Birmingham Blog (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games) - Visit Birmingham

Birmingham City Council today unveils plans for Birmingham Festival 23 to mark the one year anniversary of the Commonwealth Games, celebrating the city’s creativity, as a sign of its ongoing commitment to funding culture.

Plans are being finalised to make Birmingham New Street station the new home of the Commonwealth Games’ Raging Bull.

A West Midlands Welcome Ambassador has been shortlisted to win the VisitEngland Tourism Superstar 2023 competition after successfully making it into the final 10 entrants.

Talented chocolatiers from Birmingham’s Cadbury World have paid homage to the city’s most famous icon through a bullish new hand-crafted creation.

A piece of digital art dubbed the ‘Relaytionship’, created by West Midlands artists and inspired by contributions made by people from across the Commonwealth, will be on display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery from 6 August. 

Edgbaston Park Hotel and the University of Birmingham have been transformed to become one of the world’s largest accommodation providers during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Following a spectacular Opening Ceremony to mark the start of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the show’s star Bull is now on display after proving a hit with audiences across the globe.

Sir Lenny will carry the Baton through Birmingham’s Victoria Square on the evening of July 27 toward the end of its 294-day journey through all 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

In celebration of the forthcoming Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham culinary favourites, Kouzina Greek, will be offering guests a taste of Cyprus over the weekend of 30^th – 31^st July.

The series of creative events, taking place in the city from now until early September, celebrates Wolverhampton, the wider region and the city’s Commonwealth connections.