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Croydon Primary Showcase concert, Fairfield Halls, July 6
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What south London’s live music revival means for performers
SPONSORED CONTENT South London is loud again. After years of shuttered venues and cancelled gigs, stages across the area are filling up, and Croydon has quietly become one of the busiest spots for it. If you play live, this matters … Continue reading
Croydon Bach Choir sing Bernstein and Rutter, Sat June 27
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Take a step back to the 1970s with Jake Yapp’s game show
Inside Croydon subscribers can win a pair of tickets for Cornershop Showdown in a special 1970s quiz – click here to enter our competition now! For one generation, shows like The Generation Game, 3-2-1 and The Price Is Right are … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydonites Festival, Dance, Music, Poetry, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre
Tagged Centrale, Cornershop Showdown, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Croydonites Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Jake Yapp, Stanley Halls, Studio 55, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern
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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
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydonites Festival, Dance, Music, Poetry, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Croydonites Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Jake Yapp, Stanley Halls, Studio 55, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern
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Purley pair make BAFTA games design finals for second time
Four teenagers from Croydon and Sutton have made it into the finals of BAFTA’s prestigious annual Young Game Designers competition – including one duo from Purley who have made the finals for the second time in three years. First held … Continue reading
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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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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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
Paxton is given a new perspective across the park he designed
Paxton’s head is back! The bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace, has been relocated to its original location on the Italian Terraces in Crystal Palace Park, as part of ongoing regeneration works.
Posted in Art, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History, Victoria Pinnington
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, National Lottery, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Paxton's head, Sir Joseph Paxton, Victoria Pinnington
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Downland Chorale Madrigals & Partsongs, Old Coulsdon, Jul 18
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Tagged Croydon, Downland Chorale, Music, Old Coulsdon
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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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Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Beer, Brewery, CAMRA, Midsummer Fest, Reader offer
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Blues at The Oval Tavern, May and June, free entry, 6pm start
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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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
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Ken Towl, Music
Tagged Abba, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, ELO, Fairfield Halls, Francis Rossi, Ken Towl, Michael Jackson, Steeleye Span, Thank you For The Music
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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
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
Young refugees’ art exhibition to open at Museum of Croydon
A multimedia exhibition created by young refugees and asylum seekers is opening at the Museum of Croydon tomorrow to mark 10 years of the charity Play for Progress. Forever We Can Be Full will bring together original artwork, photography, music, … Continue reading
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
Cinatra’s Summer Reunion, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, June 19
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Tagged Cinatra's, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Croydon, Music
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Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Sing and Stroll, St Peter’s churchyard, S Croydon, Sat May 23
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