Month: June 2023
Major road works on Grosvenor Street West for five weeks from the end of July
30th June 2023 - News / by Luisa Huggins
Roadworks specialist Kier is planning major repairs on Grosvenor Street West between Sheepcite Street and Rawlins Street in the Westside...Read more
Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival programme launched on Westside
- News / by Tony Collins
Jazz and blues fans will be queuing up for a good read following the much-anticipated launch of the official programme for the 39th Birm...Read more
Westside Book Club preparing to turn the page of its first meeting
29th June 2023 - News / by Tony Collins
A new literary chapter is opening on Westside next week with the first meeting of a new book club aimed at avid readers among the bustli...Read more
Westside BID bosses meet new city Lord Mayor for working breakfast
28th June 2023 - News / by Steve Dyson
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham invited all managers and chairs of the city's business improvement districts (BIDs) to a working breakfast ...Read more
More than a dozen would-be artists attend Westside’s first ‘Sip and Paint’ session
27th June 2023 - News / by Steve Dyson
Local illustrator Milan Topalović taught people how to sketch and paint rock stars from the iconic Black Sabbath Bench in a special...Read more
Travelling pianist from Paris heading to Westside for jazz festival
- News / by Tony Collins
A first-time performer at this year’s Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival will be ‘boogie woogie-ing’ across to Westside all the way fr...Read more
VIDEO: More than 100 people linked to military joined Westside’s Armed Forces Day event
24th June 2023 - News / by Westside reporter
An official Armed Forces Day event organised by Westside BID saw more than 100 cadets, military and ex-servicemen take part in a special...Read more
Prof Carl Chinn: full speech from Westside BID’s Armed Forces Day event
- News / by By Prof Carl Chinn
Thank you Honorary Alderman John Lines, president of SSAFA Armed Forces Greater Birmingham. Thanks also to the standard bearers of the F...Read more
VIDEO: steel drums celebrate National Windrush Day on Westside
23rd June 2023 - News / by Westside reporter
Dozens of people gathered on Brindleyplace to celebrate National Windrush Day to the wonderful tunes of steel pan drums. Westside BID...Read more