The Event » About – The Event looks like a fantastics start to winter, taking over Digbeth on Wednesday 4th Nov until 8th Nov.
…when the steel bashers moved out and abandoned their factories the artists moved in and new spaces emerged. Several of these new spaces will be open to the public for the first time including Grand Union’s unit on Fazeley Industrial Estate, Fazeley Street; a temporary space at 119 Floodgate Street which will be home to Mona Casey Projects for the duration and Crowd6′s use of fellow artist group The Lombard Method’s raw space at 68a Lombard Street, B12.
The artists will also be found at more unusual venues, such as Mark Essen’s Record Exchange Celebration roaming from the Anchor Inn on 5 Nov to The Event’s official launch on 6 Nov, when ‘Essen will lead a performance of “and you will know us by the trail of Morris men” where Morris dancers will escort the audience from each venue to the after party at Eastside Projects.’
Hippie cult types The Universal Family of Cosmic Xenogenises will take over Birmingham Central Backpackers everyday at 10am and 2pm
Pigeon-loving artists Alex Lockett and Ian England are racing their feathered friends at the Pigeon Loft in The Rea Garden, Floodgate St 2-4pm on Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8.
And the latest artist led initiative Grand Union open up their new home at Fazeley Industrial Estate (166 Fazeley Street) with an artists’ publishing fair on Friday 6 from 12pm.
For those that want to see it all, The Event are also holding free, guided tours of the whole kaboodle from Eastside Cafe everyday at 3pm.
