Black Voices and ACEDM will present a Doorstep Carnival at Grosvenor Road Studios.  Elders and young people from Birchfield will be encouraged to attend workshops in advance of the day itself to learn The People’s Anthem and some of the choreographed dance so that they can directly participate with the performers.  Accompanied by rolling road closures around the immediate area, a carnival procession will take place with the emphasis on inviting the local community to take part in the activity. Once the procession has arrived at Grosvenor Road Studios, the activity will continue in the Community Garden.

This is an ACEDM all-day event with family fun taking place during the afternoon and an evening event which promises to bring all the energy and party vibe of Caribbean Carnival to Cannon Hill Park. Carnival crafting workshops, Steelpan players, DJ and Dance inspired fun with live drummers and a costumed procession during the day. For the evening event, the true spirit of Carnival will take over with a full cultural experience on offer to all participants including music, dance, food and drink and the promise of all the joy that carnival brings.  

This is an all-day event with ACEDM and Black Voices enticing the local community and beyond to be a part of the Commonwealth party. Between costume making workshops, music making opportunities and the presentation of the bespoke carnival costumes to the audiences, ACEDM and Black Voices are encouraging the community to be a part of the B2022 Cultural Festival extravaganza.

This is an event aimed at young people with the emphasis on the Carnival festival and its legacy of music that has an inherent ability to move people. ACE will present one to three bespoke costumes alongside a DJ and Reggae/Soca music set as well as a performance by a variety of students from fifteen participating schools in the North Birmingham area. This performance will be the culmination of Black Voice’s six-week project and ACEDM’s twelve-week project which will celebrate the outstanding achievements of the young people involved and directly involve a massed Choir performing the People’s Anthem.

Working alongside one of Birmingham’s foremost musical entities, Black Voices, ACEDM will present eleven custom made costumes reflecting the colour and vibrancy of the Caribbean islands as a visual accompaniment to the vocal brilliance of Black Voices and B:Music’s Community Spirit choirs.

This event, in essence, will be presenting a snapshot of the North Birmingham Alliance’s contribution to the B2022 Cultural Festival. Twenty-five bespoke costumes will be available for audience perusal within a choreographed dance routine.  Intergenerational and spectacular, this event will be a part of Mostly Jazz Festival and aims to present a stunning visual display for the audience.