The Birmingham Book Festival starts 1 October with a programme of events that will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry, as well as a series of workshops and seminars. The festival ends on 24 October. There’s a few big names listed in the festival diary – the ones that stand out for me are Mark Thomas, … [Read more…]
Comedy escapes CiB’s notice most of the time so here goes a mention of the Birmingham Comedy Festival 2008, featuring an impressive list of talent, including the Edinburgh Festival’s newly crowned Perrier (or whatever) Award Winner, David O’Doherty. Holding up Birmingham’s end are drag duo Patrick and Bernadine (Solihull Arts Complex, 4 Oct) and a … [Read more…]
The Metro’s West Midlands Life blog (fresh from giving Artsfest a rather unnecessary shoeing) have reminded me of the Outer Sight film nights at The Edge that I mentioned a while back and completely forgot to follow up on. The next one is apparently on Saturday and: the very vague theme is ‘French Fancies & … [Read more…]
I found this summary of Artsfest 2008 over at CLUB: Friday is funny light show and parade day Saturday is fireworks day Sunday is Kerrangfest day with the Levellers Which is pretty good but, although the official programme’s not out yet, I’ve been having a bit of a rummage about to see what’s on. Friday … [Read more…]
Light Night is a series of events taking place in six cities around the UK, the first of which will be in Birmingham on 12 September to coincide with the launch of Artsfest 2008. To quote lazily from the website: Light Night in Birmingham will feature architectural lighting of iconic city centre buildings and iconic … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Early Music Festival 2008 will present several performances from 15 October to 6 November. Follow the link for the festival programme. Running annually since 1994, the festival promises: Great concerts, international stars and exciting and inspirational programmes brought to the heart of Birmingham Which sounds lovely. Shows will take place at the Barber … [Read more…]
Unfortunately the Gigbeth website & blog are having a few issues at the moment so, in case you can’t go there directly, here’s the announcement: Well ladies, gents and those who merely resemble humans, I am pleased and rather smug to let you know that in November you’ll have the opportunity to ‘hear the rhythm … [Read more…]
Staging ArtsFest is a huge undertaking as a few of the photos on the ArtsFest365 blog hint at. They seem to have taken on a few volunteers recently but they’re looking for more. If you fancy getting involved (and I imagine they’ll have all kinds of work) then email artsfest[@]birmingham.gov.uk. Also, there’s an ArtsFest Twitter … [Read more…]