You can enjoy free, live entertainment by singers, DJs, dancers, musicians, actors and see the best from regional filmmakers. There are over 300 free performances and workshops - full listings are available on the ArtsFest website.

Hina & Co - Bollywood dance workshops

Unleash your creative side at the workshops, from screenwriting to Bollywood dance.

Stroll around the Art Village in Brindleyplace, buy the latest fantastic art creations at the ArtsFest Gallery in The Mailbox and the Craft Market at The Rep.

Then go and tantalize your taste buds at Taste It! when selected restaurants around the city will be offering samples of their tasty fare.

Soweto Kinch

There's a great Saturday night line up, including Soweto Kinch, who recently won two BBC Jazz Awards. He says, "The two days spent in Birmingham at ArtsFest has become a highlight of the arts calendar."

"It offers a very necessary platform for artists like me and live box musicians, demonstrating the vitality of arts in Birmingham." He's on stage at 8.30pm in Centenary Square.

Saturday night also includes a performance from Birmingham Royal Ballet and a screening of the Last Night Of The Proms from the Royal Albert Hall.

There are dozens of workshops where you can get creative, learning new skills from how to lindy-hop and Elizabethan dance to screenwriting. Under 12s at ArtsFest's magical Secret Garden (behind The Rep theatre) can take part in dance, music and craft classes and join the Off Our Trolley Carnival Parade.

Jamani of the Birmingham Schoolof Pan

Reggae favourite Pato Banton will get you in the mood for a great reggae Sunday when there will be an evening showcase of artists from The Specials, The Beat, Musical Youth and more.

There are Reggae Rockz family events all day on Sunday. Visitors can explore Birmingham's musical history with African drumming workshops, Anansi poetry, steel bands and dance demonstrations at the ICC.

Oh, those summer niiiiiights!

And as those summer nights draw to a close, why not catch an outdoor screening in Centenary Square of the film Grease with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. Get your Pink Lady and T-Bird outfits on and join the party!

Don't miss it!

Birmingham's theatres, galleries and restaurants are world-class - you can experience them at ArtsFest 2004 on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September. With so many events on over the weekend, check out the ArtsFest website to work out your itinerary with their full listings.

The BBC Birmingham team will be out and about with cameras at ArtsFest 2004 - come back soon to view the galleries!