Enjoy the best of Brum this Spring.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Experience the vibrant bloom of Spring in Birmingham, as the city comes alive with a myriad of cultural events. From dogs to bears and exhibitions to festivals, Birmingham has it all.
Crufts.
NEC Birmingham. 7th - 10th Mar.
Organised by The Kennel Club, Crufts 2024 will run from Thursday and through the weekend with a four-day action-packed schedule celebrating our four-legged friends and all things dog.
The event will showcase over 200 diverse breeds and see dogs from all walks of life put their best paw forward in fast-paced and fun competitions including agility, heelwork to music, flyball and obedience.
Crufts attracts over 18,000 competitors alongside hundreds of thousands of visitors each year and is broadcast to an international television audience.
The YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships.
Utilita Arena. 12th - 17th Mar.
Badminton England and the Championships returns to Utilita Arena Birmingham, bringing the best badminton players from around the world to compete in one of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments within the HSBC BWF World Tour.
The Championships will welcome fans back into the Arena to experience world-class action as the players showcase skill and speed in their effort to make history.
An Evening with The Fast Show.
Alexandra Theatre. 28th Mar.
Fans of the iconic TV programme The Fast Show are in for a real treat as the original cast members, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Paul Whitehouse, Mark Williams and Arabella Weir, bring their comedic genius to theatres across the country this spring. It has been thirty years since viewers got their first glimpse of such iconic characters as Suits You Sir, Ted and Ralph, Does My Bum Look Big In This, Competitive Dad and so many more.
Now, to celebrate this anniversary, The Fast Show team are taking to the stage to give audiences a unique behind-the-scenes insight, telling you how they came up with the characters and the catchphrases and recreating some of your favourite moments - without the need for old age makeup!
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Paddington.
Symphony Hall. 5th Apr.
Watch the award-winning 2014 film on a giant HD screen, accompanied by the London Concert Orchestra playing Nick Urata's calypso-infused score live!
Based on Michael Bond's much-loved books, cherished by families since 1958, the charming story follows the misadventures of a young bear from Peru who travels to London in search of a home.
Taken in by the Brown family, who finds him lost and alone in Paddington Station, things are looking up for this rarest of bears. Until that is, he catches the eye of an ambitious museum taxidermist...
Exodus Crooks: Epiphany (Temporaire).
Ikon Gallery. Until 21st Apr.
Ikon hosts Midlands-based artist Exodus Crooks' exhibition Epiphany (Temporaire), which includes film, text and sculptural installation.
Exodus Crooks is a British-Jamaican multidisciplinary artist, educator and writer whose art practice centres on the relationship with self. Observing the results of fractious domesticity, despair and passion, their art tends to appear as questions of self-actualisation and the role that religion and spirituality play in that journey to enlightenment.
Birmingham Pride.
Various venues. 25th - 26th May.
Birmingham Pride held its first event back in 1997. Pride has become one of the most important LGBTQ+ festivals in the UK.
The festival attracts more than 40,000 people throughout the weekend to the festival site in the heart of the LGBTQ+ village and over 75,000 participating in, or watching, the annual pride parade through the streets of Birmingham.
Birmingham Pride supported by HSBC UK is back over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend for a weekend full of love, achievement and support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Bloc Jewellery Quarter.
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It’s everything you need, and none of what you don’t. No bells, no whistles, just pure rest and relaxation. And even better, it’s right at the centre of the action, so you can step right out into it when morning comes, and step right back in when the day is done.
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Free Bloc magazine.
Download the spring 2024 issue of Bloc magazine for free.
We have curated a wealth of interesting articles to enjoy on your travels.
Plus the usual features; Meeting the Bloc team, our favourite shows to stream, and much more.