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Good morning, Croydon. Monday, 14/09/2026 brings a buzzing week of creative workshops, local learning and community action across the borough.
TODAY, MONDAY
🏛️ OPEN HOUSE KEEPS CROYDON CURIOUS: Open House Festival is live across Croydon from 12/09/2026 to 20/09/2026, with free chances to explore architecture, history and culture. Check Monday’s latest bookable slots. Source: Culture Croydon
WEEK AHEAD: CREATIVE CROYDON
🎨 CROYDON URBAN ROOM: OPEN HOUSE WORKSHOPS: The Croydon Urban Room, Units 161 to 162 and 1161 to 1162, Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR0 1UQ, runs through 19/09/2026 with free exhibitions, drop ins and bookable workshops imagining Croydon’s town centre. It is closed on 16/09/2026. Source: Croydon Urban Room festival overview
🗺️ WORKSHOP PICKS: Catch Wellesley Road Light Installation and Mapping the Town Centre on 15/09/2026, Views of the High Street on 18/09/2026, and Designing the Town Centre Through Gaming on 19/09/2026. Book your Croydon Urban Room workshop online. Book through the official Urban Room programme
🎓 CALAT: KEEPING ADULT LEARNING OPEN
Dr Catherine Pestano of Creative Croydon is asking for more learners to help two three-week Wednesday courses go ahead from 30/09/2026 at CALAT Central Croydon:
Menopause: Paths to Wellbeing, £30
Songs from Diverse African Traditions, £30
More learners are needed by Wednesday 16/09/2026 at 09:00. Book a CALAT course or contact the Creative Arts team before Wednesday 16/09/2026 at 09:00. CALAT course information
🎤 THIS WEEK'S PICKS: Big Fat Quizbox lands at BOXPARK Croydon Atrium on 14/09/2026, London Jobs Fair and The Essex House Tapestries: The Life of Julie Cope arrive on 16/09/2026, and Exhibition Closing Party follows that evening at the Museum of Croydon. Source Source Source Source
🎶 THURSDAY TO SATURDAY: Live Music Night at The Bedford Tavern, SoulCulture's Live Jam Session at The Dog, Karaoke Night at The Porter and Sorter, Chuckl. Croydon comedy at Fairfield Halls, and Pollock's Toy Museum Pop-Up at the Whitgift Centre keep the borough moving. Source Source Source Source Source
✈️ FORWARD LOOK: Mario Bakuna: Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz reaches Manuel's Restaurant and Bar on 27/09/2026, Amelia Earhart illustrated talk lands at Historic Croydon Airport on 30/09/2026, and Croydon AI Summit 2026: Innovation, Inclusion, Impact heads to Hilton London Croydon, 101 Purley Way, Croydon CR9 4HH on 27/10/2026. Source Source Source: Croydon AI Summit 2026 Eventbrite listing
🤖 CROYDON AI SUMMIT 2026: On 27/10/2026, from 10:00 to 16:00, this in-person event brings talks, practical workshops, demonstrations, useful AI tools and networking for Croydon’s business, education and innovation communities. Tickets are £25, including lunch, tea and coffee. Book your place at the Croydon AI Summit 2026. Book via Eventbrite
WEEK AHEAD EVENTS
🏛️ OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL: Explore free architecture, heritage and cultural events across Croydon from 12/09/2026 to 20/09/2026, including the Croydon Urban Room programme featured above. Source: Culture Croydon
🛍️ COMMUNITY MARKET AT REGANS: Head to Regans, Units 9 to 11, Royal Oak Centre, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2PG, on 19/09/2026, from 10:00 to 16:00, for free entry, family friendly browsing and local traders. Details come from the supplied Community Market flyer.
🌿 ECO LIVING FEST: Catch a community focused afternoon of sustainable living ideas and practical support at Holy Innocents Church Hall, 192A Selhurst Road, South Norwood SE25 6XX, on 19/09/2026, from 13:00 to 16:00. Source: CVA Live
COMMUNITY NOTES
🚆 Southern weekend travel alert: Engineering works affected services around Croydon across the weekend, with replacement buses on some routes. Keep checking live travel information as the week begins. Source: Southern Railway planned engineering work
📚 CALAT KEEPS LEARNING MOVING: CALAT says it is moving out of Croydon Clocktower, while its official pages continue to list autumn learning across creative subjects, family learning, digital skills, ESOL and wellbeing. Source: CALAT
DID YOU KNOW?
💡 STANLEY’S SURPRISING STORY: Stanley Arts first opened in 1903 and continues the community legacy of inventor and philanthropist William Ford Robinson Stanley through its Grade II listed theatre, gallery and public hall.
SCHOOL CORNER & PTA NOTICEBOARD
🏫 Croydon primary schools and PTAs, use this regular space to share your fairs, bake sales, fundraiser discos and family events with neighbours across the borough.
Keep your community connected and help more families find what is happening locally.
Submit your event through the Croydon Local Pulse website. Send your event
YOUR MONDAY PULSE
Make Croydon part of your weekly rhythm, from town centre workshops and heritage walks to practical learning and neighbourhood gatherings.
FOLLOW THE PULSE
Here’s to a purposeful week ahead, with more local discoveries, useful updates and community energy arriving each day.
Building a Stronger Croydon, Together
The Croydon Local Pulse Team