Editing Crouch End (section)

===Crouch End Festival===
The [https://www.crouchendfestival.org/ Crouch End Festival] was launched in May 2012 by Chris Arnold, Robin Stevenson and Marice Cumber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crouchendfestival.org/ |title=Creative Festival of over 160 events |publisher=Crouch End Festival |date=2013-09-15 |access-date=2013-11-07}}</ref> It originally started as a Facebook site, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/crouchendcratives Crouch End Creatives] but is now run by London Community Arts CIC, a not for profit organisation that is staffed by volunteers (Directors Chris Arnold, Chris Currer, Amanda Carrara). 
It covers Crouch End, Hornsey and Stroud Green and includes art exhibitions, drama, dance, film, poetry, photography, fringe, music of all kinds, an outdoor cinema, (introduced by [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peterbradshaw Peter Bradshaw]). The festival is one of London's biggest community arts festivals and features over 200 artists, plus 14 schools, 6 churches and numerous community groups across over 60 venues and was described in the ''[[Ham & High Broadway]]'' as "London's own mini Edinburgh Festival".{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} The next festival is June 12-18th, 2025. 

The Festival team also runs the Crouch End Literary Festival (with Dave Cohen) and numerous events at Halloween, Easter and Christmas.  They also manage two venues, '[https://www.intimatespace.co.uk/ The Intmate Space]' in St Mary's Tower, and the Holy Eye in Holy Innocents church and organise üF-Beat Fringe Music Club and the Tower Music Festival.
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-community-arts-cic/?viewAsMember=true London Community Arts] also acts as a consultancy and advises community groups, other festival organisers, commercial organisations and councils.