Events Around Croydon

Come and Meet Father Christmas at our annual Christmas Fair. Traditional games of chance, raffles, craft stalls, cakes etc. Come and stock up for Christmas

Friendly indoor boot sale with 32 stalls in a large church hall. A wide variety of sellers: Bargain second-hand goods, jewellery, cheap antiques/collectables and much, much more. Come along and see what you can find.

Join award-winning Soul Symphony Choir and guests for their exciting evening of inspirational music to fundraise for our voted charity We-STAP, who supply vital toiletries and menstrual products to women in need. Bus routes: 433, 64, and 412 all have stops within a very short distance from the Church.

Tinies Surrey & SW London is working in partnership with Daisy First Aid to provide fully Ofsted recognised First Aid courses perfect for all childcarers and for parents who want that extra bit of knowledge.

Christmas get togethers on the horizon, why not give the usual ones a miss and bring your party along to our Motown/Northern/Ska & Mod Night and dance the night away to all your favourites spun on vinyl by two of Brighton’s top soul DJs Dave Sallis and Rik Taub.

Join us for refreshments including coffee, cakes and bacon rolls. Shop for Christmas gifts in a relaxing atmosphere.

Join us on Saturday 8th December at our coffee morning to launch this our twelfth Christmas Tree Festival. Once again we will be having decorated and lit trees in our Church, sponsored by local businesses and organisations.

Come along and join us for a bit of fun and test your knowledge ! Enter individually or as a team. Doors open 7.00pm Start time 7.30pm Tickets £10 which includes Fish, chicken or vegetarian burger with chips.

In association with Carshalton Salvation Army, they will be getting together for an evening of seasonal entertainment entitled ’What’s in a name’ A mixture of music, carols and readings. Doors open 7.15pm Start time 7.45pm.

For our Christmas Concert this year we will be performing Handel’s Coronation Anthems and Purcell’s Te Deum and Jubilate, accompanied by the Croydon Bach Orchestra and conducted by our MD Tim Horton. The orchestra will also perform JS Bach’s Orchestral Suite No 3.

Centrale & Whitgift, Croydon’s premier shopping destination, is thrilled to announce part of their upcoming festive calendar starting from Thursday 15th November.

Back by popular demand! Kingswood Big Band present an evening of ballroom, swing, Latin, jive, and rock ’n roll at Banstead Community Hall. Dance to the sounds of Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Sammy Nestico, Neal Hefti and others.

Tandridge Friends of St. Catherine’s Hospice invite you to come along to browse and buy a selection of gorgeous necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pendants and much more, handcrafted from beautiful semi-precious stones. This jewellery has been donated by the husband of a lady lovingly cared for by St.

For four weeks from Saturday, November 24, the 20 hand-crafted Caterham Valley elves will be hiding in shops and businesses around Caterham Valley waiting to be discovered by elf detectives.

For the third glorious year the fabulous Christmas Tree Festival is being held at St John’s Shirley. This year theme is Musicals with around fifty trees, live musical performances every hour, Christmas market and refreshments including teas and cake and light lunches or there’s our popular hotdogs.

Stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 yrs plus a small selection of unique businesses in the baby & children’s industry showcasing and selling their products & services all under one roof! Great brands at up to 90% off the full retail price!

Crafts, gifts and cake stall Light refreshments Raffle

Lots of craft, cake and Friends gift stalls Raffle Refreshments Free entry

Hayes Symphony Orchestra present their Winter concert in West Wickham on Saturday 24th November The programme is: Mozart “Overture to Don Giovanni” Mendelssohn “Violin Concerto” Soloist – Valtie Nunn Beethoven “Seventh Symphony” Mozart “Divertimento No 3, K166”

Craft Fair. Beautiful handmade crafts, products and gifts. Shop ’til you drop whilst supporting your local Hospice. At St Bede’s Conference Centre, St Raphael’s Hospice London Road Cheam SM3 9DX. £1 entry fee. Children under 16 free.

Tadworth Art Group Winter Exhibition Our gallant band of 35 local artists have been hard at work to produce a whole new and exciting range of over 250 original paintings with something for every taste and every age group. We have everything from watercolours to oils, acrylics, pastels, collage, charcoal and pencil.

A war themed concert with a musical journey through the first and second world wars featuring music by Ravel & Gershwin through to the greats of the Swing era like Glenn Miller, spanning a broad range of musical styles. The concert will also feature some wartime inspired poetry and texts.

Do something different this year! Take a journey through the season of Advent with some rousing hymns interspersed with readings from the bible and music from the Parish Choir.

Meet a suffragette and decide if you wish to join her fight to get the vote for women. Listen to her arguments and learn why some women at the beginning of the twentieth century were driven to drastic measures to get their voices heard by the Establishment.

All are welcome to join the fun at St Martin’s Church Christmas Fair on Saturday 24 November, with free entry from 11am to 3pm.