We’re super excited to announce the Blast! Festival programme and the launch of our new website, click here to see it. The festival is like no other – made with and for the people of Sandwell. It runs from Friday 24 May to Saturday 29 June 2019, and exhibitions, film screenings, events, talks and walks will be presented on the streets, the Metro line, shops, libraries and pubs, on, and in, historic buildings and in the community halls and venues of Sandwell.
The line up:
Anand Chhabra, Andrea Fernandes, Andrew Jackson, Annegien van Doorn, Bethany Kane, Billy Dosanjh, Brendan Barry, Brian Homer, Chantal Rens, Czesław Siegieda, David Attie, Dawinder Bansal, Derek Bishton, Emma Purshouse, Erik Kessels, Faye Claridge, Inka & Niclas Lindergård, Jan McCullough, Janine Wiedel, Jaskirt Boora, Jennifer Pattison, Jocelyn Allen, Jon Tonks, John Myers, John Reardon, Kate Jackson, Laura Pannack, Liz Hingley, Mahtab Hussain, Mark Murphy, Martin Parr, Niall McDiarmid, Nilupa Yasmin, Robert Clayton, Rob Hewitt, Sound Kitchen, Stephen Burke, The Caravan Gallery, Trevor Pitt, Vicky Roden, Volker Gerling and Uzma Mohsin.
Blast! Festival is supported by Sandwell Council and Arts Council England and is curated and produced by Multistory. We are working in partnership with Creative Black Country, Cradley Heath Creative, Flatpack Film Festival, Sandwell College, The University of Wolverhampton and West Midlands Metro.