A 10-day festival is to be held in Birmingham to mark the first anniversary of the Commonwealth Games’ being held in the city.
Birmingham Festival 23 will be a “bold showcase of Birmingham’s talent, character and reputation as a world-class destination for major events”.
The festival will take place in Centenary Square from Friday 28 July until Sunday 6 August with a programme running from 11AM until 9PM.
Councillor Saima Suleman, cabinet member for digital, culture, heritage and tourism at Birmingham City Council, said, “this is a real legacy from the Commonwealth Games, continuing the fantastic celebration of all that is great about the culture and creativity of the city.
“Birmingham city council is proud to have commissioned and funded Festival 23, showcasing the creativity across our communities and the city’s rich cultural offer through programming committed to diversity, inclusion and homegrown talent.”
Highlights of the festival include South Asian dance from Sampad on Saturday 29 July, a day of dance by Midland’s strategic dance development organisation FABRIC on Sunday 30 July, Bollywood Dreams Dance Company on Monday, 31 July, Birmingham Rep’s concert performance of Grimeboy by former Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey on Tuesday 1 August, What If, a street musical with nods to Birmingham’s nightlife, economy and culture on Wednesday 2 August, Cog in the Wheel, choreographed and performed by Def Motion, a mixture of deaf and hearing dancers, on Thursday 3 August and ZeroG, a “spectacular” new dance show for two dancers from Corey Baker Dance that uses a specially constructed, counterweighted lift that allows the dancers to move as if in zero-gravity, on Friday 4 August.
The full programme is available at the Birmingham Festival 23 web site.