Details of the Citywide Birmingham Disability Festival, hosted by BMet College and Aston University on Saturday 4 July, have been announced.

Created by Birmingham Disability Festival Committee, this FREE event showcases a wide range of disabled talent through performances, sport, interactive games and disabled business owners and aims to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the UK’s second city.

Birmingham Disability Festival has announced that, from 2026 onwards, an Inclusive Walk will officially join the festival programme, marking a major milestone in the city’s celebration of Disability Pride Month. The Inclusive Walk will take place between 12 pm and 4 pm during the festival, beginning with an inclusive warm-up at 12 pm before participants take part in an accessible route around Aston University Lake in Birmingham city centre.

The festival Committee welcome this addition as “a powerful next step in our mission: creating space where disabled people can take up public space together, unapologetically and proudly, in the heart of Birmingham.”

The Birmingham Disability Festival & Inclusive Walk - the city’s only disability-led, citywide celebration—remains a free, fully accessible event showcasing disabled talent, culture, creativity, and community leadership. Since its inception, the festival has centered on lived experience, visibility, and joy, and the introduction of the Inclusive Walk strengthens this commitment.

The Inclusive Walk will offer a welcoming, accessible route designed with disabled people at the forefront. It will celebrate mobility aids, carers, families, neurodivergent communities, and everyone who contributes to the richness of disability culture. Participants are invited to join for all or part of the walk in a relaxed, supportive and celebratory environment.

More than simply a walk, the event is a public celebration of disability pride, visibility and belonging — creating space for disabled people to be seen, heard and celebrated in the heart of the city.

The Inclusive Walk will take place around Aston University Lake on a wide, accessible paved route ranging from approximately 4–8 metres in width.

Participants can take part at their own pace, whether completing one lap or multiple laps throughout the afternoon. Approximately 5 laps of the route equate to around 1 kilometre in total distance, with each lap taking around 8 minutes at a gentle pace.

The route will be stewarded by approximately 4 to 5 marshals to help support participants throughout the walk.

Attendees are welcome to join for part or all of the walk, making the event flexible and inclusive for wheelchair users, mobility scooters and aids, carers, families, neurodivergent participants and allies.

The 2026 festival will continue to offer a vibrant programme of activities inspired by previous years’ success. The festival showcases “a wide range of disabled talent through performances, sport, interactive games and disabled business owners” and provides “essential resources to empower disabled people to thrive in their future life.”

Key features include:
- Live performances from disabled artists, musicians, and dance groups
- Inclusive sports and games such as boccia, wheelchair basketball, blind football pickleball, volleyball, and more
- Workshops including nature and wellbeing sessions delivered by Ways for Wellbeing UK CIC and BMet College
- A dedicated marketplace featuring disability led and disability confident organisations, creators, and businesses
- Cosy Sofa Chats, facilitated by Andrew Bull, with speakers including Nadia Johnstone-Smith, Charlotte Berisford, and others
- Roving reporting from our social media partners University College Birmingham
- Play Zone for Adults and children featuring a bouncy castle and creative fun games and circus skills.

The Citywide Birmingham Disability Festival & Inclusive Walk is FREE to attendees and takes place at BMet College Matthew Boulton College Campus, 1 Jennens Road, Birmingham B4 7PS (near to Millennium Point) on Saturday 4 July between 11 am and 6 pm and is fully accessible.

Free parking at Millennium Point car park is available for blue badge holders. Whether travelling by train, bus, tram or car, please check for delays, cancellations or road closures ahead of your journey.

Although the event is FREE, attendees will need to register for a ticket.  For more information and to register your attendance, please click on the Eventbrite link here.