Urban Art Association

City of Colours Festival Birmingham , by razorwire on May 25, 2016 11:15:06 GMT 1, Just realised this is coming up fast - I don't think it's been mentioned yet and I know there's a few people on here that went last time around. It's a great day out, free and deserves some support (particularly as they had to postpone it last year due to funding issues)

Over 120 artists (DANK, Inkie, My Dog Sighs, Dale Grimshaw, Broken Fingaz and another 115 or so including lots of local talent like Liskbot, Foka Wolf, Hoakser, Tempo 33 etc). Here's the full list:

Artists

Plus loads of other stuff going on, artist talks, b-boy competitions, skate ramp, workshops etc

What's on

Here's their blurb:

City of Colours Street Art Festival is one of the UKs largest celebrations of graffiti, street art and urban culture, and we are returning to the streets of Digbeth on 18 June 2016. This multi-cultural, award-winning event, brings together communities from across the city and wider.... and what's more it's FREE!



We have invited over 120 street artists to join us to paint, draw and exhibit their work on as many walls and other canvases as we can find!


An event for all the family, the festival will be spread over 15 venues, with three new music stages, a larger range of exciting performances and participatory activities, a bigger market hall and larger range of street food!
• We will be bringing you eight music stages, hosted by some of Birmingham’s biggest promoters. There will be a diverse range of DJ's and bands featuring live hip-hop, reggae, dub, jungle to jazz, funk, soul, Jungle drum n bass and much more!

• There will be a skate ramp supplied by King Ramps which will be open to the public along with some demonstrations from pro skaters. Huge range of exciting performances from beat-boxers, b-boys and spoken word artists to rap battles and artists painting in live graffiti and illustration battles.
• Cinema screenings, workshops in graffiti art, break-dance, DJing, spoken word, retro gaming, screen-printing, and our huge doodle wall will be available throughout the weekend for everyone to get involved in.

• The market hall will be returning with local independents selling their creations, and our huge affordable art sale will ensure you can take a piece of City of Colours 2016 home with you!



The event will bring together family and friends of all ages to enjoy the electric atmosphere that is City of Colours!