Arts festival set to help bring more cultural diversity to Wolverhampton
The project leader of a new festival celebrating the artistic and cultural side of Wolverhampton has said she hopes it will help to build to bigger events in the future.
Hannah Taylor is part of a large partnership of different artistic groups, along Wolverhampton Council and Wolverhampton BID, which is running Fringe Arts Wolves from November 28 to November 30.
The Fringe follows on from a lantern parade run by Asylum Art in the centre city in 2024 for the Roundabout Sculptures near Chapel Ash and will take place at a number of venue around Wolverhampton city centre, including St Peter's Church, The Grand Palace, Eagleworks, the Christmas Market, The Dive Bar and the Qattery.
Ms Taylor said the Fringe was the product of discussions with Wolverhampton Council around developing an events and cultural strategy and said the idea of a fringe event was the best way forward.
She said: "There's a number of things which have been happening, such as the Urban Rooms, 01902 and the shared prosperity funding, so it's been about trying to think of a way of using all these resources in one framework that doesn't have to be a one-off.
