There’s a huge number of festivals, fairs, carnivals and street parties in Croydon every year.

Calendar of Croydon festivals: 2015

7 – 29 March: Coulsdon and Purley Festival

8 April – 9 May: Croydon Performing Arts Festival

24 May : Addiscombe Carnival

7 June: Croydon Big Lunch

8 – 12 June: Stanley Halls Invention Festival

13 – 14 June: New Addington People’s Carnival

18 June – 13 August: Croydon Comedy Festival

20 – 28 June: Croydon Heritage Festival

20 – 21 June: Croydon Tattoo Convention

24 – 28 June: Crystal Palace Overground Festival

28 June: South End Food Festival

29 June – 5 July: Purley Festival

5 July: South Norwood Community Festival

6 – 19 July (dates tbc): South Norwood Arts Festival

11 July (date tbc): Croydon Folk and Blues Festival

18 – 25 July Thornton Heath Arts Week

19 July – London Road Carnival

25 – 26 July: International Playwriting Festival

29 – 30 August: The Airballoon Garden Party

9 – 18 October South Norwood and Thornton Heath Free Film Festival

31 October – 14 November: Crystal Palace International Film Festival

14 November: Witchfest International