Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts

[ July 12, 2008; 11:45 am to 12:05 pm. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 1:15 pm to 1:45 pm. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 12:20 pm to 12:50 pm. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 11:00 am to 11:30 am. ] Part of an Indie Rock bill all day at Sutton Library, Meeting Room 1

[ July 12, 2008; 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Emerging Sutton Coldfield star Ben Drummond performs on the Main Stage at 13:30, July 12th.  He has just launched his much-anticipated debut EP in March with a performance at Jools Holland’s nightclub The Jamhouse in  Birmingham.

The self-taught artist, originally from Wednesfield but based in Sutton for the last three years, began playing bass at 12 and has [...]

A Streetly singer who began performing live less than a year ago recently landed a series of Midlands tour dates with chart-topping Journey South.
Gemma Shaw, 20, who works in the pro shop at Aston Wood Golf Club, teed up shows at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, Lichfield Garrick and the Prince Of Wales Theatre in [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm. ] The 30-plus members of Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School band the Funky Bishops promise “quite a mix of music, from swing through rock and some funk”, according to their leader, music teacher Mark Horner.

Among featured soloists will be saxophonist Anna Smith, who plays in MYJO’s second orchestra, and guitarist Rysio Skrakowski. They will be on on [...]

[ July 13, 2008; 4:00 pm; ] THE GATE INN, SUNDAY JULY 13, 4pm

The quiet village of Marston on the outskirts of Sutton Coldfield is the backdrop to one of the finest CDs ever to have been released by a local performer.

Mike Gates, who lives there, has come up with the home-recorded gem Resistance To The Passage Of Sound, in league with [...]