Other festivals worth a peek: Frankfurt Christmas Market 14 November – 22 December 2013 | birmingham.gov.uk/ frankfurtmarket This market (pictured above) is all about buying expensive wooden things you can’t fully identify a use for, gulping down German sausage, drinking beer outside then warming yourself up with a mug of gluhwein (hot mulled wine). A Birmingham institution. Food Festival Summer 2014 - date TBC | birminghaminternationalfoodfair. co.uk Sample great food and drink from over 140 stalls. BASS 2014 date TBC | punch-records.co.uk/tag/bass-festival BASS is the UK’s annual black music festival and the only one that commissions new music from up and coming artists each year.
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Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival 4 – 6 July 2014 | mostlyjazz.co.uk This local festival is getting bigger every year, and 2013 saw a triumphant performance from Nile Rodgers. Also check out the sister festival, Moseley Folk. SWJ