Summits & Festivals

Beautiful Futures 2025 is a celebration of that creativity, a space where we come together to reimagine the future of culture and creativity in the West Midlands, while building connections that span the globe.

Born out of the More Than a Moment pledge during the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020, this year’s festival asks: How do we prototype the future in practice?

At Beautiful Futures 2025, we’ll explore how the West Midlands can become a model for cross-sector collaboration where the power of culture demonstrates solutions to the interconnected challenges of racial, economic, and climate justice

Together, we will shape a future where the West Midlands leads by example, building connections across continents, and making creativity the foundation for an equitable, just, and beautiful world.

We are hosting our first outdoor Beautiful Futures Festival on 6 September.

This is a moment to build and prototype, the next five years with us.

But we are doing something different.

Beautiful Futures is centering joy, community, liberation and innovation, 

And we are inviting you to get involved through:

• Showcasing
• Supporting
• Sharing
• Solidarity

Expect Games, Workshops and Performances