The Vale Festival, Birmingham University's annual Summer festival, will take place this year on June 10th, 2008! We're all working hard behind the scenes to make sure that 2008 is a year to remember, watch this space...
Vale Festival 2007 saw record attendance at the event. 4,500 people turned up to kick back and relax to the sounds of reggae, soul and blues, go crazy to hip hop, ska and D'n'B, and to marvel at the sights and sounds of the greatest event in the student calendar. The event raised £30,000 for the charities: ActionAid and Kids for Kids.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Vale Festival, sometimes also known as Festivale (see what we did there?), is unique. As far as we know, there is no student-run event in the country on anything like a comparable scale. The primary purpose of the event is to raise money and awareness for charitable causes, but also to offer students an event like no other. We aim for something alternative, something unlike any club-night, ball or bar-crawl, something with a bit of soul, where people are not there to get drunk, but to come together as a community and enjoy good music and arts, with an opportunity to expand their horizons. This is an event which is free from corporate influence, where local and student acts and groups are given a stage to demonstrate what they can do.
The festival is, above all, about embracing the things that make us all the same, whilst still celebrating all our unique differences. It is about accepting each other, regardless of where we live or what we believe or how much money we have, as fellow human beings.
We hope you enjoy it.
