Still Walking brings you a celebration of all that walking experiences are and can be.
Our festival programme covers an amazing variety of walks, tours and other events for you to take part in. There are artists, architects, historians and lovers waiting to show you Birmingham in a new light.
Some of our walks are stationary, some happen on bicycles. Some will make you look, others will make you listen. All, we hope, will make you think…
Hamish Fulton walk at Curzon Park
I signed up for Hamish Fulton’s walk weeks ago, during a burst of research into walking artists in preparation for the SW festival. The walk was a joint event between Ikon Gallery and Fierce Festival and fell on Easter Sunday; also the last day of the Fierce festival. The walk was never described any more [...]
Read more...Lost Rivers of Birmingham
Some SW outings had to remain a secret: they were just too dangerous! Each time I’ve been on the Rea-side stroll, someone has slipped and either gone in the river or bruised themselves. I promised Birmingham Architecture Festival I’d show them some of the tunnels I felt sure formed the basis of David Rowan’s shadowy [...]
Read more...Digbeth Listening Walk – David Prior
A great mix of people gathered at the bronze bull in Birmingham on a sunny March Friday afternoon ready to utilise both our walking and listening skills. This walk is an ear opening experience that gave us all a very different ‘view’ of Birmingham. Lead by composer David Prior (one half of Liminal, along with [...]
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