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Birmingham Pride 2024 loses £15,000 council sponsorship

Catherine Muxworthy February 25, 2024

Birmingham City Council, which declared bankruptcy in late 2023, has removed £15,000 sponsorship for this year’s Birmingham Pride festival. Lawrence Barton, the festival’s director, expressed disappointment in this decision, telling BBC Midlands Today that the authority was “not supporting our event, just earning revenue from it”. The council had provided £15,000 in sponsorship to the […]

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Birmingham to hold huge free party to celebrate Eurovision on Saturday, May 13

Catherine Muxworthy April 14, 2023

With a month to go before the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest, an exciting programme of free live performances and activities has been announced by Birmingham City Council.

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Director of Birmingham Pride appointed Birmingham Night-Time Economy Champion

Catherine Muxworthy November 11, 2022

Lawrence Barton has been appointed the new Night-Time Economy Champion by Birmingham City Council. This appointment comes after he received the backing of the Leader of Birmingham City Council and the Chairs of the City Centre Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

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