Events
The Birmingham, Solihull &
Sandwell Jazz Festival will celebrate its 34th consecutive
year, from 20-29 July, with more than 200 performances over 10 jazz-packed
days. Almost all of the shows have free admission.
EdinBrum is a precursor to August’s Edinburgh
Comedy Festival. mac Birmingham will
host a series of comedy nights on the first Friday and then subsequent
Thursdays in July.
BE Festival, Birmingham's
annual summer festival of international performing arts, returns to Birmingham
Repertory Theatre, from 3-7 July.
Enjoy the Colmore Food Festival, in
Victoria Square, on 6 and 7 July. The festival is free to attend and the prices
of all dishes are capped at £4.
Enjoy specially created
cocktails at special prices at the Birmingham Cocktail Weekend,
from 13-15 July, at venues across the city centre.
Birmingham’s annual theatre
festival Birmingham
Fest, from 13-28 July, will feature improv, music,
comedy, poetry and spoken word.
Summer
in Southside, on 14 and 15 July, sees a
weekend packed full of spectacular free outdoor performances around Birmingham
Hippodrome.
Brindleyplace
Film Festival will showcase a
variety of films in the great outdoors, from 16-22 July.
The Jewellery Quarter Festival, from 20-22 July, is a three-day
extravaganza showcasing the very best of the Quarter.
The Ratha Yatra Festival of Chariots 2018 takes place on 22 July in the city centre,
from 11am-6pm, with a procession, dance, music and drama.
The Made Festival, on 28 July, in Perry
Park, is a celebration of arts, music and culture.
The Birchfield
Jazz Festival, a celebratory event of free live music, is on 27-28 July,
at St Mary’s Church, Handsworth. The event is organised in partnership with
Birchfield Big Local.
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