Birmingham Weekender
// Square Dance Coordinator

June – October 2017 

Birmingham Weekender is the region’s biggest free arts festival, with Square Dance being one of the focal points of activity throughout the whole weekend of the festival in Victoria Square. 

With a stage and wooden dance floor taking over the square alongside street food traders and bars, activity consisted of interactive dances classes from Bollywood to Appalachian Flatfoot, and performances spanning Chinese Lion Dance, Caribbean Carnival and a South Asian Medley there was something for everyone. Into the evenings saw live sets from Motown in Dub and Electric Swing Circus and DJ sets from Craig Charles and Don Letts. 

My role was to oversee all aspects of artist production including accommodation, travel, scheduling and technical advancement, working alongside the wider Birmingham Weekender team and then  stage manage the event on the ground as well.