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Carl Bulzacchelli March 13, 2024

Tragedy At I Wanna Be Festival

Tragic news to bring you from Rio. A 25-year-old man died at the I Wanna Be festival that took place

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Andrew Macfarlane February 28, 2024

The Psychology of Entertainment: Why We Love to Be Entertained

In the realm of human experience, entertainment serves as both a distraction and a form of enrichment. From the earliest

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Carl Bulzacchelli January 29, 2024

Gig News: Brazil Goes Emo with “I Wanna Be Tour”

The I Wanna Be tour is making its way to Brazil in March. Emo and punk are not the most

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Richard Franks February 4, 2020 Birmingham, Dead Wax, Digbeth, JAWS, Mama Roux's, O2 Institute, Sugarthief, Swim Deep, The Blinders, The Custard Factory, The Twang, Violet

The Twang, Jaws and Swim Deep lead new Birmingham music festival lineup

Sonic Wave Festival, a new multi-venue music experience, takes over some of Digbeth’s biggest and brightest music venues this May

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Sarah Staniforth November 22, 2019November 26, 2019 Birmingham Hippodrome, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, john waters, LGBTQ, shout festival

Festival review: SHOUT Festival 2019 celebrates LGBTQ+ arts talent

SHOUT Festival brought an eclectic range of LGBTQ+ arts to Birmingham, including stand-up comedy, documentaries, drag performance, and more.

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Sarah Staniforth September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 BEDLAM Arts and Mental Health Festival, mac birmingham, The REP

BEDLAM Arts & Mental Health Festival set to return to Brum in October

October will see the return of BEDLAM, a 12-day mental health arts festival in Birmingham, including film, spoken word, and theatre.

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Richard Franks September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Anna Calvi, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, JAWS, Jaykae, Liam Gallagher, Mike Skinner, Peaky Blinders, Primal Scream, Slaves, The Clause, The Cosmics

Review: The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival crashes down on Digbeth

Across the weekend of September 14-15, The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival transformed the industrial streets of Digbeth into a 1920s immersive experience like no other

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Sarah Staniforth September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 Boudica Festival, ghum, The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, TrueMendous, Tusks

Boudica Festival to return to Coventry’s Herbert next month

Female and non binary-led music festival Boudica is set to return to Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in October

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Rhiannon Davies September 4, 2019September 11, 2019 Black Sabbath, Edwyn Collins, Jake Bugg, Joni Mitchell, Lucy Rose, Moseley Folk Festival, public service broadcasting, The Zutons, tunng

Review: The spirit of Birmingham comes alive at Moseley Folk

Boasting their best line-up to date, Moseley Folk and Arts Festival united the people of Birmingham with a weekend of glorious folk.

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Emily Doyle July 22, 2019August 7, 2019 AJA, big joanie, big lad, CHW ceramics, daniel higgs, digbrew, Eastside Projects, Godflesh, haress, hey colossus, HHY and the Macumbas, home of metal, kuhle wampe, Matters, miss red, monster chetwynd, moor mother, neurosis, pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs, supersonic festival, the bug, The Crossing

Review: Supersonic Festival is as adventurous as ever in fifteenth year

An eclectic line up ft. Neurosis, Anna Von Hausswolff, The Bug ft. Moor Mother and Pigsx7 makes Supersonic Festival 2019 another triumph

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