The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Two very talented and exciting wordsmiths from Birmingham were named the city’s new Poets Laureate yesterday, chosen to represent the city through written and performance poetry. The Brummie duo were selected for special honours during yesterday’s National Poetry Day celebrations, which also marked the start of this year’s Birmingham Literature Festival.
A group of young refugees and asylum seekers in Birmingham have put together a film screening entitled ‘Our Story’ as part of British Red Cross’ Surviving to Thriving project, a unique partnership with Refugee Council that supports unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers aged 11-25. The film screening was hosted by the young refugees themselves,…
A mass Eid celebration in a major Birmingham park planned for today has been scrapped due to adverse weather conditions. The Eid al-Adha 2019 prayer service, which bi-annually attracts tens of thousands of people, was due to take place in Small Heath Park at 9.30am this morning; but will be held indoors in smaller venues.
Muslims across Birmingham have been celebrating Eid this weekend with prayer services, festivities and lots of celebratory food! While the city’s biggest Eid gathering and funfair in Small Heath Park – which usually attracts over 50,000 people – had to be cancelled on account of adverse weather conditions, hundreds of thousands of worshippers, friends and…
An exciting arts event which includes painting, spoken word, and video projection, comes to the Paradise Circus multi-storey car park in Birmingham this month. The event – titled ‘Re-imagining the Opposition: The Art of Empathy’ – will include a performance by futurist storyteller Mark Gonzales and include original artworks by prominent Brummie street artist Mohammed Ali; alongside award-winning…
Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities.
With organisers promising the largest ever main stage, Birmingham Pride is set to welcome an incredible array of talent to the Main Stage next weekend! Following on from the carnival parade, that kicks off at noon on Saturday 25th May, acts such as the Human League and Years & Years are set to take the the…
This past weekend saw The Hippodrome, The Arcadian and all surrounding areas taken over, once again , by the annual B-Side Hip Hop Festival. A free family-friendly street arts’ get together that, thankfully, saw the sun beaming down on Brum for what felt like the first time in a long time. And, as a result, it…
Birmingham is getting its first ever LGBTQ film festival next week that promises an incredible line up of films, panels and events across two days taking place from the 22nd until the 24th of March. Funded by BFI FAN Film Hub Midlands and supported by Centrala Art Gallery, Midlands Art Centre and Mockingbird Cinema and…
International Women’s Day is coming up and this year’s campaign theme is ‘Balance for Better‘. The 2019 #BalanceforBetter campaign runs all year long. It doesn’t end on International Women’s Day.