What's On in Croydon
Things to do in and around Croydon: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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What's On in Croydon: a Free Harvest Weekend, Then Palace v Liverpool
Croydon Harvest fills the town centre on 3 and 4 October, free. Then 30 more dated listings to 8 November, from Fairfield Halls to Selhurst Park.
Dates for the diary
- Fri 2 Oct CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation
- Sat 3 Oct Croydon Harvest: Surrey Street Wandering
- Sat 3 Oct Lloyd parkrun
- Sat 3 Oct South Norwood parkrun
- 3 to 4 Oct Croydon Harvest: Cinemini for under fives
- Sat 3 Oct Pollock's Toy Museum Croydon pop-up
- 3 to 4 Oct Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair
- Sat 3 Oct Croydon Harvest: Oink and farm-making workshop
- Sat 3 Oct Croydon Harvest Historic Pub Tour
- Sat 3 Oct The Magic of the Bee Gees
- Sun 4 Oct Croydon Harvest: Animal Shorts and workshop
- Sun 4 Oct Regents Opera: War Requiem
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Croydon
Croydon Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, Katharine Street
Croydon Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Last year's wreath-laying at the Katharine Street Cenotaph began at 10.30am, with the Minster service at 3pm.
Addiscombe
Croydon Night of Dance: Oval Tavern, 7pm Tuesday, Free
Morris sides gather outside the Oval Tavern in Addiscombe from about 7pm on Tuesday 8 September, then process to the Builders Arms. Free, and children welcome.
Addiscombe
Addiscombe Railway Park Apple Day, Saturday: 20 Years On
The Friends' Apple Day on Saturday 12 September marks 20 years since the council named the park. It was a working railway until the last train ran in 1997.
Selsdon
Selsdon Community Fair Sunday: Wood Walk 1pm, Songs 2pm
The Selsdon Residents' Association fair is in Selsdon Wood from noon to 4pm on Sunday 6 September. Guided walk at 1pm, singing at 2pm, Rotary games at 2 and 3.
Croydon
Croydon Panto 2026: Cinderella, 40 Dates, From £18
Cinderella runs at the Fairfield Ashcroft from 11 December to 3 January. Forty performances, tickets from £18, a £3 fee per order, and four dark days.
Croydon
Croydon Christmas Lights: No Town Switch-On Since 2017
Croydon town centre has had no public switch-on ceremony since 2017. The BID's 71 lights go up without one. The real switch-ons are in Selsdon, Coulsdon and Purley.
Croydon
Croydon Fireworks: No Council Display, 3 That Do Run
Croydon Council has not run a bonfire night display since 2016. Three volunteer displays do still run, at Sanderstead, Park Hill and Sandilands. Here is the evidence.
Croydon
Croydon Harvest 2026: Two Days, 3 and 4 October, Free
Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair runs 3 and 4 October 2026, noon to 5pm, free. The council's public listing says one day. Its own trading pack says two.
South Norwood
London Radical Bookfair Returns, Free, in South Norwood
The bookfair's first outing since 2023 is at Stanley Arts on Sunday 6 September. Free, no ticket, 11am, and it came to South Norwood because of the rent.
South Croydon
South Croydon Model Railway Show: 20 Layouts, 12 Sept
Twenty layouts, trade stalls and children's activities at St Paul's URC on Saturday 12 September, £6 adults. A Rotary hobby fair runs the same day in Selsdon.
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Things to Do in Croydon: Days Out Checked August 2026
From Farthing Downs to Boxpark, a street market trading since 1276 and a first-Sunday windmill: Croydon days out, every venue checked this month.