Birmingham City Council presents ArtsFest, the city’s largest free arts festival

ArtsFest phone lines are now fully working, to contact the team please call 0121 464 5678. We are a small team and are trying to respond to all queries as quickly as possible, your patience is greatly appreciated.

The application process has now closed, thank you for your interest. We are however extending the deadline for the following genres and will welcome more applications until 25th April from those in Comedy, Visual Arts, Designer/makers, Film and Fashion.

Volunteers needed!

To volunteer at ArtsFest click on the link above or email the office for more information, all volunteers must live, work or study in Birmingham and be over 18.

The festival needs YOU!

For more details about the festival’s highlights and behind the scenes info check out our new blog at www.artsfest365.wordpress.com.

Bahok – Akram Khan Company & National Ballet of China
13th & 14th May, Birmingham Rep Theatre, 7.30pm, £11.75 – £19
Combining Kathak, Chinese folk dancing, western/modern and classical dance influences.

Breastfeeding Awareness Day – New Art Gallery Walsall
14th May, New Art Gallery Walsall, 11am-4pm drop in, free
Ideal for pregnant women and mothers and their babies, come and have some relaxing time in a multi-sensory environment.

The Assassin by Jean-Paul Sartre – MDCC Theatre Company
14th – 17th May, The Crescent Theatre, 7.30pm, £10 (£9 conc.)
MDCC is proud to present its second production of the spring with a return to the works of Jean-Paul Sartre.

Glass – Fragments of Time – Saburo Teshigawara & KARAS
15th & 16th May, Ikon Eastside, 8pm, £12.50 – £9.50
Japanese choreographer Teshigawara presents a spellbinding performance on a massive square made of countless pieces of broken glass.

We must eat our lollipops with the wrappers on – Robyn Orlin & City Theater And Dance Group
16th & 17th May, Birmingham Rep Theatre, 7.30pm, £11.75 – £19
Dealing with HIV/Aids, this very moving performance combines storytelling, dance and song to stunning effect.

Action – Bare Bones
17th – 19th May, The Patrick Centre, DanceXchange, 6pm (Sun) & 8pm (Sat & Mon), £7.50 – £12.50
Bare Bones performs up close and personal work with the audience sitting on all four sides of the performance space.

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