Croydon has unveiled a yearlong timetable of music and art events as London Borough of Culture 2023.
Street festivals, dance, music and theatre productions will run from April until March 2024.
The programme was arranged by This is Croydon, a partnership between residents, cultural groups and the council.
Jason Perry, the borough's executive mayor, said it was a chance to "showcase" the people of Croydon.
The year of events will begin with Oratorio of Hope at Fairfield Halls, a performance led by London Mozart Players and Grammy-nominated and Croydon-educated Tarik O'Regan.
It will include more than 250 of the borough's young singers and instrumentalists.
In April, Caribbean Influencers, an exhibition developed by the Museum of Croydon, the National Portrait Gallery, artists, volunteers and the borough's Poet Laureate Shaniqua Benjamin will open.
Other events include a Music Heritage Trail and the first play about Croydon's black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, premiering in June.
The borough, which is home to artists Stormzy and Loyle Carner, will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a range of events.
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