Events
The British
Athletics Championships returns to Birmingham’s Alexander
Stadium on 30 June and 1 July,
where more than 700 of Britain’s best athletes will compete. The event
will include stars of the Commonwealth Games as they compete for places in the
GB & NI team for this summer’s European Championships and Athletics World
Cup.
RAF Cosford will receive the Freedom
of the City of Birmingham during a special ceremony in Victoria Square
on Saturday, 19 May.
Birmingham Pride,
the annual LGBT festival, takes place on 26 and 27 May, featuring a carnival parade
through the city centre, plus dance area, cabaret marquee, main stage, and fun
fair.
Dippy on Tour: a natural history adventure, with Dippy, The
National History Museum’s famous Diplodocus, is on at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from 26 May till 9
September.
Try Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery and local museum venues Thinktank;
Aston
Hall; Blakesley Hall; Sarehole
Mill; and Soho House for
a range of activities during half-term.
Bring
the family along to the Birmingham
Botanical Gardens for some fantastic half-term fun.
See
what’s on at mac Birmingham during
half-term and The Ikon has some experimental
music workshops.
Birmingham tennis legend Ann Jones joined young players from
Birmingham including current British Under 18’s Champion Lillian Mould from
Edgbaston to look ahead to the this year’s Nature Valley Classic which is just
under a month away.
Birmingham International Dance Festival presents a vibrant programme
of international dance in venues and public spaces across the city, from 1-24 June.
Concerts
in the Park returns to Sutton Park
on 30 June and 1 July. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra headlines the event, performing a
programme of popular classics on a dance and fiesta theme, from classic to
contemporary, Strauss waltzes to Bernstein.
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