Simmer Down Festival 2017 returns....

SIMMER DOWN Festival returns to Birmingham on Sunday July 23 – in its seventh year, the free open air event is one of the largest music and arts festivals in the UK.

Celebrating the city’s rich cultural diversity, the festival offers a unique free family event in Handsworth Park, where headline acts Jamaican reggae ambassador Freddie McGregor and Wolverhampton-born conscious roots messenger Macka B, share the stage with some of Birmingham’s finest artists, musicians and DJs.

There will also be arts workshops, participation activities, a children and young people’s meadow area, plus craft and food stalls, and a licensed bar area.

Mukhtar Dar, festival director of Simmer Down Festival Community Interest Company (CIC), or SDF, said:

“We’re delighted to be back in Handsworth Park with such internationally acclaimed stars like Freddie McGregor & The Big Ship Band, and Macka B, alongside local artists READ MORE AT THE VOICE.