CSB is ready for its Fairfield concert date

By PETER GILLMAN What do you do if the orchestra you want to join turns you down? The answer’s easy. You start your own orchestra. That, in a nutshell, is what Sue Thom did back in 1973. She was 16 … Continue reading

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Songbird Showcase Night, The Oval Tavern, Fri June 5, 8pm

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Dexter Shaw and The Wolftones, The Oval Tavern, Sun May 31

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50% off tickets for world premiere of Hitoshi Sakimoto music

The Colors of Harmony at the Fairfield Halls next month marks a special 40th anniversary celebration of renowned Japanese composer Hitoshi Sakimoto, whose music for games such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has … Continue reading

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Trinity’s Steinway scholars make their debuts at Milan festival

Two Trinity School pupils were given the opportunity of a lifetime after being invited to perform at the internationally renowned Milan Piano City festival. Isaac Rogers and Ben Abraham, sixth formers who are both Trinity-Steinway Scholars, travelled to Italy to … Continue reading

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Cinatra’s Summer Reunion, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, June 19

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CODA presents Cabaret, at Selsdon Hall, May 22 and 23

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CODA presents Cabaret, at Selsdon Hall, May 22 and 23

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Erato Orchestra concert, St Mark’s Woodcote, Sat May 23

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Jimmy Regal and The Royals, The Oval Tavern, Sun May 17

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Blues at The Oval Tavern, May and June, free entry, 6pm start

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King Size Slim at The Oval Tavern, Sun May 10, 6pm, free entry

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Erato Orchestra concert, St Mark’s Woodcote, Sat May 23

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Time travel by velvet and smoke back to a Paris club in 1896

STEVEN DOWNES takes a trip back in time and a sip of a once-banned liquor Everyone these days appears to be on “a journey” of some kind or another. If you were to take a half-hour journey from East Croydon, … Continue reading

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Croydon Bach Choir choral workshop, South Croydon, May 16

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Blues at The Oval Tavern, May and June, free entry, 6pm start

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