MAC's Big Green Weekender

About our events

Sat 20 and Sun 21 September 2025

Everyone is welcome to this family-friendly festival celebrating creativity and local action for our shared planet.

Come along with friends and family and take part in creative workshops, join inspiring talks, enjoy live performances and much more.

With special thank to our sponsor, Eversheds Sutherland.

Please note timings may be subject to change.

What's On

List of Events

  1. four people are seated, talking with microphones infront of a crowd.

    Culture Shift Symposium 2025

    Talks
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  2. A piece of fabric with leaves laid upon it, creating plant shapes that has dyed the fabric

    Botanical Silk Scarves using Eco Dyes (ASC29)

    More info
  3. A cardboard box filled with baby items including folded clothes, stuffed animals, shoes, and blankets, with additional baby shoes placed beside the box

    Clothes swap

    Free
    More info
  4. A parent with long brown hair and glasses sat down at a crafting table with two children either side.

    Big Green Weekender Stalls

    Free
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  5. MECC Net Zero Building Tour

    Free
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  6. Water Stories

    Free
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  7. A vintage retouched photograph of a well maintained park featuring an ornate stone structures with decorative railings, a tall memorial monument in the background, and landscaped gardens with trees and flower beds.

    A Walk in the Park: Water, Trees, and an Old pub

    Community
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  8. Hand holding a silver watering can and pouring water onto a wooden flower box. The box is filled with soil and there are small purple flowers in it.

    Fruit & Nut Village

    Community
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  9. Woman wearing black ruffle top and jean holding her bike. She is stood in front of a semi-detached house and the sun is very bright behind her.

    Women & Theatre: On Ya Bike!

    Theatre
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  10. Park clean up

    Community
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  11. A group f people riding through a park on a sunny afternoon

    Eco Birmingham: Led Bike Ride

    Community
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  12. A person is cutting an orange tile, surrounded by different coloured cut tiles

    Upcycled Pallet Mosaics (ASC130)

    More info

  13. Green Futures Den Building

    Family
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  14. Three people cycling through a park on a sunny but wintery afternoon.

    Dr Bike

    Free
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  15. Eco Birmingham: Heritage ride

    Free
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  16. Two women kneeling down in a park. The woman on the right is wearing a bright red jumper and dungarees. The woman on the left is earing a blue poncho and black trousers. They are both holding big sticks which have recycled plastic bottles tied to them.

    Urban Forest Voices: A Story for the Trees Story Walk

    Free
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  17. Bio Yarn Workshop

    Free
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  18. Photograph of man and woman holding hands and looking at each other. They are wearing closes from the 1800s and are stood in a grad wall wit green wallpaper.

    Baskerville & Birmingham

    Theatre and Dance
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