Birmingham Blog (June 2022) - Visit Birmingham

Birmingham’s infamous King Kong is coming home this summer to celebrate the city being the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Featuring big name acts, alongside exciting breakthrough artists, the music line-up for this year’s action-packed cricket competition, The Hundred, promises a summer of world class sport and unmissable musical performances, taking sporting entertainment to the next level.

China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome are pleased to announce both the principal cast and the West Midlands based associate creative team for their new concert musical To The Streets!

Survival, a fear of failure and a sense of duty. Twenty-two women from Commonwealth countries tell their migration story for the first time, in the year that Birmingham hosts the Commonwealth Games.

Thirteen people who live or work in Edgbaston are the stars of a new outdoor portrait exhibition called In Common, by award-winning Birmingham photographer Maryam Wahid. 

Legendary Birmingham sports bar and live music venue, O’Neill’s on Broad Street, closed its doors at the end of May for a full refurbishment and is now ready to show off the makeover on Thursday 30th June.

Craftspace has completed 4600 Gifts ahead of the athletes arriving to compete in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, each athlete will receive a handmade gift, a token of friendship creating a meaningful exchange from one human to another.

Walk for Wellbeing (previously known as Walk for Calm) is officially launching on 29th June and is inviting the people of the hospitality industry to join its campaign

Sean Foley, the Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep has today announced two new world premiere comedies to start the New Year ’23.

The latest addition to Paradise Birmingham’s food and drink scene, Vinoteca, has announced it will be opening its doors to the public on Monday 18th July.