Festival Of The Rea Exhibition

Show runs throughout the Supersonic Festival: Friday 19th - Sunday 21st October.

“Four years ago the Outcrowd Collective stumbled upon some curious and bizarre old traditions based around the area of Birmingham’s birth place, the crossing of the River Rea, now known as Digbeth. Intrigued we delved further, eventually leading us to discover the lost Festival of the Rea, with roots in Pagan and traditional religions, echoed in similar festivals still celebrated throughout Europe.
For Supersonic we will re-create elements from the Festival of the Rea and build a shrine known as the “house of Beorn”, the first to be built in the area for over a century. A selection of artists with mythical potential will be invited to create offerings to this shrine and members of the public will also be invited to contribute their own offering to this ramshackle, weathered and sacred cabin during the festivities. As the sun goes down on the last night of the festival, past and present will come together in a climax of channeled energy and sound where the magic of the event and the natural powers of the river will awaken and release the long lost spirits of the city we call home.”

Artists involved are: Marcus Oakley, Jake Blanchard, Rob Flowers, Holly Wales, Stewart Easton, Steven Smith, Rue Five, Adam Higton, French, Arran Gregory, Simon Peplow, Lawrence Roper, Stef Grindley, Tsz Ludford, Lucy McLauchlan and Ben Javens.

Supersonic Festival
Custard Factory
Gibb Street
Digbeth
Birmingham
B9 4AA