Birmingham Weekender is BACK this summer between Saturday 24 – Monday 26 Aug 2024

The Birmingham Weekender returns for another spectacular year, spanning three exciting days across Birmingham’s city centre. This vibrant, free event brings an incredible array of art and cultural performances to the heart of the community, inviting everyone to be part of the experience.

Taking place from August 24th to 26th, 2024, performances will begin daily at 12 PM and run throughout key city locations, from the Bullring to Southside near the Hippodrome. The event is proudly produced by the Hippodrome in collaboration with Bullring & Grand Central.

Island of Foam by Stephanie Lüning

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Stephanie Lüning, an extraordinary artist, explores the mesmerizing world of foam in her groundbreaking work. Often dismissed as an everyday material, foam is reimagined in her hands, becoming a medium of profound artistic and metaphysical expression.

Island of Foam was showcased at St. Martin's Square in Bullring & Grand Central Birmingham. Beginning at the top of the staircase leading to Central Street, the event unfolded into a captivating experience. Families delighted in the opportunity to immerse themselves in the playful and interactive foam-filled installation.

Mughal Miniatures 

Bubble Extravaganza 

Dance Flashmob : Marshon Dance Company is bringing electrifying flash mobs to the city centre. Through high-energy street dance and powerful choreography, Marshon embodies community and empowerment.

Tread : An empty space, but from its centre comes the cyclic whirring of a standard-size treadmill; this is WALKER Movement Theatre Company’s vehicle for thought provocation.

TREAD intertwines stunt performance techniques, contemporary dance, and minimalist development practices to create a mesmerising exploration of the Black moving body that invites audiences into a realm where joyful fantasy and brutal realities transcend and coexist.

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Urban Gliders, a hypnotic and stylistic skate dance troupe blend high-skilled tricks with fluid dance moves, creating visually stunning performances that embody the essence of skate dance culture and it’s innovations with circus and a various street-dance styles.

UNBOSI MARBLE AWARENESS ROADSHOW CENTRAL STREET  Join the United Nations Board of Significant Inspiration's elite team of Marblologists to harness local inspiration, build giant exposure machines, and a send marble to a world leader who might have lost theirs.