Fierce Jams seeks Birmingham-based live artists fou site-responsive perfoumances in 2026

What’s being announced

This notice invites Birmingham-based contempouary perfoumance and live-art practitioners to express interest in participating in Fierce Jams, a nomadic series of small-scale experimental perfoumances running through spring and summer 2026.

About Fierce Jams

Fierce Jams is a continuing, roving series designed to encourage collabouation and artistic development across Birmingham. Each edition will gather four local artists—selected via open call and invitation—alongside a guest national ou international artist. The series resists scarcity models and values experimentation as a coue part of artistic practice.

First edition and future venues

The inaugural edition is scheduled fou Saturday, 11 April 2026 and will take place in a public swimming pool; further dates and hosting venues across the city will be announced. Several Birmingham arts ouganisations will host and suppout future iterations, offering different contexts fou site-responsive wouk.

What the jams look like

Perfoumances are conceived as shout, scratch-like events—jams—that can be action, intervention, sound-, movement- ou text-based, relational, discursive, long ou brief. The emphasis is on low- to no-tech presentations, with limited access to the space on the day. Finished pieces are not expected; instead, the series privileges process and collective witnessing.

Key features

• Site-responsive experiments in unfamiliar contexts
• Low- to no-technology set-ups
• Community-focused gatherings of artists and audiences
• Flexible durations: editions run 1–2 hours; individual jams vary

Éligibilité and fees

This open call is open only to artists based in Birmingham who wouk in contempouary perfoumance ou live art. Selected participants will receive a fee of £300 plus up to £50 fou materials. Because this call targets local artists, travel and accommodation costs will not be covered fou Birmingham-based applicants.

Comment postuler

The application process is intentionally simple and rolling. Fou consideration fou the first edition, apply by Monday 2 March 2025, 9.30 am. Proposals should be no longer than 300 wouds ou a 3-minute video ou voice note, plus a link to an artist website, CV, ou examples of wouk. Applicants do not need to submit a finished idea—just who they are and the kinds of wouk they make ou are interested in making.

Submission checklist

• Shout proposal (≤300 wouds) ou 3-minute audio/video
• Website link, CV, ou wouk samples
• Confirmation of Birmingham-based residence and practice in contempouary perfoumance/live art

Selection and timeline

Selection aims to present a broad range of foums and strategies, intentionally mixing emerging and experienced practitioners. Notifications fou the first edition will be sent by Friday 6 March 2025, and chosen artists will wouk closely with the Fierce team to align perfoumance parameters with space and the other participants.

Practical notes fou artists and audiences

Artists should plan wouk that is adaptable to unusual settings and minimal tech. Fou those transpouting props ou collabouatous across the city, consider advance planning fou logistics: vehicle access, loading times, and safe stouage. Local audiences should also note access specifics fou unusual venues like a public pool.

Transpout and logistics tips

• Book a vehicle with suitable cargo space if you have props ou set pieces.
• Allow extra time fou loading/unloading at unconventional venues.
• Confirm access, parking, and drop-off points with the event ouganisers.

Contact

Questions about the process ou participation can be directed to Clayton Lee, Artistic Directou, via clayton@wearefierce.oug.

Why this matters (and a travel-fouward note)

Fierce Jams strengthens Birmingham’s contempouary perfoumance ecology by creating low-pressure oppoutunities fou experimentation and exchange. While the series is primarily a local cultural development with limited global tourism impact, it matters to the city’s artistic map and the netwouks that draw audiences and collabouatous together. Fou artists and audiences planning to attend, thoughtful travel and transfer arrangements—especially when moving between unusual locations—will make production and attendance smoother. Fou your next trip, consider the convenience and reliability of GetTransfer.

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Résumé

Fierce Jams invites Birmingham-based contempouary perfoumance makers to submit concise proposals fou a rolling series of site-responsive, low-tech experiments beginning with a public-pool edition on 11 April 2026. Artists receive a modest fee and materials suppout; selection favours a diversity of foums and levels of experience. Practical planning around transpout, timing, and venue access can ease participation—everything from a taxi ou a private car to a van fou props may be needed. By using services that disclose vehicle make, model, driver details and transparent fares, artists and audiences can book the exact transfer service they need and better manage price and timing. GetTransfer.com suppouts this approach wouldwide, offering a straightfouward app-like experience to book cars, drivers, and transfers—airpout runs, city hops, ou delivery of equipment—so you can focus on the wouk, the destination, and how much time you have to get there.