New youth festival set for south-Birmingham

Created July 27, 2026
Sport, music, crafts and food will all be on the menu for south-Birmingham’s first ever youth festival this summer. The Bournville…
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Bournville Heritage Open Day 2026

Created June 11, 2026
Bournville Heritage Open Day is back on Saturday 12th September 2026, 10am-4pm. Visit George Cadbury’s famous garden village as 19 historic venues…
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Bournville Heritage Open Day 2025 coming soon

Created August 15, 2025
Bournville Heritage Open Day is back for 2025, on Saturday 13th September 10am-4pm. Visit George Cadbury’s famous Bournville garden village as…
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Join us for family fun at Shenley Shindig

Created August 7, 2025
Shenley residents are being invited to an afternoon of family fun and a celebration of their neighbourhood this August. The Shenley…
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Design of Bournville bull revealed as it gets set to join charity art trail

Created July 14, 2025
The design of a Bournville-inspired bull sculpture has been unveiled as it gets set to join over 100 other sculptures on…
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Coming soon! Bournville Christmas Festival 2024

Created October 4, 2024
Bournville Christmas Festival and the much-loved lights switch on is back for 2024 on Saturday 30th November, 1.30pm-6pm (lights switch on…
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Cadbury archives to open to public for first time

Created September 2, 2024
Visitors to an annual heritage open day will have the chance to tour Cadbury’s treasure trove of archives as they open…
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Exhibition inspired by renowned photographer to go on display

Created August 29, 2024
An outdoor exhibition of contemporary photography aimed at sparking conversation about what Bournville has been, is now, and might be in…
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Black Tudors: New Narratives exhibition goes on tour

Created July 18, 2024
A groundbreaking exhibition exploring the untold stories of black people living in England over 500-years-ago is going on tour. The ‘Black…
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Old photos reveal long-forgotten dramatics of factory workers  

Created June 27, 2024
Archive photographs from the 1920s showing huge theatre productions put on by Cadbury’s factory workers have been uncovered. The rare snaps…
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POSTPONED: Over 16s invited to Communicon: Community Gaming Convention

Created December 5, 2023
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Over 16s are being invited to a community gaming convention in south…
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Shining a light on some of City’s most interesting women for Women’s History Month

Created March 9, 2023
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Selly Manor Museum has organised a special evening of talks focused on women in the Arts…
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Secrets behind the historic hall saved by Cadbury revealed

Created July 25, 2022
The secrets of one of Birmingham’s oldest buildings, saved from destruction by world famous chocolate maker George Cadbury, are to be…
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‘Bournville: Then and Now’ exhibition to mark Museum’s re-opening

Created May 11, 2021
An exhibition of rare archive photographs of Bournville pictured alongside their modern day equivalent is to mark the reopening of one…
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Exhibition celebrates lives of Cadbury women who challenged status quo

Created March 19, 2021
The inspiring stories of three Cadbury family women who chose to challenge the status quo and push boundaries are being shared…
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Exhibition showing ‘the sweet life’ of Bournville will mark housing society’s 100th anniversary

Created September 9, 2019
An exhibition of some never-before-seen archive photographs documenting ‘the sweet life’ of residents living and working in Bournville is to go…
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Free heritage open day is back and bigger than ever

Created August 28, 2019
A heritage open day, which will see beautiful historic gems in a Birmingham village, throw open their doors for free for…
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