Upcoming Events
What's on in Streatham
30 Sep 2019 - 8:15pm
Fran McGillivray (vocals, bass guitar) and Mike Burke (acoustic, electric & resonator guitars, mandola, mandolin, vocals) are former founder members of the legendary urban blues outfit So Long Angel.
Their own vibrant and original songs are...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
7 Oct 2019 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Alan Piper on Lambeth's changing riverside along the Thames
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
14 Oct 2019 - 8:15pm
Fraser Nimmo is a Scottish singer/songwriter who combines traditional songs with his own material in an organic melange of Celtic musicality.
His songs cover the whole gamut of human experience: love, hate, loss, injustice, fear, outrage,...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
21 Oct 2019 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Philip Emery on the history of the Crystal Palace
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
28 Oct 2019 - 8:15pm
Doctor Slideshow are a post modern medicine show, featuring Slideshow Steve on vocals and stringed things and Dr Ess on percussion and harmonicas.
They create a collage of original songs, covers and tunes from anywhere and everywhere, on a fabulous...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
4 Nov 2019 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Richard Gray on the cinemas of Streatham, Tooting, Balham and Brixton
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
11 Nov 2019 - 8:15pm
Liz Simcock sings and performs her own songs in folk clubs in and around the Southeast and beyond.
She accompanies herself mainly with guitar or bouzouki.
She is an astute observer of life’s quirks and this is reflected in the range of subjects she...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
18 Nov 2019 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by David Clark on the lives and work of five famous local artists who lived in, or near, Streatham
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
25 Nov 2019 - 8:15pm
With a career now spanning over 60 years (he recently turned 80), Wizz Jones continues to tour on the Acoustic Folk and Blues circuit, usually solo but sometimes with his son Simeon on Sax, Flute and Harmonica.
He began his musical career at the age...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
2 Dec 2019 - 8:00pm
Annual Christmas Party open only to members of the Streatham Society
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
9 Dec 2019 - 8:15pm
Jim Causley celebrates the Christmas Season with an entertaining evening of lesser-known West Country carols, medieval and secular carols from around the British Isles, his own settings of moving Christmas poems by his relative, the late Cornish...
Location:
Cedar Hall at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD
6 Jan 2020 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Guy Rowston on over 400 years of shopping in London
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
20 Jan 2020 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Tom Bolton on London's lost neighbourhoods
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
3 Feb 2020 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Michael Gilbert on the 1951 Festival of Britain
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ
17 Feb 2020 - 8:00pm
An illustrated talk by Angela Cornes on Frank Dickinson and his dream home in Carshalton called Little Holland House
Location:
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2PJ