Whether it’s hot-air balloons, music or movies you’re after this summer, you don’t need to spend hundreds – or even visit a portable loo
Festival 23
Centenary Square, 28 July-6 August
After successfully hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games last summer, Birmingham is striving to keep that sporting and cultural legacy alive with a free jamboree in the city’s Centenary Square. As well as a gigantic screen and live music stage, the 10-day festival will feature promenade performances, participatory workshops and special takeover days by local cultural organisations including south Asian arts boosters Sampad and carnival specialists ACE Dance and Music. The organisers’ aim? To “conjure the shared moments, magic and memories of 22”. The full programme will be announced on 28 June.
