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Brixton’s Studio 73 launches new art show today, Thurs 3rd April 2025
On Thursday 3rd April from 6pm, Studio 73 will be opening its doors to a brand new show featuring oil painters Jackie Clark and Priscilla Watkins. Their exhibition continues across …
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Anssi Kasitonni at Beaconsfield Gallery
Known for his resin and cardboard sculptures and short puppet animations, Finnish artist Anssi Kasitonni is celebrated in his native country. As this year’s winner of Below Zero – a UK contemporary art award for Finnish artists – he is presently an artist in residence in Vauxhall’s Beaconsfi...
Select/25 – new show at Photofusion
Select/25 is the new exhibition at Photofusion featuring the work of four photographers: Rosie Barnes, Megan Eagles, Jan Enkelmann and Aindreas Scholz. In their very different ways these photographers explore the people and places of Brixton, motherhood, neurodiversity and environmental fragility. J...
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Jake Grewal at Studio Voltaire
Studio Voltaire is host to Under the Same Sky – a series of new paintings by Jake Grewal which are influenced by the lengthy periods of time he recently spent in India and Cornwall. Most pieces are on a grand scale – cinematic shorelines and seascapes populated by naked male figures. Echoing 1...
Indie Beer Fest at the London Beer Lab in Brixton, 18th to 20th April 2025
The London Beer Lab in Brixton is hosting an Indie Beer Fest later this month, billed as a “celebration of independent beer” and targeted at folks who “love flavoursome beer …
Streatham Hill Road closures: Lambeth LibDems call for urgent resident input
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that major works will start on the A23 Streatham Hill this summer, lasting until spring 2027. There will be widespread road closures and disruption. Liberal …
Brixton’s popular Dogstar venue is up for sale, with Savills handling the listing
The closure of the iconic Dogstar venue in Coldharbour Lane in October 2024 was a hammer blow to the local night economy, although the venue had been woefully under-performing for …
Police issue fresh appeal to trace backpack after man in his 30s stabbed to death in Brixton
Emergency services rushed to Brixton Road at around 5.10am on Thursday, March 20, following reports of a man suffering a stab injury
Brixton Cycles releases statement confirming their permanent closure
Back in January we asked if Brixton Cycles had permanently closed, and a month later we noted that their Brixton Road premises were being listed on the Zoopla property website. …
In photos: Peckham Town receive a yellow card bonanza as they lose 0-2 at Hawkinge Town, Sat 29th March 2025
Peckham Town find themselves looking into the relegation abyss once again after a disastrous defeat at breezy Hawkinge Town on Saturday. There’s no denying that the Hawkinge club house is …
We Rise: careers for Brixton’s young people
For many young people, the leap from school to the world of work is a daunting one, particularly for those without professional networks or family connections in certain industries. For today’s school leavers, this has been compounded by Covid lockdowns throughout crucial education years and a co...
In photos: another depressing defeat at Champion Hill as Dulwich Hamlet get thumped by Dartford, Sat 29th March 2025
Dulwich Hamlet’s grim season continues, with the pink and blues losing 0-3 to Dartford in front of another sell out crowd of 3,334. Buzz photographer was there to watch the …
EXCLUSIVE: Trump-backed ‘MLJGA’ candidate set to shake up Lambeth by-election
Lambeth’s political scene has been thrown into chaos after a surprise right-wing challenger emerged in the upcoming Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction by-election — a candidate personally backed by Donald …
Learn editing and contributing skills at the Wikipedia meetup, monthly at Brixton Library
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have. Wikipedia’s purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by …
Free Songwriters & Wordsmiths live music night at Hootananny Brixton, Tuesday 8th April 2025
The popular Songwriters and Wordsmiths acoustic night at Hootananny is returning next week with another strong line up. Here’s what’s lined up for their free show on Tuesday, 8th April …
Lambeth partners with debt charity to help residents
Lambeth is boosting the help it offers to residents who need support in managing their finances by partnering with debt advice charity StepChange. The cost of living crisis and the …
National Windrush Vigil in Brixton
Seema Malhotra MP, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for migration and citizenship, will address the third annual Windrush National Vigil in Windrush Square on Sunday 6 April. Windrush National Organisation, Justice for Windrush Generations, Black Cultural Archives, Friends of Windrush Squa...
Hamlet at the Hamlet
The play’s the thing* on Thursday 24 April at Dulwich Hamlet’s Champion Hill stadium when professional actors perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet there. After a 10-week tour of the United States, the professional production will be performed for one night only at 7.30pm. Funds from the performance wi...
Streatham Hill roadworks until 2027
Streatham Hill, which was sometimes at a standstill during trials – now postponed – of a local low traffic neighbourhood, is to undergo major traffic changes. Transport for London (TfL) said today (28 March) that it plans to begin construction work this summer on a major scheme to make the A23 S...
Brixton at night: rain, shops, street scenes, sunsets, buildings and coloured lights in 40 photos
When the sun goes down, Brixton Buzz can often be seen on the streets of Brixton, capturing everyday scenes around the town we’re happy to have called home for many …