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Pack your bucket & spade – it’s the JQ Coach Trip!

We love where we live. But some of us fancy an ‘away day’… Some of the good folk in your JQNF have organised a day trip for JQ-ers on Saturday 27th July 2013 to… Weston-Super-Mare! Bring your buckets and spades, an appetite for ice creams and fish n’ chips, a bag of Murray Mints for…

Blue Orange Theatre ‘Click & Play’ project

Blue Orange Theatre have been awarded funding from Awards for All (Big Lottery Fund) to deliver their project ‘Click and Play’, which will culminate in a photography exhibition at the theatre. Participants will not only photograph areas of Birmingham that inspire them for the exhibition, but also take part in drama based workshops to further…

BE Festival: Fourth annual festival of innovative European theatre returns to the Jewellery Quarter

@ AE Harris, Birmingham, Various Times, 2nd to 6th July 2013 Twenty-three performances from twelve different countries will run alongside exhibitions, discussions, workshops and home-cooked food this summer, as Birmingham’s annual festival of European work returns to the city for a fourth year. With an emphasis on collaboration, participation and exchange, the performance programme is…

Jewellery Quarter behind the scenes: 10th – 17th June

Businesses across the Jewellery Quarter will hold a series of ‘open door’ events as part of a fringe event for this year’s Birmingham Made Me (BMM), which has been developed to promote innovation and the great products designed and made in the city and across the Midlands. The Jewellery Quarter BID has arranged a series of ‘open door’…

Garden Volunteering Opportunity at the Library of Birmingham

The Library of Birmingham is offering the chance for volunteers to help tend the beds on its elevated outdoor garden terraces, growing plants, including fruit, herbs and vegetables. This is an opportunity for someone who is interested in gardening, but has nowhere to grow, and for people keen to volunteer in their local community. The…

School of Jewellery: Graduate Degree Show 10 – 15 June

Final year BA Jewellery and Silversmithing students from the Birmingham School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University are showcasing Graduate Collections between Monday 10th June and Saturday 15th June at the Vittoria street campus in the Jewellery Quarter. All are welcome to come and see a culmination of three years work, resulting in the craftsmanship on…

Supper Club at Soho House

Aftab Rahman’s latest venture, Bay Leaf @ Home, pays a visit to a local architectural and historical gem, Soho House. Chef, entrepreneur and philanthropist Aftab, will deliver a Bangladeshi Banquet in the magnificent setting of Matthew Boulton’s home on 21st June. Aftab says of his events: “The new supper club is all about gathering people…

The Blue Orange Theatre presents Blithe Spirit (Fri 7 – Sat 15 June)

The Blue Orange Theatre has been open for two years and this is the first time that the company has presented a play by Noel Coward. BLITHE SPIRIT is possibly Coward’s best known comedy play having had many successful productions since it was first premiered in 1941. Described as an improbable farce it is about…

Made in the Jewellery Quarter Day School: Sat 15th June 2013

Sponsored by The Birmingham Assay Office Would you like to learn more about the diverse and fascinating history of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and its surrounding area? This year’s joint Birmingham Assay Office and University of Birmingham Day School will take place at the University of Birmingham on Saturday, 15th June from 10am until 4.15pm. Tickets are available…

BE Festival seeking Hosts and Volunteers

Our friends over at the BE FESTIVAL are looking for Hosts and Volunteers to help with their event in July 2013. BE FESTIVAL is a Birmingham-based arts organisation dedicated to bringing high quality European theatre to audiences all around the UK, and offering valuable and innovative development opportunities to artists and young people. The ethos…