The Streatham Festival
The Streatham Festival is our area’s very own world-class community event held every summer.
Having been founded in 2002 when it was attended by 600 people, it now attracts more than 10,000. Being run entirely by volunteers, it is chaired by Patricia Sauer.
The festival consists of numerous art and culture events held across Streatham including exhibitions of local artists’ work, film screenings, family events and showcases for performing arts like the search for ‘Streatham Idol’.
This year, the week-long festival was launched by a open-air fun day on Streatham Common, followed by open-air theatre and world music. In October 2009, the work of the Streatham Festival was honoured by the Prime Minister when its Chair Patricia Sauer was invited to a Community Heroes event at 10 Downing Street.
