The Soho Society is the amenity society for Soho, working to preserve and enhance the amenity of the area for local businesses, residents, workers and visitors. It is consulted by Westminster City Council on all planning and licensing applications and renewals.
 
The Soho Society also produces The Soho Clarion (the local news-letter) on a quarterly basis and runs the annual Soho Festival.
 
The Festival which is held on the second Sunday in July each year is the closest thing Soho has to a village féte. Attractions include: bric-a-brac; jumble; massage and meditation; books and home-made cakes; local artists and all kinds of food stalls. The jazz notes of Dick Laurie’s Elastic Band and other local musicians play throughout the day.
 
The Soho Society was also responsible for the establishment of the Museum of Soho. Founded in 1984, the museum is a social history archive of objects, papers and oral history. With no public premises, the museum mounts occasional exhibitions and the archive may be visited by appointment.
 
Chair: Fiona Rhys-Jenkins Bailey
 
Address: St Anne’s Tower, 55 Dean Street, London W1D 6AF. [CLICK FOR STREET MAP]
Tel: 020 7439 4303
E-mail: soho@thesohosociety.org.uk
Web: www.thesohosociety.org.uk
Clarion Enquiries: clarion@thesohosociety.org.uk
Soho Museum Enquiries: museum@thesohosociety.org.uk