Centenary Square programme

Between 12.30pm and 5.30pm on Sunday 18 May a programme of celebratory music and other activities is planned for Centenary Square.

To open the event the square will resonate to the sound of the Jewish Shofar Horn then the celebrations will begin in earnest. Other performers include:

• the Azaad Dhol Group drawn from professional Dhol players and the very best young dhol players in the city
• Khaliq - Birmingham born singer songwriter
• Ulfah Arts Singing Group - Ulfah Arts is a pioneering arts organisation, which acts as an umbrella to a number of initiatives specialising in faith and the arts
• Steve Yimga is a talented djembe player from Cameroon.
• Say Arts Group – play some Bollywood sounds
• Zirak Hamad – talented Birmingham based violinist who came to England in 2002 from Iraqi Kurdistan where he worked as a primary school teacher, festival organiser, broadcaster, television presenter and music critic.
• Raw Nerve Theatre Company perform a short play called ‘The Bigger Issue’. Raw Nerve Theatre Company was founded out of Riverside School of Performing Arts (RSPA) in 2007, after over a decade's worth of work in and amongst the local community of Birmingham.
• Soweto Kinch – Birmingham’s mulit award winning jazz saxophone musician will give us a taste of music from his acclaimed B19 album.
• The Dhol Blasters fronted by their maestro Gucharan Mall are well known faces in Birmingham and beyond as they perform at all kinds of events including LIVE 8 with UB40.
  

All hosted by Robin Valk of BRMB fame and RadioTo Go.

The square will also include family activities including free facepainting and circus skills activities and information about the Jubilee Debt Campaign and other related organisations.