Another long-awaited long weekend is here and this time the sun’s clearly gone to its head with all sorts of crazy antics on offer from Risque Cabaret to a retro Rollerdisco all-nighter. So get your skates on and get sorted, it’s gonna be a wild one!
Rollermania Disco Rave Allnighter | Sat 28 May | Boxxed | From £5.50
Fancy some Bank Holiday retro rave mania – with wheels on? Dig out the dayglow legwarmers and get practising those splits and high kicks as Rollermania wheels into town, bringing with it a well-used record-box packed full of pop-classics and a healthy sprinkling of disco balls and glitter. This quirky all-nighter invites roller-ravers slip-on some rollerboots and get down (quite possibly literally) for 10 hours of non-stop fun. Entry is just £5 with additional costs for skating sessions – including a special after party rave-skate for the wheely keen.
See our feature here
Cool Runnings | Sat 28 May | The Old Crown | From £12
A fully immersive cinematic experience featuring classic cinema and a themed open-air Caribbean extravaganza where The Old Crown will be transformed into a Caribbean paradise as The Travelling Cinema Company and The Old Crown join hands to show the classic bobsleigh comedy Cool Runnings With limited capacity get in there early for tickets at just £12. See our feature : here
Block by No Fit State Circus | Fri 27 – Sat 28 May | Birmingham Municipal Bank (city centre) | £15
An epic scale Acrobatic/dance mash from NoFit State Circus and Motionhouse in this creative collaboration for all the family, bang in the heart of the city. Twenty oversized blocks are stacked, shuffled, danced and played with on and around to create shapes and drama, movement and scale the heights of magical interplay. See our feature: here
Crazy Clubbing | Sat 28 – Sun 29 May | Various venues
Whether you like it kitsch and whipped-up, trippy, hippy, glam and spacey or deep n dirty dark and bassy this weekend has it all clubwise, from space safaris and giant inflatables to extraterrestrial techno and some seriously deep house beats. See our full clubs round-up here for all the details.
Risque Cabaret | Fri 27 – Sat 28 May | Old Joint Stock | £12
Be seduced by and within the surrounds of the beautiful listed Old Joint Stock Pub and Theatre this weekend as they host the Birmingham Cabaret Festival. Welcoming the award winning cult comedy duo East End Cabaret on Friday 27 May (tickets http://www.oldjointstock.co.uk/whats-on/eastend-cabaret) to perform their spectacular show ‘Perverts’ (awarded five stars by both the Sunday Mail and Time Out Magazine) these talented performers promise to tantalise, tickle and shock in equal measure. The show promises a raucus and risque bawdt blend of music, dance, raw smut and hilarity. Yeti’s Demon Dive Bar follow on Saturday, touted as the ‘love child of The Mighty Boosh and Rocky Horror’, so expect surreal and sexy shenanigans. See more: www.oldjointstock.co.uk
(Daniella Bassett).
Vintage Bridal boot Fayre | Sun 29 May | The Custard Factory Market Hall | £1
Round off your weekend with some vintage inspiration fit for the most beautiful Insta-blogger with Sunday’s Vintage Bridal Boot. Not just for the betrothed or wedding season enthusiast, these boutique bashes offer a treasure trove of exquisite and one-off finds from dresses to accessories. See our feature here
- Words:
- Hana Borrowman
- Published on:
- Wed 25 May 2016