Croydon will be London Borough of Culture in 2023, with plans underway for a celebration of the borough’s unique identity, diverse communities and rich heritage.
Meet the next London Borough of Culture
Next London Borough of Culture
Wandsworth and Haringey are the next two London Boroughs of Culture, taking the game-changing programme to 2027.
Each borough will receive £1.35m to deliver a spectacular year of creative and cultural activities that celebrate local communities and showcase London’s diversity.
Wandsworth in 2025
Wandsworth will start their year in 2025, with the theme ‘Culture connects, unites, heals, nourishes and activates’.
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Haringey in 2027
Haringey will begin their year in 2027, celebrating the borough’s rebellious past and present.
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Cultural Impact Award
The London boroughs of Barnet, Merton and Greenwich were named as Cultural Impact Award winners. They will receive up to £200,000 funding to deliver smaller scale transformative creative projects within their community.
Barnet will host an audio-visual arts festival of light, heritage and tech, inspired by the borough’s aviation heritage.
Merton will deliver a performance trail for residents and tourists, with six new theatre and dance works telling stories of Merton’s town centres.
Greenwich plan to stage a spectacle of dance, music and innovative tech, celebrating local stories.
About the London Borough of Culture
The London Borough of Culture award was launched by Sadiq Khan in June 2017, inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture programmes. Waltham Forest, Brent, Lewisham and Croydon have all held hugely successful year-long programmes.
So far, the award has involved
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2200
artistic partners
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3986
volunteers
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419
schools
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£18.8m
funding leveraged for culture
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22,600
opportunities for young people
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12
London boroughs
It has also supported work by deaf, disabled and neurodiverse artists through Liberty Festival.
Past winners London Borough of Culture award
London Borough of Culture 2022 in Lewisham was inspired by their rich history of activism and standing up for equality.
Brent was the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture in 2020.
Waltham Forest was the Mayor's first London Borough of Culture in 2019.
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