This week there are a few Valentines events taking place in Stirchley. “Love Stirchley More – a festival of love, commerce and art” Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 February 2013. Stirchley Prospects invited several local community groups, businesses and individuals to come together and present a whole host of activities on the high street. There … [Read more…]
While the rest of the festival season winds down, on the 19th-21st October Supersonic Festival shows up again for its 10th year running to give the music scene a good hiding . If you haven’t been before then your eardrums are in for a treat (and a bit of a pounding) as the weekend session, run … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival is nearly upon us and there are on going announcement’s of further pop up exhibitions around Southside. Make sure you are following Eye Candy Festival on twitter and visit their site to keep up to date. Here are a few more flyers…
Oxjam Brum is back once again, with all proceeds donated directly to Oxfam. Oxjam Brum is a celebration of independents, with 40 artists, bands, performers and djs from across Birmingham taking to festival stages located in Frederick, Symphony Hall Café Bar, The Yardbird, Café Blend, Island Bar, The Victoria and the Sunflower Lounge. Plus Oxjam … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival, a visual pop culture festival, will be showcasing illustration, art and design through a programme of events in the form of exhibitions and meet-ups etc. There will also be workshops and a talks program with industry heavyweights. The event will be held in the Southside district of Birmingham, this is only a … [Read more…]
Now in its 14th edition, Birmingham Book Festival will be kicking off this year with a bevy of shindigs, including all night writing sessions, pop-up book shops and workshops; spanning everything from blogging in Libya to a session on finding your own Narrative voice by local print house Tindal Street Press. The main festival gets things rolling on … [Read more…]
Fused magazine, as part of Eyecandy Festival, are helping out the Oxjam charity this year by calling for submissions for a 12×12 visual interpretation of your favourite record sleeve. They will be giving artists a blank 12″ record sleeve for them to ‘re-imagine’ a new cover for their favourite album by a Midlands artist/ or maybe write/design their favourite song lyrics … [Read more…]
Returning once again to our city is a late summer celebration of 2nd city and south american festivities. The Espirito Brum Festival will be taking over Digbeth, bring over a collection of Brazilian musicians and artists to mingle and perform with some of Birmingham’s creative types. A little description for you: An annual celebration of music, art … [Read more…]