Birmingham’s First Folio Continues Its Tour of Community Spaces
Birmingham’s First Folio is set to continue its unprecedented tour of community spaces throughout 2023 as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project. Belonging to all the residents of Birmingham, the People’s Folio will be toured around the City in advance of the First Folio’s 400th birthday in November 2023.
Birmingham’s copy of the First Folio is unique because it is the only one bought as part of a dedicated programme for improving people’s lives through culture and education. It was purchased in 1881 for all the people of Birmingham - no matter what their background, wealth or occupation.
In 2023, the Folio’s birthday year, it will visit:
23 April (Shakespeare’s Birthday) – Aston Hall
13 May – South Yardley Library
3 June – Dorothy Parkes Centre, Smethwick
2 July – The Core Library, Solihull
19 August – St Barnabus Church, Erdington
21 October – Bullring & Grand Central, Birmingham
There will also be a special visit to the Library at HMP Winson Green.
Islam Issa and Ewan Fernie with Birmingham’s First Folio
Islam Issa and Mohammed Ali at the Everything to Everybody Project mural in Spark Hill.