Find out which roads will be shut and when for Sandwell and Birmingham Mela this weekend

The event will see thousands of revellers take to Smethwick's Victoria Park on July 13 and July 14 to celebrate diversity in the UK's biggest South Asian music festival.

Sandwell Council is exercising its powers "in order to facilitate road closures associated with 2024's Sandwell and Birmingham Mela".

The list of affected roads between the hours of 6am and 10pm are as follows:

• Park Retreat – in its entirety

• Suffrage Street – western arm in its entirety from its junction with Corbett Street

The list of affected roads between the hours of 7am and 8pm are as follows:

• Amity Close – in its entirety
• Ballot Street – in its entirety
• Barnstable Street – in its entirety
• Corbett Street – in its entirety

• Croxall Lane – in its entirety

• Dawlish Road – in entirety
• Exeter Road – in its entirety

• Jordan Close – in its entirety
• Norma Rose Close – in its entirety
• Pool Road – in its entirety
• Pritchard Close – in its entirety
• Ron Davies Close – in its entirety
• Suffrage Street – Between Corbett Street and Windmill Lane
• Tiverton Road – in its entirety
• Victoria Avenue – in its entirety

• Victoria Park Road – in its entirety

As well as road closures, Sandwell Council has announced that no vehicles will be able to wait or load on the following streets between the hours of 10am and 8pm.

• Brook Street – South and South West side – Crocketts Lane to Victoria Park Road

• Price Street – South West side – Victoria Part Road to Exeter Road

The Mela event will take place between the hours of 12pm and 7pm on July 13 and July 14, with more information available on the event's website.