Europe's largest showcase of New Generation Talent, returns for its second year, as it takes place over two weeks in Birmingham this month.

New Generation Arts Festival is co-ordinated by the University of Central England in Birmingham, set up to showcase up-and-coming artistic talent emerging from various areas and backgrounds of Birmingham. The aim of NGA is to build a nationally recognised festival providing top quality graduates and emerging stars a professional platfrom from which to showcase their work.

The festival covers numerous forms of creative arts, including Dance, Performing Arts, Creative Writing, Fine Arts, Design, Fashion, Animation & Film, along with Music.

The music covered by this festival covers mainly Classical and Jazz events, from Chamber Orchestras to Electronic fused Jazz and everything in between.

All events are covered in our listings, here is a breif run of events