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When you think fashion, you often think of Paris, Milan or even London, but all eyes will be on Birmingham this summer when models take to the catwalk on Sunday 25th June for the third annual Elite Fashion Show. Growing year on year, the prestigious event has attracted some of the world’s finest up-and-coming designers, as it raises thousands of pounds…
When members of the Birmingham Central Mosque heard the English Defence League was coming to their beloved city to very likely moan about Muslims not integrating enough, they could think of no better way to respond to such divisive rhetoric than to host a Great British Tea Party. Complete with ‘Union Jack’ bunting, tea and cakes,…
Birmingham is home to several high-profile annual community celebrations and parades, from Chinese New Year festivities and Birmingham Pride to the Birmingham Mela and Birmingham Carnival, but if there was ever one event that seems to bring everyone together – regardless of age, background or heritage – it would have to be St Patrick’s Day….
Thousands of people came out to marvel at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Birmingham yesterday. Digbeth High Street was awash with green and gold as festivities launched early in the morning with bright costumes and colour, clearly starting as they meant to go on.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smpsfUTKudU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] EVENT: Bangladesh Independence Day celebrations and International Mother Language Day LOCATION: Bia Lounge, Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 DATE: Tuesday 30th March, 2010
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4kUa6DTYI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] EVENT: Chinese New Year 2010 – Year of the Tiger LOCATION: The Arcadian, Chinese Quarter, Central Birmingham DATE: Friday 5th February 2010 DETAILS: Chairman of the Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee, Jeffrey Yap, shares popular Chinese New Year greetings ahead of the festivities on Sunday 14th February in the cosmopolitan city. http://www.iambirmingham.net MMX © I…