Grab your sun cream (fingers crossed!), shorts and flip flops and get ready for double beach fun in south west Birmingham this summer!
The much-loved Northfield Beach – and its newer sister event in Kings Norton – will return, celebrating ten years since the first Northfield town centre beach event in 2012!
The events are organised by Northfield Community Partnership and provide activities and entertainment for all ages, alongside a real sand beach – complete with striped deck chairs and buckets and spades.
This year’s events will be held on Victoria Common, Northfield (Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st July) and The Green, Kings Norton (Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th August).
All activities are FREE and food will be provided for children entitled to free school meals. Anyone can pop to the beach between 10am and 4pm. Please note, booking is required for some activities and for food. Full details and booking.
Northfield Community Partnership CEO Rebecca Debenham said: “We are proud to announce for the 10th year we are bringing our beaches back, with this year having double the fun with two beaches: one on Kings Norton Green and one in Victoria Common in Northfield.
“This will be our 10th year anniversary of Northfield Beach and we are going to be celebrating this with a huge range of activities.
”As ever, all the activities that we provide will be free, and we would like to thank all our funders for making this possible. We hope that there will be something on offer for all the family and we look forward to welcoming you back to the beaches!”
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Something for all the family
Old favourites return alongside new activities, with live music, poetry, comedy, sports activities, zorb balls, climbing wall, arts and crafts and much, much more!
Northfield Beach will bring back the popular Jurassic Park Day with dino digs and a chance to meet Tiny the Triceratops.
Northfield Arts Forum (NAF) will be providing a wide range of arts and craft activities including costume making and building a cardboard city.
Get sporty with football training from Birmingham City FC; multisports with Learn Active Coaching; zorb balls; climbing wall; inflatable obstacle course and more.
There’ll be live music for all tastes including: reggae from The Marley Experience, Friendly Fire Band and Johnny 2 Bad; acoustic folk from Bearwood Bandits; indie rock covers from Happy Accident and blues from Steve Ajao Blues Giants. There’ll also be Silent Discos at both beaches.
The Rainbow Tent returns to Victoria Common with a wide range of performances, hosted by local former poet laureate SPOZ. Acts include Tots Theatre; storytelling with Anna O’Brien; poetry from Chris White, Johnny Fluffypunk and The Antipoet; and a special visit from Kings Heath’s favourite housewife, Barbara Nice!
Arts 50 Alive will be celebrating different cultures of the commonwealth games – you can share your stories of your heritage and be part of a giant mural.
Beach favourites Oyabatacuda will be performing and leading a samba parade at both Kings Norton and Northfield.
Northfield sees the return of circus school, with performances and workshops throughout the day: learn to juggle, try unicycling, spin some plates and be entertained by magical performers.
The popular cookery school also returns, where families can learn about healthy cooking on a budget and take part in making some delicious food.
No Sharks at the Beach Day returns to raise awareness of the dangers of loan sharks with a fun aquadrome for little ones to immerse themselves in an out-of-this-world underwater experience. Kid’s favourite, Sid the Shark will be onsite to entertain and you can help Northfield Arts Forum create a gigantic ART shark.
When & Where:
- Victoria Common, Northfield B31 2BB: 10am – 4pm, Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st July 2022
- The Green, Kings Norton B38 8RU: 10am – 4pm Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th August 2022
