I’m very much liking the website for the 24th Birmingham International Jazz Festival. I’ll come back to that though. Meanwhile… The dates/programme/etc for the jazz festival have been released. It’ll take place across a whole host of venues from 4 – 13 July. Musicians and bands from USA, Spain, France, South Korea, Hungary, Poland, Holland, … [Read more…]
As I was leaving the Electric yesterday having seen the excellent Planet B-Boy I was handed a brochure for this year’s BASS Festival, happening across the East Midlands over June. BASS stands for British Art and Street Sounds and the festival is a Punch Records production in partnership with 2Funky Arts, Hella Music and Baby … [Read more…]
Capsule need a couple of people to help out at their festival: There are 2 festival internships available to assist with: Artists liaison / Production / Marketing / Festival Management you will be required to do 5 -10 days between May to July. You will receive valuable work experience and be credited as part of … [Read more…]
The closing Integra 2008 Festival & Conference will be held in Birmingham 5 – 7 June with various events happening over those dates. If I’ve got it right then Integra seems to consist of a series of Europe-wide art/science collaborations, taking in performances, training, conferences and the presentation of papers with names like ‘Distortions in … [Read more…]
Festival season is starting with all manner of events happening between now and the end of August. Here’s what I know about, if I’ve missed anything then perhaps you could mention it in the comments. In chronological order: International Dance Festival Birmingham Now – 25 May. Various venues in Birmingham. A month of world class … [Read more…]
CABE, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, are partnering with Bham City Council for what is apparently “the world’s first climate change festival” between 31 May and 8 June. They’re promising “no guilt and no finger wagging. This will be collective, dramatic and fun”. CABE’s thinking is that the environmental crisis is largely … [Read more…]
The line-up for this year’s Fierce! Festival, the international performing arts festival, has been announced and can be seen on the events page of their newly updated website. You may recall that a significant number of acts were chosen via a public vote and these have now been programmed into the wider festival too. The … [Read more…]
From what I hear “an opening event that you will never forget” is not an overstatement. I’m saying nothing. ;)