New Made Festival plan announced after Birmingham weekender scrapped
Made Festival will no longer be a weekend-long event but instead a series of day parties, starting with a Fish56Octagon headline set
A Birmingham music festival that scrapped its weekend-long annual event has revealed the plan for its new series of daytime parties.
Made Festival has six events scheduled for between May and September in order to continue 'showcasing incredible music, art and local talent' in Birmingham.
The festival ran for 11 years in venues across the region including Sandwell Valley, Perry Park and in Digbeth.
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It's day-long events will take place in Digbeth, which Made Festival says is its 'spiritual home'.
The festival has teamed up with promoters Weird Science for the 'festival-style' shows, starting on May 31 when Fish56Octagon will kick things off at Digbeth Arena.
The 'epic daytime journey through quality dance music' will run from 4pm until 10:30pm and tickets are priced from £10.
Passes to the show go on presale at 9:56am on Thursday, March 20, with general sale passes available from 9:56am on Friday, March 21.
Made Festival says that it has a line-up of 'some of the biggest names across genres in electronic music' planned for the series.
The show on May 31 will be social media star DJ Fish56Octagon's biggest headline show to date and he plans to deliver his 'Undercurrents' festival expereince.
Made Festival shared a lengthy statement about why it would be 'pivoting' from its weekend-long model, which you can read in full here.
Announcing the summer series, organisers said: "Following a wave of significant UK festival cancellations and the unprecedented challenges faced by promoters in 2025, Made has pivoted to a series of one-day experiences that will follow in the footsteps of the annual festival that has welcomed more than 150,000 partygoers over the last 11 years.
"Together with Weird Science, this bold move enables MADE to continue its support of music, arts, and culture and underlines its commitment to continue to provide a platform to showcase the West Midlands’ hottest rising talent alongside industry-leading names."