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Digbeth Speaks – Gangs of Digbeth Tour

When: Sunday 12th May, 2pm onwards Where: Meet at the Custard Factory, Gibb Street Digbeth Everyone is welcome to join DRA and Digbeth Speaks at the Old Crown afterwards to discuss Digbeth old and new The Digbeth Speaks project team, … Continue reading

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Bicycle Basket Bazaar

When: 30th March 2013, 11:00-16:00 Where: The Custard Factory, Digbeth Free Entry The Bicycle Basket Bazaar will be like a car boot sale, but more compact and kinder to the environment, and will feature a host of other activities: The … Continue reading

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Flatpack 2013 Programme

Flatpack Festival returns to Digbeth from 21-31 March, celebrating Birmingham as the birthplace of celluloid. Mixing brand new talent with forgotten classics and the usual dose of eccentricity, Flatpack Festival-goers can expect live scores, late night parties and cycle-powered screenings … Continue reading

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Flatpack Palais

The seventh Flatpack Festival takes place from 21-31 March 2013, spreading across two weekends for the first time ever. The Festival’s crowd funding campaign to pay for its 2013 festival hub was a complete success, having raised £7,734, 110% of … Continue reading

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Flatpack Festival – save the date

When: 21st-31st March 2013 Where: venues across Birmingham Full programme to be announced in February Flatpack Festival returns to Digbeth in 2013, spreading across two weekends for the very first time. Festival-goers can expect live scores, late night parties and … Continue reading

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March Events at VIVID

Some interesting events coming up at VIVID, 140 Heath Mill Lane, this month… * * * * * FRI 16 MAR 2012 The Garage presents… Bring Your Own Beamer (as part of Flatpack Festival)   Armed with projectors, artists beam … Continue reading

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Further programme details from Flatpack Festival

The Flatpack Festival always means big things for Digbeth, but this year is set to be extra special: Flatpack Festival celebrates its fifth birthday this year with parties, live scores, AV performances, a restored 60s mobile cinema, plus feature film … Continue reading

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Local Opportunities

There are a few opportunities that have popped up from local arts/creative type organisations of late – some of them paid, some of them not but very rewarding volunteering gigs all the same.  If the types of opportunities listed below … Continue reading

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This weekend: Flatpack Festival and We Are Eastside launch

My, my I’ve a busy weekend in store, what with the Flatpack Festival and We Are Eastside launch and all.  I’d better make a list of all the things I’ve bought tickets for or promised myself I’d see, just so’s … Continue reading

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A notice for fans of Irish film, literature and that

Those of you who missed the special screening of the Philip Donnellan piece on BBC1′s Inside Out on 8th March, which featured interviews with Filum fans at the Spotted Dog who’d just watched his documentary film The Irishmen, you can … Continue reading

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