Birmingham 2022 Festival — A Festival of Art and Culture for the Commonwealth Games and Beyond…

The Birmingham 2022 Festival is a programme of art, theatre, performance and much more besides, on in and around Birmingham in the lead up to the commonwealth Games, during the games and into the early autumn too.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Louisa Davies, Senior Producer of the Birmingham 2022 Festival to find out more about this great programme of art and culture for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Toby began by asking Louisa about the history of the link between the Commonwealth Games and the arts and culture which first started with the Manchester Games in 2002. 

Louisa then shared with Toby some highlights of events from the programme for the Birmingham 2022 Festival including Creative City, On Record - an album of commissioned music by a range of artists from well known acts such as UB40 to new and upcoming bands like The Friendly Fire Band. As well as a wonderful project for families called Abundance - a garden play space at the Birmingham Treatment Centre along with talking about how access to the festival has been a key driver when planning and putting on the events programme with all of the commissions being able to gain additional support to enhance their access offer. 

The Birmingham 2022 Festival runs in and around Birmingham during the lead up to the Commonwealth Games, during the games and into the early autumn. You can find more details about the programme of events for the Birmingham 2022 Festival by visiting the festival website- https://www.birmingham2022.com/festival/events 


(Image Shows three dancers, one male two female, in front of Birmingham town hall, posing balanced on their right feet and leaning forwards. Their right arms are stretched out to the right and they are all holding a closed, multi-coloured umbrella. )