18/02/2021
Wolverhampton will now host British Art Show 9 (BAS9) in January 2022 after new dates for the touring exhibition were announced by organisers after consultation with the partner cities.
The event – which is the biggest touring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK – will take place in the city between 22 January and 10 April 2022.
Wolverhampton was due to host the opening of the exhibition in March 2021 however, due to the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, the dates and order of the tour have been rescheduled. British Art Show 9 will now open in Aberdeen in July 2021.
In Wolverhampton, British Art Show 9 will take place at Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the University of Wolverhampton School of Art.
For one of the liveliest little music venues around it’s ironic that the Market Tavern in Kidderminster should be associated with the Humdrum. The pub was legendary in the 1990s on the small venue circuit, and one of its claims to fame is that it s where BBC 6 music favourite Ian Passey – aka The Humdrum Express – ‘cut his musical teeth.’
The book on the Market Tavern Now an online event is planned to recall the Market Tavern’s heyday and Kidderminster singer/songwriter Ian, who has five albums to his name, will make a special appearance to perform a couple of acoustic songs.