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Birmingham has once again joined forces with the German city of Leipzig to develop new ways of driving growth and innovation for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the Mayor of Leipzig’s visit to Birmingham, marking the 25th anniversary of partnership between the cities, […]

Birmingham based artist, Ian Richards was invited to spend three months in Birmingham’s partner city Leipzig, as part of an exchange programme to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leipzig’s first documented mention. The artistic exchange programme was initiated by HALLE 14 in cooperation with Leipzig partner cities Lyon (France) […]

Here are a few highlights from the Leipzig exhibition held at Thursday, 17th September at the Nest in Birmingham (Glenn Howells Architects). The exhibition by Leipzig based artist, Sven Bergelt, was to portray the artist’s perception of Birmingham’s architecture in the three months he has been […]

A highly-anticipated piece of work is to be exhibited for the first time at the Nest in Birmingham (Glenn Howells Architects) on Friday, 17th September. The exhibition entitled “FUTURE WORN OUT NEW ONE” by Leipzig based artist Sven Bergelt is to represent the artist’s perception of […]

This year’s Eat, Eat, Eat Festival featured talent from all Leipzig’s partner cities, including Birmingham. Organised by The Blues Agency, Stadt Leipzig and the Flying Music Circus, the festival took place on 28 – 29 August in the German city of Leipzig. The main attraction was the ‘Central Indulgence Mile’ […]

As part of Birmingham’s International Concert Season 2015/16, The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra will perform Strauss on Monday, 19th October at Birmingham’s grand Symphony Hall theatre. It is well regarded that music transcends beyond the language barrier. The Leipzig Orchestra’s performance this October is a fantastic, not-to-be-missed experience. Birmingham welcomes Leipzig’s […]

Our sister city Leipzig celebrates its 1000th anniversary this year. A rich programme of events has been put together by Leipzig and we are proud to be a part of some of them. Recently, Birmingham was invited to take part in the Leipzig’s first International Children and Youth Art Exhibition. […]

Birmingham City Council representative took part in a panel discussion on Fair Trade entitled “How Fair is Fair Trade?” in Leipzig, Germany. We were officially invited by our partner city Leipzig. Other participants included representatives of Lyon, another Birmingham’s partner city. The event’s key point was […]

Forming part of the Longbridge light festival, the Tran-si-tion International Conference will take place at the Bournville College Conference Centre on 24th October. The conference will aim to provide a key platform to highlight best practice within regeneration schemes, urban design, strategic planning, placemaking and […]