Did you know… 2015 is the International Year of Light, so there’s never been a better time to learn about the science behind it. Through a series of events, workshops and lectures, students can get a hands-on understanding of light science in a single day. […]

Birmingham’s Literature Festival was a great success this year. We are particularly proud we were able to be a part of the Europe Day organised on the 8 October and link it with the celebrations of Frankfurt and Birmingham 50 years of partnership. This event brought together two critically […]

As part of the 50th anniversary Birmingham celebrates with Frankfurt City, Birmingham’s annual Flatpack Film Festival has partnered with Frankfurt’s Lichter Filmfest in an exciting exchange project. Lichter has been running since 2008 and shows all manner of shorts, features, docs, experimental works, installations and live […]

On Sunday 24 April, Frankfurt’s experimental music duo Les Trucs will perform in Birmingham as part of the Flatpack Film Festival during The Last Laugh screening. Les Trucs are Charlotte Simon, Zink Tonsur and a variety of electronic gadgetry. Together, they process and revise the intersection of music, […]

As part of the Birmingham-Frankfurt 50th anniversary programme, on the 1st of April the renowned Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International will be hosting a taste of Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival. Collaboration between these two festivals started several years ago but has been recently refreshed again as a result of […]

Organisers are planning to return with a three-day event on 18 – 20 June 2015. This year the festival will be moving to Victoria Square – still to be confirmed. The event will bring to Birmingham Caribbean food, many drumming and zumba style Caribbean workshops, energy, […]

Birmingham’s Nigerian Igbo community organise and celebrate Iwaji, an important heritage, during the month of August. The festival is a way to talk about, share and keep the cultural traditions alive. The New Yam festival, known as Iwaji, is the celebration of the importance of […]

Set within the new Longbridge town centre, the inaugural Longbridge Light Festival is going to take place on 25 October, from 6-10pm. It will contain a combination of newly commissioned artworks, special events, Longbridge Public Art Project (LPAP) artists-in-residence work in progress and an exciting […]

For the following three days, Victoria and Chamberlain Square will be transformed into colourful and vibrant festival venues! There will be Caribbean food and drinks as well as life performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. Visitors can also get involved in workshops and have […]

BE FESTIVAL, Birmingham’s festival celebrating the best of European theatre returns to the city and a new home at Birmingham Repertory Theatre this July. Featuring over twenty electrifying performances from eleven European countries, plus live music, exhibitions, workshops, discussions and delicious food, this vibrant festival […]