Birmingham ArtsFest 2008
- 10 Years Of Artsfest @ Paradise Forum
- Photo exhibition
- The Rotunda: 21 Stories @ The Pavilions
- Exhibition by Nic Gaunt
- Marlem @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- Alternative acoustic rock music
- The Custard Factory Flea Market @ The Custard Factory Reception
- Big Brum Theatre In Education Company - Being Human @ Birmingham Rep - The Rep Door
- Internationally renowned theatre for children
- Big Defender @ The Flapper
- Original, fun, feisty rock gods
- Wrote Under
@ The Prince of Wales
- Wrote Under's magical mystery merry go round poetry, storytelling, comedy good times
- Paintings On The Railings
- Local artists selling affordable art on the railings around the square
- Dpa Dance Theatre Group - The Truth That They Can’t See @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Medium scale dance performance group
- Freefall Dance Company @ The Library Theatre
- Freedom through dance
- Meet The Gruffalo And Mog The Cat @ Birmingham Central Library, Centre for the Child
- Face painting, magic shows and great books to borrow
- Words On Wheels @ Congreve Passage
- Birmingham City Council Arts Team @ Outside Gas Hall
- The Klatsch - Klezmer Dance Taster Session @ The Bandstand
- Foot-tapping Klezmer, powerful yet exquisite
- Pollie Gilbert Storyteller @ Central Square
- Storytelling for young and old
- Birmingham Rep - The Lion The Witch And The
Wardrobe @ Oozells Square
- Enter through the wardrobe into the magical world of Narnia
- Off Our Trolley @ Central Square
- Carnival craft making workshop - Carnival Arts Marquee
- Tim Robinson @ City Inn Café
- Eclectic mix of guitar instrumentals
- The Lazy Lizards @ The Fountain Stage
- Folk-rock with world roots
- Artspace @ The Council House, Victoria Square
- The Banqueting Suite: Andrew Bainbridge, Birmingham Printmakers, The Birmingham Art Fair, RBSA, Deaf Arts Network, Erdington Arts Forum, Artpride, Georgina Vinsun, John Garghan, Particle Article, Rita Fletcher, Sonia Bhamra, Dante Lamb, Elena Cassidy Smith, Jo Clifton Coles, Nick Williams, Prabhjot Virdi-Smith, Stuart Bush, Vladimir Morozov, Nicole Mortiboys
- Designer Maker Fair @ The Council House, Victoria Square
- Rooms 3 and 4: Rehana Vohra, ABS Latin Promotions, Ettore Consorte Jewellery, The Earring Café, Ken Hurd, JamBag, Clare Wainwright, Joy Bains, Zhifeng Yu, Jolene Smith, Carol Keates, Andrea Jones, Laura Kirk, Bawa Design, Sarah Whapples, Bhavna Parmer, Artists and Artisans, Choniso Chasi, Lizz Luney Illustration
VIP Room: The Jewellery Quarter
Room 6: 50fifty, Caroline New, Arkdesigns, Hady Ceramics, DAFT
Room 6a: Playtrain "All About Me"
Council House Entrance Way: Chris Eckersley
Chamberlain Room: Willard Wigan Exhibition - Free Harmony @ BBC Public Space
- Acapella trio sing exquisite harmonies
- Electric Cinema Backstage Tours @ The Electric Cinema
- Banda Sem Nome @ The World Music Stage at The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- Carnival in the street. Alvechurch Community Samba Band
- Stan'S Café Presents Of All The People In All The World @ The Jewellery Quarter, AE Harris Factory, 110 Northwood Street
- Having astonished audiences worldwide, this incredible show returns home to Birmingham in its largest World version. 112 tonnes of rice will represent every single one of the 6.7 billion people on the planet in a constantly changing landscape of rice, telling the stories of the world's people, politics, history and current affairs.
- Dennis Hamilton: The Portrait Parlour @ The Pavilions
- Pose for a hand drawn portrait or leave a photo
- Ask It! @ New Street
- Information about your local artists and arts organisations - be inspired!
- Elliot Jack @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- Beautiful heartwarming acoustic / electronica music
- Artspace @ The Custard Factory Gallery
- Josephine Reichert, Dead Good Kids, Ian Cook, Lucie Elizabeth Kerley, Susan Wong, Simone Warmington
- Fliss Tracey @ The Custard Factory Gallery
- Fashion garments from recycled materials workshop
- Music Space West Midlands @ The Crescent Theatre Studio
- Music therapy workshop
- The Heathers @ The Kerrang Unsigned Stage
- Energy filled indie pop
- Brainstorm Able Label @ The Yardbird
- Music maketh a merry mind
- Academy Showcase @ The Malthouse
- Birmingham's future rockstars rock
- Mary Christie @ Bash Bar
- Eclectic rootsy singer songwriter
- Chickenbone Blues @ The Eclectic Stage
- The Chickenbone Blues review
- Julian Powell'S Solo Vibes @ High Street Performance Space
- A jazz fuelled percussion performance
- El Diabolero @ New Street Performance Space
- Thrilling Viennesse diablo-comedy de luxe
- The Elements @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Rock and soul band recently signed to Acid Records
- Trigger @ The Flapper
- Melodic stadium rock
- City Of Birmingham Choir @ The CBSO Centre
- Handel's Messiah - Come and have a go!
- Hina And Co - Bhangra Fusion @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Classical Indian and Kathak dance
- Children’s Heritage Trail Organ Demonstrations Foyer Music Town Hall Exhibition @ The Town Hall
- Windsor Dance Company - Musical Madness @ The Library Theatre
- High energy dance
- Penn Guitar Duo @ BMAG Round Room
- Classical guitar duo
- Hazel Malcolm And Chester Morrison - In Search Of A Stallion @ BMAG Gallery 21
- Single black women in search of single black man
- Bournville Young Singers - Singing For Fun! @ BMAG The Waterhall
- Exuberant, fresh sounds in harmony
- Notorious - Notorious Tv @ The Bandstand
- Birmingham's choir with a difference
- H.Y.P.A. Halesowen Youth Performing Arts - Jagged Edge @ The Dance Stage
- Original dynamic and powerful creation
- Julie Ann Cooper @ Central Square
- Miranda's extraordinary quest
- Birmingham Rep - The Lion The Witch And The
Wardrobe @ Oozells Square
- Enter through the wardrobe into the magical world of Narnia
- Gary Williams @ City Inn Café
- Improvised, acoustic, slide guitar music
- Earth Calling Alice @ The Fountain Stage
- Emotive acoustic folk music
- Aashiyana Arts - Bhangra Tots @ BBC Public Space
- Non-stop boppin for kids
- Viomakmusic @ The World Music Stage at The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- Sizzling Zimbabwean beat style dance
- Jo Rafferty @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- The female John Martyn
- Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Black Country Touring present Eye For Um Eye
Blind people tell it how it is using techniques of Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre - Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- G54 Collective (Dir. Mark Presdee)
Evocative spoken word by African refugees
- Wrg @ Performance Space
- Creative experimental dance group
- Jigsaw Youth Theatre - Alice In....Wonder Who Done It? @ Birmingham Rep - The Rep Door
- Nurturing the love of theatre
- This Beautiful Thief @ The Kerrang Unsigned Stage
- We are This Beautiful Thief
- Artistic Souls @ The Yardbird
- Inspired by passion
- Birmingham Festival Choral Society @ BMAG The Industrial Gallery
- Birmingham's longest established chorus.
- Birmingham Youth Dance Company @ The Dance Stage
- Excellence in youth dance
- James Rea @ Oozells Street
- Lively exciting burst of talent
- The Kings Of Spain @ Oozells Street
- Beautiful, rhythmic melodies
- The Klatsch - Klezmer Dance Workshop @ The Crescent Theatre Studio
- Foot-tapping Klezmer, powerful yet exquisite
- Strangle Kojak @ The Malthouse
- Young, new, original and unforgettable musicians
- Saloon Kitty @ Bash Bar
- Eclectic acoustic blues folk duo
- Paul Cowley And The Tt'S @ The Eclectic Stage
- Acoustic Roots with a Chicago feel
- National Saxophone Ensemble Of Great Britain @ Cathedral Green Performance Space
- An unforgettable sax-experience
- Hope Soars @ St Martin's Church
- Exhibition by Sheona Beaumont
- Free Harmony Kiss The Sky @ St Martin's Church
- Acapella trio sing exquisite harmonies
- The Subkicks @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Classic guitar riffs and stadium rock choruses
- Dead Jeff @ The Flapper
- Full-on metal psychopunk
- Birmingham Ramblers Association - Walks Around Artsfest
- Open to all. To book your place on the walks please contact the ArtsFest hotline. Walks will start from the Centenary Square Information Point. Call 0121 464 5678.
- Birmingham Irish Community Forum Presents Scanlon School Of Dancing And Holy Souls Traditional Set Dancers @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Orchestra Of The Swan @ The Town Hall
- Great music, exciting performances
- Birmingham Library Theatre Company Youth Company - Adult Child / Dead Child @ The Library Theatre
- Child abuse and mental health explored
- Cathy Greenhill
@ BMAG Round Room
- Keep the home fires burning - World War II social tea dance workshop
- Birmingham Bassoon Choir - 'All Shapes And Sizes!!' @ BMAG The Waterhall
- Bassblowers a go-go
- Munayem Mayenin @ Shakespeare Memorial Room
- Live the tiny brilliance
Discussion led by this contemporary English poet - String Talk @ The Bandstand
- Sassy, scintillating and uplifting music and poetry
- Made Of Music Dhol Collective Workshop @ Central Square
- Dhol drummers performing with drive energy and spirit
- Birmingham Rep - The Lion The Witch And The
Wardrobe- @ Oozells Square
- Enter through the wardrobe into the magical world of Narnia
- Gamblers Blues @ City Inn Café
- Three piece acoustic blues band
- Birmingham Irish Community Forum Present Fola @ The Fountain Stage
- Entertaining and original contemporary folk music
- Purple Mermaid Circus - Watch And Learn @ Performance Space
- Grr @ BBC Public Space
- Electro rock pop
- Banda Sem Nome @ New Street Performance Space
- Carnival in the street. Alvechurch Community Samba Band
- Birmingham Irish Community Forum Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann @ The World Music Stage at The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- South Birmingham Branch traditional Irish music
- Barrie V @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- Talented acoustic guitarist
- Ray Des @ Performance Space
- Pop/classical Spanish guitar crossover
- Stella Sims And Michael Jones @ St Martin's Church
- Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian and British classical music - Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Contos do Paíva (Dir. Alicja Rogalska and Martin Clarke)
- Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Peace (Dir. Robin Das)
A contemplative reflection on rain - Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Aya Chad Mama (Dir. Robin Das)
Thoughts on Indian life
- Someone @ The Door Samba Band @ The Hall of Memory Performance Space
- Hypnotic rhythms and sizzling samba sounds
- Women And Theatre - The Bad One @ Birmingham Rep - The Rep Door
- A cautionary
fairytale of unrequited love - The Fillmore Gears @ The Kerrang Unsigned Stage
- Visceral blues/punk rock band
- The Valuable Fools @ The Yardbird
- Quality pop rock
- Rebecca Schwarz - Was It Worth It? @ The Prince of Wales
- Chocolate lover tackles love(ish) songs
- Bcmg @ The CBSO Centre
- World class contemporary music
- Robin Bailey - Just Me @ BMAG Gallery 21
- The Bard of Moseley
- Elliot Jack @ Oozells Street
- Beautiful heartwarming acoustic/electronica music
- Diehard Media Presents Juliette Leon And Tni @ The Malthouse
- Sensational soulful singers
- The Barber Institute Of Fine Arts @ The Council House Room 1
- Art-related family drama performance
- Laura Ige And Friends @ Bash Bar
- Talented 'jazz flavoured' vocalist
- East By South East @ The Eclectic Stage
- Eastern groove with real instruments
- Bloco Louco @ Cathedral Green Performance Space
- Go Johnny Go AGOGO! Samba beats from Rio's streets!
- Birmingham Belly Dancing @ High Street Performance Space
- Hip-notic
- My Alamo @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Infectious songs casting a satisfying shadow
- Scandal House @ The Flapper
- Live. Rock harder
- Latin Motion - Salsa Open Workshop @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Running classes all over the Midlands year round
- Birmingham Bach Choir @ BMAG The Industrial Gallery
- One of Birmingham's leading choirs
- Isambarde @ BMAG The Waterhall
- Living history folk
- M.D.C.C. Theatre Company - A Crock Of Wit - Adventures With William Shakespeare @ The Bandstand
- A group of Shakespeare veterans
- Rhythm Time @ Central Square
- Helping children to find the rhythm
- Ladywood Community School Of Music @ Oozells Square
- Ladywood jazz workshop
- Penn Guitar Duo @ City Inn Café
- Classical guitar duo
- The Kings Of Spain @ The Fountain Stage
- Beautiful rhythmic soulful melodies
- Street Soul Productions - Verbs And Vibes @ BBC Public Space
- Lyric and poetry writing workshop
- Birmingham Opera Company @ The World Music Stage at The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- Performing in unlikely nooks and crannies
- Magenta @ St Martin's Church
- Close harmony acapella choir
- James Rea @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- Lively exciting burst of talent
- Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Telling Tales - Digbeth Markets, Birmingham (Dir. Ian Cowley)
Presented by Professor Carl Chinn
- Versatile @ Performance Space
- Energetic dance group with attitude
- Midland Opera - Come And Sing Carmen Choruses
@ The CBSO Centre
- Midland music makers opera company
- The Riptides @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Raw Magic @ Birmingham Rep - The Rep Door
- A fancyful maze of tents
- The Juliana Down @ The Kerrang Unsigned Stage
- Youthful rock band
- Tony Willé @ The Yardbird
- Left handed lyrics aimed right at the heart
- Sam Cornwell And John Davies - Sparkling Funky Guitars @ The Prince of Wales
- Top songwriting
- Birmingham Library Theatre Company
Tie - It'S Not All Black And White @ The Library Theatre
- Miss Prose Marie - Meet Marcia @ BMAG Gallery 21
- The rebel poet
- Sonia Sabri Company Present Elegant Indian Kathak Dance @ The Dance Stage
- Shaun Baxter - Rock Guitar Workshop @ The Crescent Theatre Studio
- World renowned pioneering rock guitarist
- The Barber Institute Of Fine Arts @ The Council House Room 1
- Art-related family drama performance
- Julian Powell'S Solo Vibes @ Bash Bar
- A jazz fuelled percussion performance
- Golden Hillock School And Ulfah Arts - The Melting Pot @ The Eclectic Stage
- Music collaboration through European project
- El Diabolero @ Cathedral Green Performance Space
- Thrilling Viennesse diablo-comedy de luxe
- Ray Des @ High Street Performance Space
- Pop / classical Spanish guitar crossover
- Sicum - Fly @ The Malthouse
- Morality questioning urban punk rock
- Slipstream @ The Flapper
- Alternative, psychedelic desert rock
- Ashara Egyptian/Cuban Dance Company @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Traditional dance, live percussions
- Birmingham Library Theatre Company - Advice To Iraqi Women @ The Library Theatre
- Sharp satire of our society
- Notorious - Notorious Tv @ BMAG The Industrial Gallery
- Birmingham's choir with a difference
- Operamus - Opera Is For Everyone @ BMAG The Waterhall
- Fun young people's opera
- Guitar Magic @ City Inn Café
- Classical, popular and jazz standards
- Children'S Carnival Parade @ Brindleyplace Central Square
- With Music from Someone @ the door Samba Band and Bloco Louco
- Claret @ The Fountain Stage
- Jazz influenced folk roots
- Made Of Music Dhol Collective @ The World Music Stage at The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- Dhol drummers performing with drive, energy and spirit
- Februarymarch @ The Lakeside Stage at The Custard Factory
- From Winter Grows Spring
Grunge influenced acoustic singer songwriter - Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Sum Brum Poets (Dir. Moqappi Selassie)
- Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Pamplona (Dir. Dave Alexander and Simon Day)
Bull running with Simon Day - Shortcuts @ The Theatre at The Custard Factory
- Lady Samurai (Dir. Fay Goodman)
Fay flies to Japan to take the grade of 11th Dan
- Jake Flowers @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Infectious and intelligent folk pop
- Midas @ The Kerrang Unsigned Stage
- 'Brash but brilliant' Times online
- Marlem @ The Yardbird
- Two-piece alternative acoustic band
- Chris Edwards @ The Prince of Wales
- Singer songwriter
- Bcmg @ The CBSO Centre
- World class contemporary music
- National Saxophone Ensemble Of Great Britain @ The Bandstand
- An unforgettable sax-experience
- The Barber Institute Of Fine Arts @ The Council House Room 1
- Art-related family drama performance
- Ade Gallagher @ Bash Bar
- Impressive singer songwriter
- The Klatsch @ The Eclectic Stage
- Klezmer dance big band performance
- The Love Child Electric @ The Malthouse
- Classically inspired indie-rockers
- Drag - Four In A Row @ The Flapper
- Dirty guitars filthy lyrics
- Capoeira Conviver @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Capoeira - dance, fight, music, culture
- Ian Darby And Reverie @ The Fountain Stage
- Dance and dream in equal measure
- Phoenix @ Performance Space
- Fast and energetic dance grou
- Mexicolas @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Believable indie esque rock band
- Brawd @ The Yardbird
- Original acoustic country/folk music
- James Rea @ The Prince of Wales
- Lively exciting burst of talent
- Birmingham Concert Orchestra @ The CBSO Centre
- Birmingham's oldest amateur symphony orchestra
- The Kings Of Spain @ Bash Bar
- Beautiful rhythmic soulful melodies
- The Big Easy - Jooz @ The Eclectic Stage
- Jazz/blues band
- Nachdey Hasdey Bhangra Group @ The Emirates Beach Stage
- Traditional folk dance of Punjab
- Shortcuts @ The Library Theatre
- Taking Off and Landing (Dir. Chris Wright) (15)
Recipe for Love (Dir. Debbie Sutton) (15)
Zebra Uno and Deaffest present
Loveless, Lonely and a Loser (signed and subtitled) - Ben Calvert @ The Fountain Stage
- Lo-fi post folk disenchantment
- Midas
@ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- 'Brash but brilliant' Times online
- The Mandrills @ The Yardbird
- People say we monkey around
- Stuart Zola @ The Prince of Wales
- Eclectic and quirky singer songwriter
- Heart Of England Foundation Trust Choir - Life And Times @ The CBSO Centre
- Hospital choir hits the stage
- Shortcuts @ The Library Theatre
- Advertisement 02 (Dir. Shell Graham) (15)
Issue Seven Productions present
Lewis Arnold's What Are the Odds (15)
Urban Masterpiece - Video Diary (Dir. Stuart Mills) (15) - Needle And Thread Theatre @ Birmingham Central Library
- Between the Lines
Plays about love in the library. Call 07530 939 380 to book.
- The Metros @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Rhythmic anthemic youthfully exuberant band
- Shortcuts @ The Library Theatre
- Pointless Activity (Dir. Nicole Mortibuoys) (15)
A Night In the Life Of (Dir. Waheed Iqbal) (15)
Zebra Uno and Deaffest present
Never Trust In Interpreter (signed and subtitled) (15) - Needle And Thread Theatre @ Birmingham Central Library
- Between the Lines
Plays about love in the library. Call 07530 939 380 to book.
- Envy And Other Sins @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Winner of Channel 4's mobile act unsigned
- Shortcuts @ The Library Theatre
- A small silent film about death (Dir. Steve Rainbow) (15)
Zebra Uno and Deaffest present
Nice N Ezy (signed and subtitled) (15)
Zebra Uno and Deaffest present
Blind Date (signed and subtitled) (15)
Mook Studios present
Desmond's weekly whereabout (Dir. Charlie Pinder) (15)
Zebra Uno and Deaffest present
Dr Black (signed and subtitled) (15) - Needle And Thread Theatre @ Birmingham Central Library
- Between the Lines
Plays about love in the library. Call 07530 939 380 to book.
- Levellers @ The Stage at Centenary Square KerrangFest
- Britain's ultimate festival folk-punk band