Category Archives: Music

Open invitation to new singers for choir rehearsals, Sep 27

The Croydon Bach Choir is looking for new members in all voice parts, but particularly tenors. The choir is one of Croydon’s longest standing classical choral societies. They will be holding a free open rehearsal next Wednesday, September 27, at … Continue reading

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Croydon Male Voice Choir open evening, Sandilands, Oct 19

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Taking Liberty with the arts in a way that celebrates us all

KEN TOWL takes hope, and much joy, from last week’s Liberty Festival, where deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists injected some much-needed culture into the borough. Photos by PAUL FULLER The Liberty Festival, which landed in Croydon last weekend, represented the … Continue reading

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Choir starts a recruitment drive in the search for new voices

One of the borough’s long-standing and much-respected musical organisations is launching a recruitment drive this week. The Croydon Male Voice Choir will be holding an “Open Evening” at its rehearsal room in Sandilands Sports Club, Addiscombe, on October 19, open … Continue reading

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Tik-Tok organ player named as Fairfield’s first Associate Artist

Matt Walters, a 23-year-old organ-playing Tik-Tok star, will headline at Fairfield Halls as the first Associate Artist in the 2023-2024 season. Walters, a Cambridge graduate, has been announced under the Fairfield Halls’ Associate Artists scheme, which aims to support the … Continue reading

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3 lucky patrons win tickets for Budapest Concerto on Sep 12

Congratulations to three loyal readers, each of them winning a pair of tickets worth nearly £90 each for the next concert in the International Orchestral Series at the Fairfield Halls. The Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra will be performing in Croydon … Continue reading

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The Robin Bibi Band, Blues at The Oval, Addiscombe, Sep 3

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‘We’ll be back!’ as organisers abandon 2023 festival plans

There is to be no Crystal Palace Festival this year, the organisers said in a shock announcement last night in which they expressed the hope that they can secure the necessary funding for a return in 2024. “It’s time to … Continue reading

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Joli Blon Cajun Band, Blues at the Oval Tavern, Aug 27

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Rollo Markee and The Tailshakers, Blues at The Oval, Aug 20

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WIN!!! 3 pairs of tickets for Budapest Concerto up for grabs

EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION FOR iC PATRONS: Inside Croydon is delighted to offer our loyal readers the chance to win a pair of tickets for the latest concert in the Fairfield Halls’ International Orchestral Series The Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra will be … Continue reading

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60 years on and a taste of Beatlemania returns to Fairfield Halls

The Fairfield Halls is to mark the 60th anniversary of its staging a concert by the Beatles, at the height of “Beatlemania”, with a gig by the tribute act, The Mersey Beatles. The Mersey Beatles biggest ever tour of Britain … Continue reading

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Farewell Jamie Reid, artist and anarchist, forgotten by Croydon

Jamie Reid, the anarchist artist and graphic designer who devised the designs and artwork that defined the punk era’s iconoclasm, has died. He was 76. Reid’s ransom note-style collage work for the Sex Pistols was “a central pillar of the … Continue reading

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£250 per day fees paid to lead on borough’s Heritage Trail

CROYDON IN CRISIS: One arts company in the borough appears to have won the Lottery for its role in the less-than-inspiring flagship project for the Borough of Culture. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The project lead working on the Music Heritage … Continue reading

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Purley Festival returns to Rotary Field with live music stage

The Purley Festival is set to return to Rotary Field next month, hoping to deliver “a wonderful celebration of culture, talent and community”, according to the organisers. The focal point of the weekend of September 9 and 10 will be … Continue reading

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75th anniversary sees Mozart orchestra celebrate Fair Field

The London Mozart Players will be celebrating their 75th anniversary through the 2023-2024 concert season, with performances by the Croydon-based ensemble at the Fairfield Halls, in Upper Norwood and in Sussex to celebrate their history and development. LMP’s season opens … Continue reading

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Budapest virtuoso latest to enthrall Fairfield music school

The Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Fairfield Halls next month, the latest highlight in the Croydon venue’s International Orchestral Series. The orchestra will be performing a programme of rich, virtuoso music including Lizst’s Rhapsody No2 and … Continue reading

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Blues at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe, Aug 6 to Sep 24

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Desmond Dekker Day at Trumble Gardens, Aug 19

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Croydon Folk and Blues Festival, Ruskin House, Jul 29

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Coulsdon choir energises itself with rehearsal in bike shop

“Culture” in Croydon can take many forms, and the borough’s arts venues are varied and many (though not as many as they once were, sadly…). Next week, Croydon will enjoy a new “arts venue”, when the Energise E-bikes showroom in … Continue reading

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It’s hard to find signs of the borough’s musical heritage trail

So just what do we get for the £220,000 of Lottery cash splurged on Croydon’s Music Heritage Trail? We sent LOUISA GAUTREY along to road-test the trail and its accompanying app As a teenager who listens to a wide range … Continue reading

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Diz and the Doormen, Jazz at the Oval, Addiscombe, Jul 23

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Sing Out Purley tea time concert, St Barnabas, Jul 25

Sing Out Purley is staging an afternoon tea concert on Tuesday July 25, from 3.30pm, when the enthusiastic community choir performs some of their favourite pieces. Sing Out Purley runs every Tuesday up at St Barnabas Church Hall, 69 Higher … Continue reading

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Community Lunch, Socco Cheta South Norwood, Jul 22

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