Birmingham Festival 23, Centenary Square
Jul 28, 2023 - Aug 6, 2023

Birmingham Festival 23 is the official one-year anniversary festival for, and in celebration of, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. 

Proudly outdoors and free to access the Festival will echo the city-centre experience of the Games, taking over Centenary Square with live music and performance, creative and participatory activities, and big-screen content to conjure the shared moments, magic and memories of ‘22.
Across 10 days and 9 evenings, from July 28th – 6th August, Birmingham Festival 23 will welcome 190,000 audiences, artists, local communities and volunteers, who reflect the diversity of our city, coming together to watch, listen, relax, dance and play.

It will be a joyous, fun and heartfelt homage to our big summer of sport and culture, and another bold showcase of Birmingham’s talent, character and reputation as a world-class destination for major events.


FRIDAY 28TH JULY

OPENING EVENT 6:00PM

Remember how good it felt in Birmingham last Summer? When we welcomed the world with high-fives and sunshine smiles, and filled the city with our stories and creativity?


SATURDAY 29TH JULY

11:00AM Relaxed Welcome & Stretch

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Anam Hussain & Sana Rashid

1:10PM Community Dance

2:00PM Midday Mantra

3:00PM Vakhri-Tohr

3:10PM Sonia’z Fusion

3:30PM Abigail Kelly

4:00PM Soweto Kinch

4:40PM Natasha Rose Seth

5:10PM Chitraleka Dance Academy

5:20PM India Island Dance Academy

5:30PM Yakshagana

6:00PM Ultimate Bhangra

8:00PM Apache Indian


SUNDAY 30TH JULY

11:00AM Relaxed Welcome & Stretch

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Aspire Dance

1:15PM What the Eye Sees

1:45PM The Twelve

2:00PM Unboxed

2:15PM Parade – The Giant Wheel

2:45PM O’Driscoll Collective

3:00PM Where All Paths Lead

3:30PM You’re Out of This World

4:00PM Dance Battle

4:15PM Big Gay Disco Bike

5:00PM Solara

5:45PM The Big Fatt Dance Party


MONDAY 31ST JULY

11:00AM Wellbeing Sound Bath

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Bollywood Dreams Dance Company

1:15PM Gem’s Dance Academy

1:45PM Got 2 Sing Choir Harborne

2:15PM RCCG Instrumental Hub

3:00PM The Commons

3:00PM Celebrating Sanctuary

4:15PM BIMM Birmingham Gospel Choir

5:00PM Commonwealth Collective Party

6:00PM Line Dancing

7:00PM We Built This City


TUESDAY 1ST AUGUST

11:00AM Wellbeing Sound Bath

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Voices Entwined

1:30PM Journey of Light

2:00PM A Hologram Maze

3:00PM The Commons

4:00PM BIMM Birmingham Rock & Metal Showcase

5:00PM Neighbourhd

6:00PM SoFunk Dance Fitness

7:00PM Grimeboy


WEDNESDAY 2ND AUGUST

11:00AM Wellbeing Sound Bath

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM SHE Choir Birmingham

1:30PM Natty Ola

1:50PM Screening: She Swims

2:00PM Wi Deh Yah

2:45PM What Is It to Be a Girl?

4:00PM Shine Girl Shine

5:00PM Selextorhood

6:00PM All About The Fight

7:00PM What If


THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST

11:00AM Wellbeing Sound Bath

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Forró Tempo

1:30PM Wan Sheung Chinese Cultural Dance Group

2:00PM Mughal Miniatures

2:20PM Cog in the Wheel

3:00PM Central & Eastern European Showcase

4:00PM Sonia Sabri Company

4:30PM Masquerade Zimba Lion Performance

5:00PM Azad Kashmiri Folk Group

6:00PM Drum N Bounce + Surprise Special Guest

6:45PM Nomad: A Tent For Reflection

7:00PM Languages Between Strangers


FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST

11:00AM Wellbeing Sound Bath

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM zeroG

1:15PM Tell It to the Music

1:15PM Empires, Pioneers and the New Radicals

1:45PM GAP Academy

2:15PM The Live Vibe Takeover: Passing the Baton

3:00PM zeroG

3:30PM Second Cities

3:45PM Empires, Pioneers and the New Radicals

4:00PM BBC Asian Network

6:00PM BBC Asian Network

7:00PM 2093


SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST

11:00AM Relaxed Welcome & Stretch

12:00PM Perry’s Party Picnic

1:00PM Sweetpan Promotions

1:15PM Empires, Pioneers and the New Radicals

1:30PM Fitzelles

2:00PM Carnival Of The Animals

3:00PM Cutch-I And The NuChaptah

3:45PM Empires, Pioneers and the New Radicals

4:00PM Soca Ram-Jam

6:00PM Boxout

7:00PM Mast Qalandar Dancehall Mashup!


SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST

12:00PM Rainbow Voices

1:00PM School’s Out Disco Party

1:15PM Empires, Pioneers and the New Radicals

2:00PM Headquarters of Groove

2:30PM Screening: City of a Thousand Trades

3:00PM Dancing To Music You Hate (Festival Edition)

5:00PM B:Music presents Next Track