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Top 5 events in Birmingham
01/06/07 – 02/09/07
1001 Inventions Exhibition, Think Tank, Birmingham
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World reveals 1,000 years of the rich scientific and technological heritage of the Muslim community. The exhibition brings to life an often overlooked golden age of discovery and innovation from the 7th to the 17th centuries. Outstanding scholars from the Islamic world are believed to have discovered and developed many everyday items taken for granted in the modern world, such as coffee, soap, clocks and surgical instruments.
www.thinktank.ac04/09/07 – 05/09/07
The Police, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
The Police are back together and on a world tour. These dates find them performing at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The Police enjoyed phenomenal international success in the early Eighties with their infectious pop, driven by Stuart Copeland's phenomenal drumming, Sting's basslines and Andy Summers' wiry guitar riffs. www.thepolicefile.com
05/09/07 – 15/09/07
The Evening Mail Birmingham Comedy Festival, Various venues in Birmingham
The fifth Evening Mail Birmingham Comedy Festival promises one of the biggest and best line-ups yet, with familiar faces performing alongside new talent at venues around town. Acts so far confirmed include Jimmy Carr, Kevin "Bloody" Wilson and Sean Hughes. www.bhamcomfest.co.uk
14/09/07 – 15/09/07
Blast, Curzon Street Station, Birmingham
Blast marks the opening evening of Birmingham's 2007 Artsfest. A huge light rink modelled on a UFO, a gigantic hot pipe organ and a runaway steam train makes up part of a spectacular performance at Curzon Street station. Mark Andersen, who worked in the Eastside around 10 years ago, would walk past Curzon Street Station every day and it was this building that inspired the concept of Blast. The audience makes their way on to the site, greeted by colour-changing beams of light that stretch across the city's skyline and beyond. The whole area is set to be illuminated by hundreds of burning fires, with the imposing Curzon Street Railway building at its centre. www.urban-fusion.info
31/08/07 – 06/10/07
Summer Of Love Exhibition - The Karl Ferris Experience, St Paul’s Gallery, Birmingham
St Paul’s Gallery in Birmingham celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Summer Of Love. The Karl Ferris Experience is the UK's largest exhibition of psychedelic art from the 1960s. Ferris is renowned for being the "godfather" of psychedelic photography and created album covers for Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Donovan and many more artists of the era. www.stpaulsgallery.com
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