Glug Birmingham: Midland Masters #2

Inkygoodness & Created in Birmingham present the latest edition of Glug Birmingham. Coming up on Thursday 20th November is the second of three ‘Midland Masters’ events, featuring talks by local designers, illustrators and creative studios celebrating the creative talent of the Midlands and beyond, in association with Glug. For this edition, our focus turns to illustration … [Read more…]

Longbridge Light Festival – 25th October

Coming up in a few weeks: “Longbridge Light Festival aims to be an annual celebration of the amazing history of Longbridge and its bright future through light and art. We have a jam-packed evening planned for the whole family, from films and workshops to lighting installations and artworks, designed to appeal to all ages. We … [Read more…]

Flatpack: Dots and Loops

“Flatpack returns to its roots for a sociable evening of short films in the Oobleck, the Custard Factory’s latest addition. We hope Dots and Loops will become a regular gathering of animation people and animated people, an opportunity to meet folks, have a drink and watch some really good work. This inaugural edition will include: … [Read more…]

Birmingham Urban Sketchers: Edgbaston Reservoir

The next Birmingham Urban Sketcher’s sketchcrawl will be on Saturday the 18th October to coincide with the 45th Worldwide Sketchcrawl. Start at the Ranger’s Lodge Edgbaston reservoir – plenty of parking on site and the bus number 80 from Birmingham City Centre or the 8C from Five Ways Railway Station stop a short walk away. … [Read more…]

Fierce Festival 2014

Fierce Festival returns next week with its programme of live art, performance and projects across Birmingham and Warwick Arts Centre. Running from 2-12 October, there is so much to choose from. I trust Fierce to take me by the hand and introduce me to all sorts of new, (often weird) and wonderful things. This year … [Read more…]

ATRESBANDES Solfatara tour

ATRESBANDES theatre company from Barcelona, begin a UK tour of their award winning show Solfatara at mac Birmingham on 9th October. They have strong links with Birmingham: creating a new piece in residence here after winning the Jury prize and the Audience prize at BE festival back in 2012. Solfatara is a geological term for vents in … [Read more…]

SOUNDkitchen at Vivid Projects

The next SOUNDkitchen event takes place on Saturday 13 September at Vivid Projects and features an all Midlands line-up: More on SOUNDkitchen’s website.

Craft Market at the mac this Sunday

This coming Sunday (7th) is mac’s montly craft market, which takes place on the first Sunday of the month. With a huge history of successful Christmas Craft Fairs here at mac birmingham and a phenomenal number of local designer makers, our spring and summer craft fairs continue this success. With a multitude of stalls and … [Read more…]