Artsfest is a big sprawling beast of a festival and a difficult one to wrangle from a listings perspective. A few people have chipped in with their take on how things could/should be presented but for me, while all of them help in some way, none of them really hit the nail on the head. … [Read more…]
With just (only just) over a week to go before Artsfest the programme of events has just been released on the website. With 500 or so events scheduled, picking through the programme isn’t easy but there is at least a ‘recommended’ section on the homepage. When I get a chance I’ll have a flick through … [Read more…]
I’ve had a nice email from Sam about Bloco Louco, which I’ll let him tell you about: Bloco Louco is a samba band/community making some awesome music – arguably some of the best unamplified beats in the city. We were started with Lottery funding, and since that happened a year and a half ago we … [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…]
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…]
Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: July 2008 Russ L’s ever-useful take on the month’s listings. New Screen at the Electric « Fused Magazine “The UK’s oldest working cinema is due to open its second screen on the 4th July after six months of careful restoration, costing over £100,000”. The … [Read more…]
Changing Faces of Small Heath & Birmingham Exhibition An exhibition of photos taken 10 years ago by pupils from Small Heath School and photographic work by Rubina Bibi. Small Heath Library until 30 May. Self-published author takes competition to bestseller rivals Birmingham-based Irish writer Mary Rochford’s collection of short stories Gilded Shadows (Tia Publishing) has … [Read more…]