Birmingham MOBILISE from Fatt Projects to lead Birmingham Pride 2022 with protest performance Pic credit: Emma R Jones MOBILISE, the sober dance party produced by Fatt Projects and presented by the Birmingham 2022 Festival, is to lead the iconic 2022 Birmingham Pride Parade on Saturday, September 24. These events aim to empower people to dance, take up public spaces, feel confident and celeb By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Birmingham New parade route for Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary The parade will begin in Centenary Square, which will allow space for more people and entries than ever before. The parade will then leave Centenary Square at roughly 12pm, led by Fatt Projects’ MOBILISE By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham More dates announced for MOBILISE, a series of radical and joyous queer dance parties in Birmingham Following a successful first MOBILISE queer and sober dance party at the end of June, Fatt Projects, producers of the event presented as part of Birmingham 2022 Festival, have announced future dates for the series taking place at The Exchange in Birmingham By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party captures viewers’ attention Comedian Joe Lycett hosted a Big Pride Party from his home city of Birmingham, live on Channel 4 on Sunday July 3, as part of the channel’s Proud All Over programming to celebrate 50 years of Pride in Britain, and viewers are already calling for the show to become a regular weekly fixture. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham’s Fatt Butcher wins Drag Idol 2022 The grand final of Drag Idol 2022 was held at the Two Brewers, Clapham on Thursday, June 23, and it saw Birmingham’s Fatt Butcher compete against the other hopeful drag performers – Flick, Viola Viagra, and the wild card, Bonnie Banks. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Coventry and West Midlands Fatt Butcher and Vivid Projects explore ‘The Pageant of Birmingham’ In The Pageant of Birmingham, they will be exploring “the camp, chaotic, and downright baffling history of ’The Pageant of Birmingham 1938’. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Fatt Projects announces steering group for MOBILISE – an exciting new queer project Fatt Projects – formed by Adam Carver aka Fatt Butcher – is planning a series of “raucous, joyful and radical queer accessible sober social dance parties” under the name MOBILISE By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts PALAVER! @ Cambridge Junction PALAVER! is a new development programme. It presents queer-positive performances and workshops to kids aged 3-8 and family audiences. By Alex Klineberg • 2 min read
