Special events & festivals in Birmingham - month-by-month

February

• Chinese New Year

March

• Flatpack Festival (film festival)
• St Patrick's Day Parade

May

• Pride

July

• Astonbury festival - Aston's very own music festival on campus
• International Jazz festival
• Supersonic festival - contemporary music, art and crafting
• Taste Birmingham - food festival
  

August

• Carnival

• International Dance Festival Birmingham

September

• Artsfest - the UK's biggest free arts festival
• Birmingham Beer Festival - held in Aston's Students' Guild
• Birmingham Comedy Festival
• British Science Festival - In 2010 the festival is being hosted by Aston University
• Moseley Folk Festival

October

• Birmingham Book Festival
• Black History Month
• Diwali celebrations
• Hello Digital - digital and media festival

November

• BBC Good Food Show
• Christmas Light Switch on - a free pop concert in the city centre
• Fireworks Spectacular
• Flip Festival - animation festival
• Frankfurt Christmas Markets - largest Christmas Markets outside Germany
• Hellfire Festival - rock & metal music festival

• Shout - festival of gay, bisexual and trans culture

December

• Clothes Show Live
• Frankfurt Christmas Markets - largest Christmas Markets outside Germany

• New Years Eve - free fireworks display