Spice up your life...

For four weeks in May (6th - 31st) the Eastern Electronic Festival brings some of the best British Asian talent to Birmingham with a wonderfully eclectic mix of events, exhibitions and gigs (a wallet/purse pleasing number of which are FREE!). Highlights include a showcase with rising star Swaati (May 8^th, 5.30pm at the Symphony Hall Cafe Bar), an exhibition celebrating 20 years of Asian Dub Foundation (good grief that makes me feel old...12^th-31^st May at The Drum), a canal boat trip in the company of spoken word poet Amerah Saleh, and singer songwriters Alisha Yasmin Kadir and Raju Mali plus a whole night stuffed full of live music (Oobleck/Alfie Birds 17^th May 9pm until the cock crows) featuring the wonderful Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee...simply one of the most extraordinary performers I’ve ever seen and possibly the only dude on planet earth (or anywhere else for that matter) to beatbox WHILST playing the flute. Trust me, it'll twist your melon. For full details...and there’s a heck of a lot going on...head over to the festival website.

Here’s a selection of vids to give you a bit of a flavour...