Cro Cro Land 2024
Cro Cro Land is already an event of the year for fans of rock, pop, electro, shoegaze, art, inclusion and style - presented on two stages at one location over a weekend.
You might as well just take a look at this line up then grab one of the remaining tickets for the outstanding value of either £30 weekend (or £20 for a day). wegottickets.com/f/13319
You can also scroll down this page for more location etc. context and info about forty key artists creating a cultural MOMENT. Together.
That line-up is “a woo-hoo of who’s who”! - Life begins At 40 gateway performances.
Fanfare for one of the most fun fan-fair of festivals! During a cost-of-greed crisis, being affordable but also still paying and promoting ALL the artists is a choice. Fair play to you, Cro Cro Land.
As TheZineUK is a documentary of alternative rock stories, this weekend is a treasure (and also, with permission, the official Zeenagers Expo 02 choice of event).
Some of the artists are golden threads in our story, already - a draw in their own right. We’re checking out the line up and can’t wait to catch some of the live sets for the first time.
As previews go, a recurring theme is definitely “how are they doing all this?” - by they I mean the Croydonist instigators: Julia Woolams of design supremos, 31% Wool (responsible for the striking branding and SO much more) and Angela Martin of electro punked star turn, Bugeye. They’re already incredibly busy creatives, Mums and local activists who brought the punk heritage of Croydon full circle in 2019 with the first Cro Cro Land.
Cro Cro Land - an “event of the year”. Bit early to predict?
Well, TheZineUK have followed this integral, star dusted trail since it’s end of 2018 inception. This select, future-picks parade is integral to the newer wave of rock and pop music’s fertile environment. April 2019 and 2024: genuinely about Music and Love.
By 2024 the biggest stories in music are the smallest venues. Cro Cro Land presents names who have graced that circuit - and beyond. Not even mentioned everybody here THAT’s how hot the ticket is.
Check out the lightning that sparks out of Kat Five (new interview article for TheZineUK) - the lead vox of Feral Five is premiering her electro grunge tunes this weekend!
Static Lives may be new this year but they’re already blasting on mainstream radio and selling out their headline tour dates.
As I was typing this bit, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard were about to be on BBC 6Music Radio with Huw Stephens for Round Table…
I dig that people are coming from all over, for this event. I see that some have got their accommodation booked and are making a proper #musictourism weekend of it. Recommendable!
Fair play that local musicians are in the mix with tourists. “Playing Cro Cro Land - it’s going to be a VERY special show indeed” (Bugeye)
Documentary does background.
Since 2019, especially, Cro Cro Land, SNCFest and Stanley Arts have instigated music tourism to and from this area of South London which was named Croydon Music City. On a personal note, In September 2020, with hardly any notice, the staggeringly beautiful Stanley Arts was the first time since lockdown that I’d been outdoors after dark for six months. Being here raised the light in my life…
Maybe it’s a SE25 postcode thing?
In Summer 2021, beating the tories to “freedom day” by 24 hours, SNCFest (South Norwood Community Festival) went ahead. OMG! (G for Greggs, in my case!) we were outdoors dancing to music in the sunshine. I’ll never forget that day (and not just because the bus caught fire and I refused to get off or I’d miss a seminal something in the lake show!). Who in their right mind misses catching Jemma Freeman & The Cosmic Something?
I will always be convinced that Cro Cro Land, SNCFest and Stanley Arts are inclusive inspirations for Croydon being London Borough of Culture 2023.
Like Bugeye, Jean Genie is a local mover shaker future maker. Her short film made with Jonny Haze, about a famed local: ‘Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Search For The Blue Note’ is on the Stanley Arts Website.
Music Tourism stars, they not only invited TheZineUK to the nearby Croydon Music Trail launch, but also perform magical-pop-bangers as Jean Genie’s Massive Hugs! Talk about circles of life!
Croydon is a birthplace of Punk.
Cro Cro Land is a birthplace of arts hearts, Rock n Pop Newer Wave exploding!
You need escapism from 2024? Maybe see you at this elation creation celebration!
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Words by TheZineUK Events Dept. (Caffy)