We’re a leading festivals producer and partner in the region bringing the best of outdoor arts into the city and beyond. Take a look at some of our projects below: 2024 Birmingham Weekender 2024 Birmingham Weekender spread free amazing performances across the whole city on the streets and in the sky above the city.... Lunar New Year 2024 Birmingham’s Lunar New Year Celebrations welcomed the Year of the Dragon... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2024 The popular free annual festival returned celebrating all things hip-hop.... 2023 Birmingham Weekender 2023 Our annual arts festival brought together colourful installations and energetic music, dance and theatre performances... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2023 Birmingham Hippodrome celebrated 50 years at our annual Hip-Hop festival... Lunar New Year 2023 We welcomed the Year of the Rabbit at Birmingham’s Lunar New Year Celebrations... 2022 Sharing the Light - Welcome Diwali We welcomed Diwali with a festival of light featuring breathtaking puppets by Dundu, dhol drummers and dance performances by Sonia Sabri Company and a beautiful Rangoli.... Birmingham Weekender 2022 Birmingham Weekender returned with over 100 free events to enjoy at Bullring & Grand Central, the New Street Station concourse, Birmingham Markets and 1000 Trades Square.... It's Carnival We brought a collage of carnival colour, dance and the pulsating rhythms of Trinidad to Bullring & Grand Central in Summer 2022... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2022 Birmingham Hippodrome’s popular free festival returned, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!... 2021 SEANCE For Halloween, our Festivals Team staged Séance, a shipping container experience, that transforms the interior of a 24ft container into a Victorian séance room.... Birmingham Weekender Birmingham Weekender took over Bullring Grand Central in August 2021. ... CVX x B-SIDE ft ONEWAVE As part of UK City of Culture 2021, our annual B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival headed to Coventry for an incredible celebration of all things Hip-Hop.... In Memoriam Luke Jerram’s ceremonial art installation has been created as a memorial to those we have lost in the COVID-19 pandemic.... Chinese New Year 2021 We welcomed in the Year of the Ox with a series of specially-commissioned films.... Global Rainbow Global Rainbow is an ongoing public artwork by renowned Artist, Yvette Mattern, that shared a vision of hope and peace over the New Year period.... 2020 Chinese New Year 2020 We welcomed in the Year of the Rat at Birmingham’s Chinese New Year Celebrations.... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2020 Our popular FREE annual festival returned for a 5th year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!... 2019 Jingle Bell Jam Christmas Disco We teamed up with Bullring & Grand Central for a weekend of FREE festive fun in and around a glitter-filled disco dome outside St Martin’s Church.... Circus 120 - Birthday Open Day Celebrating our circus origins, we held a spectacular showcase to mark our 120th birthday!... Summer in Southside 2019 In 2019, our FREE family festival went intergalactic and explored the spectacle and wonders of outer space.... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2019 Our popular FREE annual festival returned for a fourth year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!... Lok Virsa Festival Sonia Sabri Company presented Lok Virsa, a one-day ‘mela’ of free arts activities and pop-up performances for all the family.... International Women's Day We hosted a whole day of events to mark International Women’s Day in March. ... Chinese New Year 2019 We welcomed in the Year of the Pig at Birmingham’s Chinese New Year celebrations.... 2018 Homecomings A large-scale performance project in New Street Station to commemorate the end of the First World War. ... Summer in Southside 2018 In 2018, we headed back to childhood on the streets around the theatre. ... B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2018 Our popular annual FREE festival returned for its third year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop..... Chinese New Year 2018 Birmingham Hippodrome co-produced celebrations to welcome in the Year of the Dog. ... 2017 Clash of Drums As part of Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham Hippodrome presented Les Commandos Percu (France) and Deabru Beltzak (Spain) in Clash of Drums.... Peregrinus A wandering theatre show inspired by TS Eliot’s The Hollow Men - part of Birmingham Weekender.... U.Dance 2017 U.Dance 2017 took place at Birmingham Hippodrome from 14-16 July.... Summer in Southside 2017 We escaped to the Countryside, on the streets of Southside in Summer 2017! Our annual festival celebrated the great outdoors where wildlife roamed, folk danced and live music filled the air. B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2017 Our annual FREE festival returned in May for its second year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop.... Chinese New Year 2017 Southside once again played host to the city’s Chinese New Year celebrations as thousands of festival-goers descended on the area and welcomed in the Year of the Rooster!... 2016 B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival An annual festival celebrating all things Hip-Hop. ... Summer in Southside Southside met Seaside in our annual Summer festival. The streets around the theatre were filled with a vibrant carnival atmosphere, nautical encounters, street acrobatics a marching band and much more!... Furious Folly Furious Folly took place in Sutton Park, where the audience were immersed in the middle of sound, light, pyrotechnics and a powerful performance on the futility of war.... 2015 Midlight Birmingham Hippodrome Creative and renowned British-Chinese artist Aowen Jin presented a unique interactive light installation in December 2015.... Birmingham Blitz Project In November 2015, together with award winning arts organisation Metro-Boulot-Dodo, we presented an evocative and emotive illumination commemorating the Birmingham Blitz.... Birmingham Weekender Birmingham’s largest arts festival, Birmingham Weekender 2015 featured an awe-inspiring programme of events from hundreds of world-class West Midlands and international artists and companies. Summer in Southside On bank holiday weekend in August 2015, Hippodrome Square and the Arcadian were filled with an entertaining jamboree of spectacular street performance. ... The Frozen Scream From 7 – 17 Jan 2015 Birmingham Hippodrome, Wales Millennium Centre and Christopher Green presented The Frozen Scream in our Patrick Centre studio starring Rula Lenska. 2012 - 2014 Minimum Monument Minimum Monument was part of the City’s celebrations commemorating the centenary of World War One. Brazilian artist Néle Azevedo created a breath-taking display of over 5,000 figures made out of ice.... 4 Squares Weekender 4 Squares Weekender was a major outdoor celebration on 6 – 8 Sep 2013 for the opening of the Library of Birmingham, presented by Birmingham Arts Partnership (BAP), the consortium of leading arts organisations and venues in the city. The Voyage In June 2012, an enormous ship sailed into the centre of Victoria Square docking itself beside the city’s Town Hall. High above the people who gathered to look at this marvel, dancers and aerialists appeared in the ship’s rigging... The Voyage had begun....
Birmingham Weekender 2024 Birmingham Weekender spread free amazing performances across the whole city on the streets and in the sky above the city....
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2024 The popular free annual festival returned celebrating all things hip-hop....
Birmingham Weekender 2023 Our annual arts festival brought together colourful installations and energetic music, dance and theatre performances...
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2023 Birmingham Hippodrome celebrated 50 years at our annual Hip-Hop festival...
Lunar New Year 2023 We welcomed the Year of the Rabbit at Birmingham’s Lunar New Year Celebrations...
Sharing the Light - Welcome Diwali We welcomed Diwali with a festival of light featuring breathtaking puppets by Dundu, dhol drummers and dance performances by Sonia Sabri Company and a beautiful Rangoli....
Birmingham Weekender 2022 Birmingham Weekender returned with over 100 free events to enjoy at Bullring & Grand Central, the New Street Station concourse, Birmingham Markets and 1000 Trades Square....
It's Carnival We brought a collage of carnival colour, dance and the pulsating rhythms of Trinidad to Bullring & Grand Central in Summer 2022...
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2022 Birmingham Hippodrome’s popular free festival returned, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!...
SEANCE For Halloween, our Festivals Team staged Séance, a shipping container experience, that transforms the interior of a 24ft container into a Victorian séance room....
CVX x B-SIDE ft ONEWAVE As part of UK City of Culture 2021, our annual B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival headed to Coventry for an incredible celebration of all things Hip-Hop....
In Memoriam Luke Jerram’s ceremonial art installation has been created as a memorial to those we have lost in the COVID-19 pandemic....
Chinese New Year 2021 We welcomed in the Year of the Ox with a series of specially-commissioned films....
Global Rainbow Global Rainbow is an ongoing public artwork by renowned Artist, Yvette Mattern, that shared a vision of hope and peace over the New Year period....
Chinese New Year 2020 We welcomed in the Year of the Rat at Birmingham’s Chinese New Year Celebrations....
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2020 Our popular FREE annual festival returned for a 5th year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!...
Jingle Bell Jam Christmas Disco We teamed up with Bullring & Grand Central for a weekend of FREE festive fun in and around a glitter-filled disco dome outside St Martin’s Church....
Circus 120 - Birthday Open Day Celebrating our circus origins, we held a spectacular showcase to mark our 120th birthday!...
Summer in Southside 2019 In 2019, our FREE family festival went intergalactic and explored the spectacle and wonders of outer space....
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2019 Our popular FREE annual festival returned for a fourth year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop!...
Lok Virsa Festival Sonia Sabri Company presented Lok Virsa, a one-day ‘mela’ of free arts activities and pop-up performances for all the family....
International Women's Day We hosted a whole day of events to mark International Women’s Day in March. ...
Chinese New Year 2019 We welcomed in the Year of the Pig at Birmingham’s Chinese New Year celebrations....
Homecomings A large-scale performance project in New Street Station to commemorate the end of the First World War. ...
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2018 Our popular annual FREE festival returned for its third year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop.....
Chinese New Year 2018 Birmingham Hippodrome co-produced celebrations to welcome in the Year of the Dog. ...
Clash of Drums As part of Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham Hippodrome presented Les Commandos Percu (France) and Deabru Beltzak (Spain) in Clash of Drums....
Peregrinus A wandering theatre show inspired by TS Eliot’s The Hollow Men - part of Birmingham Weekender....
Summer in Southside 2017 We escaped to the Countryside, on the streets of Southside in Summer 2017! Our annual festival celebrated the great outdoors where wildlife roamed, folk danced and live music filled the air.
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival 2017 Our annual FREE festival returned in May for its second year, celebrating all things Hip-Hop....
Chinese New Year 2017 Southside once again played host to the city’s Chinese New Year celebrations as thousands of festival-goers descended on the area and welcomed in the Year of the Rooster!...
Summer in Southside Southside met Seaside in our annual Summer festival. The streets around the theatre were filled with a vibrant carnival atmosphere, nautical encounters, street acrobatics a marching band and much more!...
Furious Folly Furious Folly took place in Sutton Park, where the audience were immersed in the middle of sound, light, pyrotechnics and a powerful performance on the futility of war....
Midlight Birmingham Hippodrome Creative and renowned British-Chinese artist Aowen Jin presented a unique interactive light installation in December 2015....
Birmingham Blitz Project In November 2015, together with award winning arts organisation Metro-Boulot-Dodo, we presented an evocative and emotive illumination commemorating the Birmingham Blitz....
Birmingham Weekender Birmingham’s largest arts festival, Birmingham Weekender 2015 featured an awe-inspiring programme of events from hundreds of world-class West Midlands and international artists and companies.
Summer in Southside On bank holiday weekend in August 2015, Hippodrome Square and the Arcadian were filled with an entertaining jamboree of spectacular street performance. ...
The Frozen Scream From 7 – 17 Jan 2015 Birmingham Hippodrome, Wales Millennium Centre and Christopher Green presented The Frozen Scream in our Patrick Centre studio starring Rula Lenska.
Minimum Monument Minimum Monument was part of the City’s celebrations commemorating the centenary of World War One. Brazilian artist Néle Azevedo created a breath-taking display of over 5,000 figures made out of ice....
4 Squares Weekender 4 Squares Weekender was a major outdoor celebration on 6 – 8 Sep 2013 for the opening of the Library of Birmingham, presented by Birmingham Arts Partnership (BAP), the consortium of leading arts organisations and venues in the city.
The Voyage In June 2012, an enormous ship sailed into the centre of Victoria Square docking itself beside the city’s Town Hall. High above the people who gathered to look at this marvel, dancers and aerialists appeared in the ship’s rigging... The Voyage had begun....
