Monthly creative festival
Visit Balsall Heath City Farm for a family fun day, with stalls, refreshments, sheep shearing, bouncy castle, animals, plant sale and more!
11am -4pm, £50p donation
They raising funds to support the Farm and help cover the rising costs of animal feed, bedding and vets’ bills.
Join artist Sofia Niazi from Print and Matter for a Risograph workshop at MIAH Gallery (11am-1pm, £10) or a private print slot (2-4pm, 30 min slots, £10 technician fee + cost of print job).
Sofia Niazi is a Studio Partner at The Old Print Works.
In this workshop you will master Swiss Darning, a clever way that mimics knitted stitches to make holes and thin patches disappear.
This session is taught by @knitwithu – a BCU textiles student specialising in knit – arrive as a beginner and leave as a pro!
You will learn how to repair your knits like an expert, giving you the skills to fight fast fashion by making your clothes last longer. We provide all the needles, colourful yarns, and practice fabric you need, so you can walk out with a more sustainable wardrobe and the confidence to keep your favourite sweaters in great shape for years to come.
Tickets cost £4 full price / £3 concessions.
This workshop takes place in Daily Thread, the community textiles space at The Old Print Works. Please note this space is located on the first floor and only accessible via a number of stairs.
THE BIG PLASTIC COUNT 2026 RESULTS ARE IN!
Join us for a drop-in discussion and creative activity to celebrate the completion of this year’s Big Plastic Count and hear about the actions we can take to minimise plastic pollution.
Back in March, thousands of people from schools, households, community groups and workplaces across the UK counted their plastic waste for one week as part of the UK’s biggest people-powered investigation into plastic waste.
Now, we’ve crunched the numbers and processed the data, and our results reveal the shocking scale of the UK’s big plastic problem…
This is a free drop-in with no need to book. If you’ve ever wondered what exactly happens to your plastic waste, what actions we think our government should be taking, or simply want to chat, then come along!
Sam’s Vegan Delights is a family based Caribbean vegan food business based in Birmingham.
Sam became vegan as a child and raised both of her children as vegan too (which they continued with their children). Fast forward a generation there have been over 3 generations of vegan in Sam’s immediate family. Sam and her children make up the quirky Sams Vegan Delights team. Being of Jamaican and mixed heritage decent, they offer home cooked naughty Jamaican & Asian infused vegan food every Friday and Saturday at The Mix Community Cafe (ran by The Gap Arts Project) 12-8pm. Sam’s flavours were inspired by her father’s dishes growing up as a child and was later inspired by the spices of the Asian diaspora due to them having so many vegetarian dishes, this experience inspired Sam to infuse both flavours together to create something delicious and unique.
Sam’s Vegan Delights aims to offer mouth watering delicious food, that is both full of flavour and packed with nutrition. Sam offers traditional Jamaican meat curry flavours using soy-based substitutes. Sam also specialises in non-soy-based dishes such as her famous Original Dumpling Patties, Original Ras Request & Original dinner dumplings. From her vegan sexy juice to curries, dall & vegan hot dogs, there is something for the whole family to enjoy.
Join MIAH Gallery for this workshop which is being delivered as supportive programming for their upcoming in-house exhibition ‘Under the Sultan’s Shadow’. In the workshop you will paint a plate in the style of classical-era Ottoman pottery.
All materials are provided.
Age: Suitable for adults and children aged 12+ years.
For safeguarding reasons, the accompanying adult for under 18’s must remain in the building and be available and accessible throughout the session.
Tickets: To guarantee your place, please book your tickets in advance.
Standard Ticket: £15.00 (+ ticket fees)
Concessions (students, low-income, over 65s): £12.50 (+ ticket fees)
Please present proof of concessionary status with your ticket upon arrival, where applicable.