Birmingham City Students' Union Events

Big Welcome Fair: Day 1 (16/09/2026, 10:30)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:55:35 +0100

📢 All BCU students are welcome at our Fair, you will need to book a ticket below

Get ready for BCUSU's biggest welcome yet...

Meet your Officer Team 2026/27
Grab freebies
Play activities, and more

Here's what's on...

1. Eastside Park

Outdoor activites (to be announced soon)
Alpacas on campus

2. Curzon stage (Cardigan St)🎉

What to expect infront of Curzon Building...

Stage performances:

Hosted by: former Scratch Radio host, now BBC Radio 1 Presenter, Lauren Redfern [pictured right], and DJ Beats & Smiles
Performances from upcoming artists
DJ sets from local nightclubs (more info coming soon...)

Food vans/trucks:

More info coming soon...

3. Curzon Building

Stalls from some of your favourite brands

Atrium space/Curzon B study space:

Nando's
The Gym
Pure Gym
And many more to be announced...

C087:

Mixture of stalls including university support stalls

Quiet Room (C001)

Access the Quiet Room through the Library entrance

4. Gopsal St

Learn more about your Students' Union!

Follow us to to spin our wheel and win prizes (prizes include: free hot/soft drink at E&B, free meal deal or Roary pin badge
Collect Wall Planners and Union Guides

BCU Sport - meet BCU sport teams

BCUSU Campus Shop stall - BCU Hoodies (exclusive offer: £30 for Faculty hoodies)

Eagle & Ball - £2.50 mini pizzas and Capri Sun (until stocks last*)

Look out for helpers in blue t-shirts on the day, they'll be there to direct you!

*Photography will be taken at this event, please make yourself know to staff in cyan blue tshirts if you're not comfortable with your footage being taken

What does BCUSU's Big Welcome Fair look like? Watch our video from last year:

Book your tickets

Alpacas on campus (15/09/2026, 10:30)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:28:43 +0100

Our furry friends are back...

Thanks to our partners at The Phoenix Children’s Foundation, we’re giving you the chance to meet Alpacas on campus.

Drop by to the rear entrance of the Seacole Buidling to have your photo taken enjoy meeting our alpaca friends.

City South Social: more info

City South Social (15/09/2026, 10:30)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:14:14 +0100

Our City South campus take over...

Starting or returning to uni this September? Your Students' Union wants to give you a warm welcome to life at BCU!

Here's a look at what we'll be bringing to City South:

BCUSU stall

Pick up a Union Guide and chat with our Outreach Team about everything about your Students' Union, grab a Wall Planner to organise your term.

Free hot/soft drink (claim at The Social Kitchen or Eagle & Ball)
Free meal deal (claim at BCUSU Campus Shops)
A Roary pin badge

Meet societies

Why not join a society? Meet and engage with our society stalls to find out more on how you can join the community!

Alpacas on campus

Our furry friends are back on campus, come meet them at the rear entrance of the campus.

Partner Stalls

Grab freebies and exclusive discounts from our partner stalls...

Alpacas on Campus (16/09/2026, 10:30)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:33:47 +0100

Our furry friends are back.

Thanks to our partners at The Phoenix Children’s Foundation, we’re giving you the chance to meet Alpacas on campus.

Visit Eastside Park (in front of Parkside Building) to take a photo and feed the alpacas.

BCU Go Green Week Fair (27/10/2026, 10:00)

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:56:43 +0100

Sustainability at BCU

BCU Go Green Week Fair (26/10/2026, 10:00)

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:52:36 +0100

Sustainability at BCU

Sustainable Societies Fair (29/10/2026, 10:00)

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:05:53 +0100

For societies:

Big Welcome Party (13/09/2026, 17:00)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:48:17 +0100

Congrats, you've made it to uni...

Birmingham is one of the youngest cities in Europe and is the perfect place to be a student - start things off right at your SU pub

Join our Big Welcome Party at Eagle & Ball, the perfect chance to meet other Freshers during moving-in weekend. We'll have music and student priced drinks all night, with a DJ livening up the party from 7:30pm

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Society Leader Training (In Person) (02/09/2026, 13:00)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:02:04 +0100

Eagle and Ball Summer Menu! (01/06/2026, 00:00)

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:26:03 +0100

Drinks & Food deals

Halloumi Fries - £5.95 (Light Bites)

2-pint steins

Birra Moretti -£8

Wingman IPA - £8

Carling - £6.5

Doom Bar - £7

Thatcher Fusion - £7

Thacthers Gold _ £6.5

Guinness - £8

Madri - £7

Beavertown Neck Oil - £8

https://www.eagleandball.co.uk/menu/

Watch World Cup games live in E&B*

*Selected weekday fixtures only