Challenge your family to a game of table tennis, work up a sweat in the boxing ring, take part in an impromptu squash tournament, and even learn how to wield a cricket bat. Activities are open to all ages and skills. Pop in every day for a different activity and get moving!
A grand line up of Irish musicians and performers embodying the spirit of Irish culture, from rousing renditions of traditional tunes to a finale.
Wellbeing expert Sheryl Hanna-Kumas from the Disability charity Sense will be sharing amazing experiences of inclusive sound baths all week.
Join India Island Academy as they dance their way round an epic journey through South Asian film.
Two local dance groups have been brought together to create a large-scale dance piece celebrating Indian and Bangladeshi dance and culture.
Rainbow Voices, the West Midlands community choir for LGBTQIA+ people and their friends, are united by their love of song.
Bring your small people and join B’Opera and Perry for an animal-themed musical picnic!
Original arrangements of pop, rock and indie from SHE Choir Birmingham, a community for women and non-binary people.
Birmingham’s best animation night presents the nonsense film ‘Bermingham’ by Greg McLeod.
An empowering and innovative project embracing the culture and spirit of boxing, grime music and dance from Flexus Dance Collective.
Forró Tempo bring us Brazilian beats, melodies and lyrics, combining pandeiro, zabumba, cavaquinho, and piano accordion.
Content Warning
All of our performances are suitable for the public realm and will not contain graphic descriptions of harmful topics. However, some performances make reference to topics that may be potentially distressing to audiences. Please refer to each event where you see this badge to find out more about its content.
Changing Environment
This badge signifies that the performance may require audiences to move and engage with performers on-the-ground, or may feature performers moving around the audience area.
Visual Effects
This badge signifies that the performance will contain sudden and/or flashing visual elements (colourful smoke, fireworks, etc.)
Sound Effects
This badge signifies that the performance will contain sudden and/or loud sound elements (confetti canons, bangs, fireworks, etc.)
Audio Description
For audiences with a visual impairment, we have Live Audio Description available throughout the Festival. Headsets are available for pick-up and return near the Accessible Viewing Area.
BSL Interpreted
For our D/deaf audiences, the Festival’s spoken sections will be BSL interpreted on stage and on screen. Pre-recorded films will also be captioned.