Pop star to sing at Games volleyball venue

British singer Becky Hill will perform after the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games beach volleyball later today at the Smithfield site in the city centre.

She will perform at the end of the 14:30 session and the singer 's live set will be available exclusively to beach volleyball ticket holders.

The chart-topping singer is one of many performers taking part in the Birmingham 2022 Festival at the Smithfield site - home to the 3x3 basketball and wheelchair basketball as well as the beach volleyball.

Continuing the summer of sport, music and celebration of the many vibrant and diverse cultures across the Commonwealth, the festival programme is full of events that will bring sport and culture together, including a star-studded cast of live music, entertainment and special events.

One of two major festival sites hosted in Birmingham 's city centre - Smithfield and Victoria Square - the Smithfield site is hosting a festival of festivals with a different cultural partner taking to the specially commissioned three-sided Beacon Stage every day, as well as DJ sets and live performances to accompany the Games.

The festival fun will include Swingamajig, featuring the sounds and styles of the 1920s, DJs from BBC Asian Network, Selextorhood, who champion and empower women and gender minority DJs, MADE Festival, Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul, and Break Mission and Eric Scutaro.

They will all take turns to take over Smithfield 's Beacon Stage, entertaining the thousands of people expected to flock to the festival site. There will also be a closing dance party on Sunday - a special party for the final day of the Festival Site.