Birmingham 2022 Festival On Record music album artists

Commonwealth Games all-star album to showcase Birmingham music talent on global stage

A new all-star concept album billed as ‘a sonic love letter to Birmingham’ will be released to music fans across the world for free in June, for the Birmingham 2022 Festival. On Record, commissioned and produced by Birmingham Music Archive, will feature eleven original songs exclusively written and recorded by new and established city music…

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Lady Sanity is performing at Love Music Hate Racism's Birmingham show alongside emerging local artists

Birmingham artists join national ‘Rebel Music Tour’ in Digbeth to challenge racism through music

A national tour celebrating music as a means of bringing communities together and fighting racism is coming to Birmingham tonight. The ‘Rebel Music Tour’ – which is touring around the UK including in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Swansea – lands in Digbeth this evening, making its mark on the West Midlands with local musical talent.

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More than 50,000 trees have already been planted and registered in the West Midlands Virtual Forest

Trees are being given away to encourage West Midlands residents to build ‘Virtual Forest’

Up to 400 saplings will be given away across the region this half-term week to encourage more people to get growing and boost the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Virtual Forest. The authority’s (WMCA) Right Tree, Right Place campaign has visited Birmingham, and will call at Wolverhampton and Coventry later this week to hand out the potted…

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New coins and stamps are being specially created to mark the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Special coins and stamps to be launched to mark Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Birmingham is set to appear on new 50p coins which will be specially created to mark the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games this year. Birmingham 2022 and CGF Partnerships have signed a collaborative licensing deal with The Royal Mint and Royal Mail to produce commemorative coins and stamps to mark the Commonwealth Games this summer.

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Birmingham City Council announces plans to improve King’s Norton Cemetery and Yardley Crematorium

Plans unveiled for £4.5m upgrade to Kings Norton Cemetery following surge in COVID deaths

Plans to improve facilities and capacity at a cemetery and crematorium in south Birmingham have been unveiled, following a surge in city deaths due to COVID. King’s Norton Cemetery, which opened its first two phases in 2005, is set to reach capacity in less than two years and available graves for baby and Muslim burials…

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