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  • Supersonic Festival, 22-24 October, Custard Factory

    Supersonic Festival, 22-24 October, Custard Factory

    The countdown has started with less than 5 weeks till Supersonic Festival 2010. The latest news includes the very exciting addition to the line-up with the awesome live orchestra, Chrome Hoof, experimental hardcore drummer Ruins, the heavy riffage of Dethscalator and the melancholic pop sounds of Daniel O’Sullivan’s new project, Mothlite. Also, a special AV set from the hugely [...]

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  • City centre news – 22 September, 2010

    City centre news – 22 September, 2010

    The city centre news for 22 September: NEC, ICC and Symphony Hall not for sale Birmingham Newsroom Birmingham City Council leader Cllr Mike Whitby tells BBC Radio WM Breakfast host Phil Upton stories that a number of the city’s assets are up for sale are wide of the mark. Birmingham dad reveals how son was [...]

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  • Artsfest – 10-12 September 2010

    Artsfest – 10-12 September 2010

    ArtsFest will be returning from 10-12 September 2010 bigger and better than ever before! The festival will once again present around 600 performing, visual and digital artists showcases alongside other festival favourites including Classical Fantasia and KerrangFest. Lots of exciting plans are currently underway so do keep your eye out on the website over the [...]

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  • Moseley Folk Festival – 3-5 September 2010

    Moseley Folk Festival – 3-5 September 2010

    The fifth Moseley Folk Festival is now only three days away! They”re very proud that this year’s headliner is the mighty Donovan. Supporting him on the Saturday main stage are The Low Anthem, Johnny Flynn, The High Llamas, Spider John Koerner, Alasdair Roberts and Lisa Knapp. On the Sunday they bring you the much loved [...]

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  • City centre news – 16 August, 2010

    City centre news – 16 August, 2010

    The city centre news for August 16: Free first aid awareness sessions come to city Birmingham Newsroom Birmingham people are being urged to be the difference between a life lost and a life saved with free first aid awareness sessions in September. Birmingham City Council’s Resilience Team, in partnership with St John Ambulance, are holding [...]

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  • City centre news – 22 July, 2010

    City centre news – 22 July, 2010

    The city centre news for 22 July: Half Marathon on course for new record Birmingham Newsroom The third annual EDF Birmingham Half Marathon on is on course to beat last year’s figure of 12,000 runners with entries already past the 5,000 mark. And six amateur runners who completed the 13.1-mile course last year have joined [...]

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  • ‘Off the Cuff’ Festival at the Flapper, 23-25 July, 2010

    ‘Off the Cuff’ Festival at the Flapper, 23-25 July, 2010

    A three day festival at the Flapper, featuring a number of acts icluding Chapel Club, Dead Lights, Pulled Apart by Horses, &U&I, The James Cleaver Quintet, and many more. Looking at the descriptions it mostly looks like punk. Tickets £5, £8, £14, and £18 depending on how much of it you book at once. More [...]

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  • City centre news – 15 July, 2010

    City centre news – 15 July, 2010

    The city centre news for 15 July: Absent West Midland parents owe their kids’ carers £27.6 million Birmingham Mail A national league table of shame lists non-resident mums and dads from Birmingham Ladywood, West Bromwich and Cannock Chase as among the worst in the country. In Ladywood, absent mums and dads owe an eyewatering £9.1 [...]

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