THIS IS CROYDON – GRANTS

Supporting Arts & Culture across Croydon

This is Croydon part of the Mayor of London’s London Borough of Culture programme, is a celebration of everything Croydon has to offer – created, directed and presented by the people of the borough. With support from the Greater London Authority, Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund supporting events through grants.

Flagship events

• Oratorio of Hope | London Mozart Players | 1 & 2 April
• Recognition | Talawa Theatre | 1 – 24 June
• CR Talent | Croydon Music & Arts | 13 July
• Croydon PrideFest | Croydon Pride | 15 July
• Croydon Mela | Think Events | 16 July
• Croydon Carnival | London Road Carnival Committee | 30 July
• Desire Paths | Turf Project | 19 August – 25 November
• Croydon Stands Tall | Croydon BID | 28 August – 31 October
• Liberty Festival | Drunken Chorus | 1 – 3 September
• Reuse Recycle Fashion Show | Fashion Meets Music | 16 September
• Stepping Stones | SAVVY Theatre | 17 December

Large & Medium Ignite

• Dementia Friendly Screenings | David Lean Cinema | First Tuesday of the month
• Stories in the Garden | Friends of Park Hill Park | August
• From Pub to Pulpit to Dancehall | Croydon Minster | 23 June
• Climate Musical – Why on Earth? | The BRIT School | 19 – 20 July
• Queer Joy | Bold Mellon Collective | 14 July
• Alice, Through Wonderland | CODA | 26 – 29 July
• Norwood JunkAction@The Carnival of Invention | Norwood JunkAction | 10 September
• Surrey Street Festival | Mr Fox & Club Soda | 17 September
• Pop Shop and Friends | Scanners Inc | October
• Sikh & Punjab History on the street of Croydon | Sri Guru Singh Sabha Croydon Gurdwara | October – January
• Dance Festival Croydon | Beeja Dance | 1 October
• A Celebration of Black History and Culture | Croydon BME Forum | 4 October
• Playing Croydon | The Place | 6 – 8 October
• Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra | Fairfield Halls/BH Live | 18 October
• Family (dys)Function | Dance Umbrella & BirdGang | 21 October
• House of Common | Boundless Theatre | 15 October – 4 November
• Croydonites festival of new theatre | Croydonites | 2 – 18 November
• Nightshift | ZooCo | 13 – 25 November
• The Croydon Welcoming Party | Theatre Rites | January – February
• Purley Festival | Purley BID
• Young Croydon Composers – Celebrating LBoC | Drum The Bass | 23 March
• SoDaDa | Club Soda | April – January

Heritage

• Bollywood Weddings | Apsara Arts | June – October
• Croydon Music Heritage Trail | Croydon Museum | from 17 June
• Croydon Windrush Cultural Heritage – digital tour | Black Gifted Network | 22 – 25 June
• Kalasetu | Subrang Arts | 16 July
• Croydon from the palette of Evacustes Phipson | Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society | 1 August – 29 September
• Crocus Valley | RRB Photobooks | Summer
• Croydon Airport Open House Day | Historic Croydon Airport Trust | 17 September
• Choose Love Garden | Good Food Matters | Summer
• Carnival of Invention | Stanley Arts | 10 September
• Cultural Connection | Beeja | September – October
• Our Croydon | Talawa Theatre | October
• ‘I saw a god dance’ | Apsara Arts | 11 February – 25 March

Sector Development

• Collide Queer Arts Programme | Stanley Arts | July – February
• D/deaf & Disabled Artist Development Programme | SAVVY Theatre | April – March
• Youth Arts Development Programme | Croydon Music & Arts | April – March
• Global Majority Artist Development Programme | Talawa Theatre | April – March
• Creative Careers Development Programme | The BRIT School | April – March