Soul Fire Sundays is our signature live-art, food and music event from Soul City Arts. For each. of these regular events, three guest visual artists from across the UK and beyond, are brought together and invited to paint on bespoke stages against a backdrop of DJ’d soundscapes and food from guest caterers.
The venue, a former-industrial unit in the heart of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, has been thoughtfully transformed into an artist studio and performance space for the modern era, creating a safe space for visitors to enjoy together.
Combined with street food from guest caterers such as Raja Monkey, Meat and Eat and gelato-kings La Pop, Soul Fire provides a unique offering of food and conscious art, and a chance for people from the myriad communities which make up our great city, to come together in a sharing of ideas and passions.
Thoughtful soundtracks, courtesy of our resident DJ, fill the space, whilst the audience is invited to draw and graffiti onto tabletops led by experienced graffiti-artist at GraffitiArtist.com.
Now in its tenth incarnation, Soulfire Sunday is a tried and tested event which brings people together through the power of art, music and food, and offers something for the whole family.
Visual artists are given centre-stage at Soulfire Sundays, where the art and live-painting is witnessed by all as it evolves throughout the day. The veil of the artist is lifted in an environment created for the audience to engage and interact with the artist like never before.
Visitors to the sessions are encouraged to take inspiration from the invited artists, and are guided through graffiti workshops to create their own work, scrawled on our walls and tabletops, and even creating their own canvasses which they can take home.
Soulfire Sundays has featured artists such as Carleen Desozer, Roo, Cryola, Lucy McLauchlan, Epod, Sok, Asia Alfasi, Tea One, Will Barras, Annatomix, Roots 0121, Zukie, Elph One and Soph Barras.
Launched before the Covid pandemic, Soulfire originally took place at the Moseley School of Art, but now has found a home at Soul City Art’s new and permanent venue, ‘Port Hope’, a converted warehouse space which acts as inspiration in itself, demonstrating how creativity can transform and repurpose forgotten spaces in our city.
Each event has a theme, from Sanctuary to Sacrifice, encouraging guest artists and visitors alike to produce art that has a purpose and a message that can resonate within the community and out into the wider populace, attempting to produce art that affects social change, making a difference to the lives of all people.
Soulfire Sundays are open to all, and a great place for families and friends to spend an afternoon, enriching the cultural harmony of our city, spreading positivity and purpose.
