Signpost Event: Bloomin’ Brum Community Garden Celebration
Join Bloomin' Brum to celebrate the opening of the community garden created by Malcolm Locker's young people. This is a free drop in event. To find out more about Bloomin' Brum get in touch.
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Signpost Event: Bloomin’ Brum Community Garden Celebration
Join Bloomin' Brum to celebrate the opening of the community garden created by Malcolm Locker's young people. This is a free drop in event. To find out more about Bloomin' Brum get in touch.
Signpost Event – Tyseley Locomotive Works Backstage Open Weekend
Would you like to experience a day out close up and personal with express steam locomotives? Tyseley Locomotive Works is opening its doors for a rare ‘backstage’ open weekend to celebrate 110 years of continuous service over the weekend of Saturday 30th June/Sunday 1st July from 10 am to 5pm each day. Several steam locomotives […]
Signpost Event: Festival of Audacity
A multidisciplinary festival of activist art making all of Birmingham its stage. Taking art out of its comfort zone. Come and witness activist artists making a difference where you least expect them. Free Radical believe that for art to have a real impact it needs to be bold, so Festival of Audacity is a home […]
Signpost Event: Acts & Monuments Publication
28 February 2019 sees the publication of Acts & Monuments, the debut novel of local author and charity CEO, Alan Fraser. Acts & Monuments is set here in the West Midlands, and features our very own Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – its art collection and even its wonderful tea rooms. It tells the story […]
Signpost Event: Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner
‘Even if a patient cannot be cured, they should be helped for free’ Upon retiring from her NHS nursing career in 1974, Monica Pearce decided to use her knowledge to ‘enable anyone with a life-limiting illness to live their life to the full’. It was this determination to provide better pain relief and care that […]
Signpost Event: An introduction to the Papers of James Watt and family
Join archivist Fiona Tait for an afternoon looking at the James Watt Archives. After an introductory talk there will be time to look at some of Watt's letters, drawings, maps, notebooks and family papers. Material on display is original and you will be able to read Watt’s thoughts and ideas in his own hand and […]
£5
Signpost Event: Celebrating Heritage Rhododendrons at Highbury
Join the Chamberlain Highbury Trust for a study day at Highbury, which will focus on Joseph Chamberlain’s rhododendron collection, planted between 1879 and 1914. The programme will consist of a series of lectures in the morning followed by a tour of the gardens. In 2018, the Chamberlain Highbury Trust commissioned a survey of the rhododendron […]
£55
Signpost Event: Tour of the gardens at Winterbourne House and Garden
The tour of this spectacular Arts and Crafts garden will be led by the head gardener, Steve Haines and will include the rhododendron garden laid out in 1975 to commemorate Birmingham University’s centenary. The tour of the garden will take place between 2.00 and 3.30 and tea can purchased at Winterbourne’s cafe. This is a […]
£4.50
The City Beautiful project end celebration
We are delighted to be celebrating the end of the hugely successful The City Beautiful centenary project in the idyllic surroundings of Blakesley Hall Museum, Yardley. Birmingham Civic Society members are invited to Blakesley Hall’s Summer Fete on Sunday 14 July where a programme of events and activities are planned alongside this popular family, public […]
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Next Generation Awards Finals
The 2019 Next Generation Awards Final will be held at Highbury Hall. Further details will be made available soon.
West Midlands Combined Authority Tram Unveiling to Theresa Stewart
West Midlands Combined Authority will be naming a tram to honour Theresa Stewart, the first female leader of Birmingham City Council and a labour councillor for over 30 years. Birmingham Civic Society will also be unveiling a Blue Plaque to Theresa Stewart in the summer, but if anybody would like to watch the tram naming […]