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Birmingham's Festival Strategy

Wednesday, 16th July 2008

By Sophia Tarr

Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council’s Arts Team and Arts Council England West Midlands commissioned a Feasibility Study for Festivals and Large-Scale Arts Events

Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council’s Arts Team and Arts Council England West Midlands commissioned a Feasibility Study for Festivals and Large-Scale Arts Events to be conducted by Paul Gudgin, Nick Dodds & James Waters From Festivals & Events International. As a result of that study, I now attach the Executive Summary Report.

We would like to thank those who fed into this process and look forward to seeing how we can take some of the ambitions of this report forward.

Download the executive summary

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