When Birmingham was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games part of the wider offering to the city would be an arts festival to create even more reason for visitors to head to the second city. One of the strands for this festival was PoliNations which was described as “a supernatural celebration of colour, beauty and natural diversity that ends with a spectacular party”. Whilst all that sounds exciting we’re more concerned about the fact that the West Midlands Metro ran through the site giving some new photo opps! As Andy Walters discovered for us!
PoliNations ran between 2nd and 18th September in Victoria Square and saw thousands of plants brought to life with free tours, audio baths, live music and light shows.
Not much of PoliNations can be seen in this view as 37 arrives in Victoria Square heading to Edgbaston Village.
34 departs from Town Hall and heads through Victoria Square with part of the festival site in the background.
23 is seen approaching Town Hall on its way to Edgbaston Village. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 16th September 2022)