From March to September 2022, a 6-month arts festival will encapsulate and explore the spirit of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and finally give Birmingham its moment in the spotlight. It will reach artists and audiences across the West Midlands region. The festival will aim to double the reach of the sporting events of the Games themselves - engaging at least 2.5million audiences and participants. 

Each brief has been developed in collaboration with supporting organisations from the region and should reach audiences and/or participants based across live and digital platforms. They are particularly interested in projects that will engage their priority groups, namely: children and young people, d/Deaf and disabled people, people and communities that established cultural institutions do not regularly, or easily, engage people and communities with roots in other Commonwealth nations and territories.
The deadline for Stage 1 proposals is 27 April 2021. More key dates and contact details for support and queries are included in the documents on Birmingham 2022 website.