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This is your last chance to claim our early bird offer on your Christmas Party booking for 2022. Confirm your Christmas Party at Millennium Point by 29th July 2022 and we’ll upgrade your package to include complimentary prosecco for every table. Beat the heatwave by looking ahead to cooler times and a crisp bottle of prosecco with your name on it. This offer applies to both our exclusive and shared party.

Have a night to remember this Christmas for your exclusive private party

Give your guests the VIP treatment with our Exclusive Christmas Party package. The package comes with a delicious two-course Christmas banqueting menu, DJ, and private bar with all the trimmings.

Guests will be treated to an arrival drink under dazzling 39ft Christmas tree. After you have finished, take your seat for your sumptuous two-course Christmas dinner. If you have room for more, you can upgrade to a three-course meal for just an extra £5 per head.

Tables will be dressed in stylish centre pieces with a luxury cracker and associated novelties for each guests to enjoy. Prefer a personal touch? Light up the space with brand colours, with the option to bring your own centre pieces to really make the space your own. Later, guests can party on the dancefloor with our resident DJ and take full advantage of the private fully licenced bar.

For guests that want a bigger experience, our events team are always happy to help discuss bespoke packages. Why not book our big Auditorium space as an additional extra, previously an IMAX cinema, now one of the biggest screens in Birmingham. Perfect for hosting awards, having a presentation, or treat your staff to a festive film.

The Exclusive Christmas Party package is suitable for party sizes of 70-200, enquire now.

For smaller teams, Millennium Point has you covered with our shared Christmas Party

Taking place at our award-winning Birmingham city centre venue on Saturday 10th December, this package includes a three-course dinner and a fully licenced bar. Throughout the night enjoy all the festive classics while you dance the night away on the dancefloor.

Tickets just cost £40 +VAT, this is a great event to attend without having to break the bank. Tickets are sold by the table (minimum of 8 tickets). Book your table now.

Whichever you choose, you can be assured that you and your guests will receive outstanding hospitality, which is big on quality without maxing the company card. Find out more about our Christmas packages here.

A menu worth talking about

Our new Christmas menu is sure to leave guests more than satisfied, with vegan, gluten free and other alternatives available, there is something for everyone this festive season.

Start off with a mushroom & sage ragout, served with garlic rubbed sourdough crostini. Choose between traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings or go for a butternut squash, ricotta & spinach filo parcel, seasonal greens, and a find herb cream sauce. If you have room for all, finish the meal off with a baked vanilla cheesecake & mulled berries.

Find out more about our Christmas menu here.

Early bird gets the prosecco

Confirm your Christmas party at Millennium Point by 29th July 2022 and we will upgrade your package to include complimentary prosecco for every table. Meaning you can truly bring in the Christmas cheer with your team.

In addition, the person who books the event will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Amazon voucher.

Terms and conditions can be found here.

Our Christmas Tree makes the perfect selfie backdrop

Our 39ft Christmas tree is put together by Christmas experts The Christmas Decorators. It takes a team of 5 installers and a team of 7 decorators, to prepare the branches and baubles. The Christmas tree takes around 10 hours to complete. With good reason too as there are over 21,000 lights and 1,500 baubles to set up!

We boast one of the largest indoor Christmas trees in Birmingham at 12 metres tall. It’s also accompanied by two nutcrackers giving visitors lots of opportunities to snap a festive selfie.

Make your event sparkle when booking with Millennium Point

Choose Millennium Point to book your event with our beautiful 39ft tree on display to give your event the wow factor at no additional cost. Our multi-award-winning venue has 11 versatile spaces to choose from ensuring the perfect space is offered for your event.

If you have something in mind our friendly events team have over 40 years in events experience and are happy to help. Get in contact for any questions you may have with our team.

Find more interesting content from Millennium Point over at our news section, or follow us for daily updates on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn with @MillenniumPoint. Millennium Point is a landmark public building and multi-award-winning events venue in the Eastside of Birmingham City centre. Profits from our commercial activity are invested by the Millennium Point Charitable Trust into projects, events and initiatives which support the growth of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and education in the West Midlands.

Are you looking to book an event and love a good Summer sale? If so you’ve come to the right place. Book an event for September at our award-winning venue and get 20% off your room hire. We’ll also throw in a complimentary round of tea and coffee on us. Simply use the code MPSUMMER22 on our enquiry form.

What does Millennium Point offer?

Our venue is equipped with 11 versatile event spaces, ranging from outdoor networking spaces to one of Birmingham’s biggest screens. Whatever your event needs, we have you covered, our friendly events team are on hand to help you all the way, ensuring your event will be a winner.

If you’ve got an event in mind, don’t hesitate to fill out our short form below and our team will give you a call back.

Make a big impression on our giant screen

Accommodating up to 354 delegates, our Auditorium is just what you need for making that big impression. Along with having one of Birmingham’s biggest screens, this space offers high tech AV (with on-site support), LED lighting, a newly refurbished performance stage and branding opportunities.

We also offer affordable Virtual and Hybrid packages available in the Auditorium.

The big question you’re probably wondering is what event types are suitable for this space? Well we are pleased to say our Auditorium can cater for a large range of events including conferences, lectures, product launches, AGM’s, award ceremonies, film screenings and much more.

Take a virtual tour here.

Dress and lay out our Platform space any way you want

Directly below our Auditorium takes you to Platform, an incredibly versatile event space that can be dressed and laid out any way you want.

This space is perfect for receptions, launches, banquets, fund raisers, award ceremonies and much more, giving you the open and spacious feel that a conventional meeting room doesn’t have.

Take a virtual tour here.

Flexible interconnected conference suites

Experience a truly flexible approach to conferences and meetings with our Connect event suite. Accommodating up to 100 delegates, this interconnected space offers three rooms equipped with the latest AV and presentation facilities, making it the perfect solution for hosting meetings, conferences, workshops, training days and away days.

Take a virtual tour here.

Help support STEM in the region by booking with us

Help support STEM in the region and widen your CSR just by booking an event at Millennium Point. Commercial profits from our multi-award-winning events business and landmark public building go towards our charitable trust. The Millennium Point Charitable Trust reached a landmark £30m in STEM support to organisations across the West Midlands over the last seven years.

Millennium Point have once again teamed up with innovative event specialists The Wine & Events Company to present a fun and unique showing of the classic all-American romantic musical comedy Grease, alongside four themed cocktails and a very big screen.

Tickets are just £35.95 per person for this singalong movie classic with four themed cocktails included and a truck full of fun from Tony and his fellow ‘T-Birds’.

Our Grease with Cocktails party at Millennium Point takes place at 7pm on Saturday 17^th September on Birmingham’s biggest screen with a state-of-the-art sound system, to really get your motor started.

Need more convincing? Well, this show will be systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic – Why, it’s guaranteed to be Greased Lightnin’!

Grab tickets from Eventbrite before they sell out!

Summer heat, boy and girl meet

Experience the friendships, romances, and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. welcome to the singing and dancing world of ‘Grease’, the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?

Grease

‘They call me Cha Cha because I’m the best dancer at St Bernadette’s’ – You after cocktails… probably

Tickets are priced at £35.95 per person (plus Eventbrite fees) and you’ll get more than just a film screening!

Grease on a very BIG screen:

Hosted in our giant screen auditorium – previously the regions biggest and best IMAX—Our host Tony ‘Zuko’ Elvin from film geeks The Wine & Events Company will be providing entertainment and movie trivia throughout. For example, do you know the cast chewed about one hundred thousand pieces of bubble gum during the shoot?

Along with all of this, the film will be paused at intervals so you can enjoy four themed cocktails.

Our movie and cocktail events are not to be missed!

Check out one of our last ones of the eighties classic Dirty Dancing below. Guests had the time of their lives with a live band, themed cocktails, and movie trivia with host Tony Elvin. To keep up to date with all our current events please click here.

Tickets are selling out fast, so, grab your Danny or your Sandy, your T-Birds or Pink Ladies, and prepare to spend a perfect September ‘Summer Night’ at Millennium Point.

Getting to Millennium Point

Millennium Point is in the Eastside of Birmingham City Centre just 5-minutes’ walk from Moor Street and 15-minutes from Grand Central and the tram. There is also limited parking on-site which means we’re easy to find regardless of how you travel. For more information please click here.

A panel of keynote speakers which includes former 5,000m world record holder David Moorcroft OBE, Commonwealth gold medallist Adam Whitehead and Dr Emily Hoodless, Consultant Physician, head up an afternoon of networking and discovery at Millennium Point, where businesses can meet like-minded businesses and discover the exciting STEM opportunities in the world of sport.

The SciSport Showcase on July 7th, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, forms part of a day of activity funded by the Millennium Point Charitable Trust at the landmark Millennium Point building, which is in association with the ‘United by Birmingham 2022’ programme welcoming the Commonwealth Games to Birmingham this summer.

SciSPORT – Showcasing the importance of STEM in Sport

Millennium Point’s “SciSport Showcase” will welcome more than 1,000 school children from 28 schools across the region to participate in a range of thrilling activities, workshops and talks delivered by a host of organisations and personalities from the world of science and sport.

Abbie Vlahakis, CEO of Millennium Point, commented: “This SciSport event is a perfect example of why we do what we do – to promote STEM across the region and increase the opportunities for the next generation via some of the most exciting career paths available.

“STEM careers run throughout sport – from physiologists and nutritionists to sports equipment designers and groundspeople. We hope this event will give children a small insight into the amazing opportunities that are on offer to them.”

Network with likeminded individuals

Businesses can register for the free afternoon event here by emailing [email protected]

We are excited to announce the Millennium Point Events team have grown! We caught up with new member Marie-Claire to see how she’s settling in at Millennium Point so far.

With over 40 years combined event experience the Events team are always happy to help you plan your next event. Get in touch, we can’t wait to talk to you!

Marie-Claire is no stranger to conferences having worked in two different venues and has over 16 years’ experience of event and hospitality.

Now you have been at Millennium Point a couple of weeks, have you got a favourite event space yet?

Marie-Claire – ‘The Auditorium and Platform! There is nowhere else in the Midlands that is comparable to the Auditorium. The Auditorium is so impactful and offers such a range of technical provisions for clients. Platform looks like it belongs on a spaceship, and I like the different aspects of the space and that is manages to blend itself perfectly to all event types. I have never seen a space transform so much from an exhibition to an awards ceremony so effectively.’

Vik, the Event Sales Manager, adds ‘I couldn’t agree more! The giant screen creates the wow factor, and it offers clients a great alternative to a traditional cabaret layout. However, I would add that our space Connect has versatility which makes it a client favourite for a breadth of smaller events. from board and team meetings right through to workshops, training and away days.’

Millennium Point has a range of versatile event spaces, suitable for any event. Take a look at our available spaces on our website.

What’s your favourite part of events?

Marie-Claire – ‘I love working with new people and the fact that every day and every event is different. Events can be though-provoking and challenging but never boring.’

What’s your dream event you wish you could plan?

Marie-Claire – ‘yet to plan a large-scale exhibition and although this wouldn’t be a ‘dream’ event for me to plan it would certainly be something new and exciting for me.

Want to book with Millennium Point?

You can get in touch with Marie-Claire and the rest of our events team weekdays online or on the phone at 0121 202 2200.

We’re shining a light on local STEM projects and activities as part of our objective to champion the growth of STEM and education in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Join Tenstar and Fellowship of Gaming this half-term where kids can go do creative tasks and activities on Minecraft: Education Edition.

The event will take place on the 30^thMay till 1^st June 2022, 10am – 2:30pm. No need to teleport to the Nether either for this event, as it will all be held completely online.

Tickets start from £25 and can be bought here.

All about Tenstar and Fellowship of Gaming

Tenstar is a fun and inclusive esports organisation that is driven by passion and desire to become a new global leader within the industry.

Fellowship of Gaming believe that education should be accessible, engaging, and all-inclusive. They use digital tools such as Minecraft: Education Edition, their tutors and educators create a digital space to learn coding, English, and graphic design.

Grab your shovel, wood planks & diamonds in Minecraft

Join Tenstar at the most exciting half-term boot camp and learn from real online creatives and gaming professionals.

Using various gaming titles including Minecraft: Education Edition their industry specialists will go through a structured learning programme designed to build confidence and develop key skills. They will guide and coach through a range of creatives tasks and activities, with live online mentors and coaches giving the out the best digital experience.

All delivered from the comfort of your own home. Zero hassles with pick-up and drop-offs, packed lunches, and interruptions to your day. The bootcamp is suitable for children 7yrs – 13yrs and loves gaming, community, learning through play and wants to be a part of a safe and inspiring environment.

About Minecraft: Education Edition

Camps, clubs & after-school programs are using Minecraft: Education Edition to engage learners in STEM and coding. It can provide creative problem-solving challenges, collaborative learning, and e-sports.

The game has features built specifically for learning environments to supports and promotes key 21^st century skills that prepare students for the future workplace including creativity, problem solving and critical thinking.

Book your child’s space now and learn something brilliant this half-term

The event will take place on the 30^th May till 1^st June 2022, 10am – 2:30pm. Taking place virtually there is no need for drop-offs/ pick-ups. Tickets start from £25 and can be bought here.

The event saw digital employers including Goldman Sachs, Avanti West Coast, Pinsent Masons and Intercity Technology meet with 165 young women from schools across the West Midlands, at an event designed to raise awareness of careers in digital and technology, and in turn help improve diversity and encourage social mobility in the sector.

Following the success of three previous #GirlTechWM events funded by Millennium Point Trust and delivered by Ahead Partnership, this year’s event took place at Millennium Point in Birmingham on 29 April and saw 12-14 year-olds from 11 secondary schools across the region meet face-to-face with female role models working at organisations that employ digital talent. For many students this was the first opportunity to meet employers in person since the start of the pandemic.

Throughout this exciting tech and digital careers experience day, the young women had the opportunity to hear inspiring guest speeches from professionals including Jennifer Wait from Goldman Sachs and Amy Elliot, placement coordinator at SUMO Digital. The students also got involved in interactive workshops where they were able to ask questions to professionals already succeeding in roles like Senior Business Analyst, Placement Programmer and Chief People Officer, and a large scale challenge hosted by Avanti West Coast.

After learning about the different roles available to them and the skills required to succeed, 95% of the female students that attended said that they understood what skills they need to get into digital following the event. Meanwhile, the number of young women interested in digital careers following the event was an impressive 87%.

Stephanie Burras CBE, chief executive of Ahead Partnership, said:

“Our #GirlTech events are extremely popular and effective, with volunteers from a diverse range of businesses and organisations keen to get involved, share their experiences and promote the opportunities available within the digital and tech sector to young women beyond school.

“Our recent West Midlands event at Millennium Point was a great success; the feedback that we have received shows that the students found it really informative and the wide range of organisations involved demonstrates the real breadth of opportunity available to those hoping to thrive in a digital career. We targeted the event at young women in years eight and nine to help them apply their learning from the day when making their GCSE subject choices, and the students reported that #GirlTechWM has really helped to equip them with the knowledge and confidence to pursue their own paths in this thriving sector.”

Abbie Vlahakis, Chief Executive of Millennium Point Trust, also commented:

“#GirlTechWM is a really important initiative; we’re proud to work with Ahead Partnership to bring so many employers and young women together for a day of careers learning and inspiration.

“The event is always a fantastic opportunity for young women to meet with and learn from inspiring female role models pursuing successful careers in digital and technology – but it’s also a really rewarding experience for the businesses involved, enabling volunteers to make a meaningful contribution while showcasing the opportunities available for young women looking to succeed in tech roles at their own organisations.”

Sponsored by Millennium Point Trust, #GirlTechWM was free for schools to attend. Businesses involved in the wide range of activities taking place throughout the day were Avanti West Coast; Pinsent Masons; Sumo Digital; Goldman Sachs; Intercity Technology; Spica; Lanchester Archive; Allianz; SES Engineering; BAM Construction; and InMoment.

Following the success of three previous #GirlTechWM events Millennium Point Trust, this year Ahead Partnership are delivering the experience for female students in year 8 and 9 in person at Millennium Point on Friday 29^th April 2022.

The day-long experience will see young people from across the West Midlands take part in interactive workshops, guest speeches and a hackathon, to meet and ask female role models in the tech industry their questions, as well as give them a hands-on experience of what working in this sector is all about. The even is free for schools to attend and businesses to get involved.

This year there will also be activities for young people (male and female) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) after the event on 29^th April.

To find out more information on how you can get your school involved, find out more information here.

Who is Ahead Partnership?

For the last 15 years Ahead Partnership has been helping businesses of all sizes and sectors to deliver social value projects that overcome inequality, promote opportunity, and deliver positive change within society.

Ahead Partnership is a purpose-driven business that reinvests surpluses into its programmes. They believe that it takes the combined resources of business, public and community partners to build a successful and resilient society where everyone, regardless of their background, can flourish.

Why is #GirlTechWM important?

Having events like #GirlTechWM raise awareness of other careers that students might not have been aware of. Having proper representation and exposure makes a real difference and changes career aspirations.

Last #GirlTechWM events have showing excellent results in improving awareness. Ahead Partnership wrote how a past event encouraged a 155% increase. ‘Seeking to initiate real change, activity was targeted at Year 8 students and focused on reaching out to young people of typically underrepresented demographics in the sector before they make important decisions about their future pathways. Successfully raising awareness and promoting interest in technology careers, the event encouraged a 155% increase in the number of students that were now considering working in digital compared to before the event.’

How can your organisation get involved?

Your organisation can take part at no charge, and getting involved can help your organisation:

Reach young people with the latest information and inspiration on careers in tech and digital.
Promote your employer brand to the next generation of tech superstars.
Improve diversity and demonstrate your commitment to inclusion.
Encourage social mobility.
Provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for your team’s development and wellbeing.

There are a range of ways in which volunteers can get involved, from being a guest speaker or panellist through to joining us to create and deliver interactive workshops.

Email [email protected] to discuss how your organisation can get involved.

Want to book with Millennium Point?

For further information about the event, charity or venue please get in contact with our team.

We’ve launched our new and improved venue and catering brochures, brimming with all the right information you need to make your event first class. We review our collateral on a regular basis to ensure our multie-award winning event service remains current and competative. Read on for what’s new below, and get in touch with our team to see why you should make your next event a Millennium Point event.

All your event needs in one place!

Our new and improved venue brochure has all your event needs in one place. Learn about all 11 of our flexible event spaces, suitable for almost any event, from purpose built meeting suites to a newly upgraded giant screen Auditorium perfect for conferences right through to esports tournaments. The brochure gives you an overview of each space, their capabilities and special features. The brochure also includes new eye catching photography, giving you a real sense of what our award-winning venue is all about.

Want to get a first look? Click below to download your copy.

Check out our new sustainable catering menu

We are excited to launch our new catering menu, which is full of tasty choices perfect for your next event. Our mission is to make our catering options as sustainable as possible. Our newest menu is our most sustainable yet, with a higher range of veggie options and where possible we use locally sourced ingredients.

Click below to read our full catering menu.

Help support STEM in the region by booking with us

Millennium Point always has something going on!

Keep up to date with the latest Millennium Point news and events. We can’t wait to welcome you to our landmark building!

Here at Millennium Point we’re proud to call Eastside our home. Our corner of Birmingham city centre is bursting with activities, culture, and more.

Struggling for Easter plans? We’ve put together all the eggciting things Eastside has to offer over the bank holiday weekend from family activities to places to grab a refreshing pint.

For the family

Fancy going on a scientific journey of discovery? Plan a visit to the award-winning Thinktank Science Museum. Explore space by visiting the Planetarium, where the theatre is under a dome, specially designed to help you explore astronomy, space and the night sky. Have fun in MiniBrum, and don’t forget to head outside to the Science Garden, which is packed full of surprises and fun activities for the whole family. Visit their what’s on page to find out more about any special events they have planned this Easter weekend.

Eastside City Park opened in 2012. It was the first major, new city centre park in Birmingham for more than 130 years. With benches and picnic tables, it’s the perfect place to grab some food and have a picnic.

Fancy a drink?

There are some excellent choices of pubs in Eastside, whether you just want a pint, or some food there will be a space by the bar for you.

The Woodman is a lovingly restored Victorian pub at the heart of Birmingham’s Eastside Park. Pop in for some quality beer & hearty food in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, just 5 minutes from Birmingham’s main train and bus stations. They also have a great beer garden to enjoy the sun in, just don’t forget to say hello to the resident pub cat!

Another authentic Victorian pub on the other side of Eastside Park is The Eagle and Ball. Ran by BCUSU, but open to all, it’s a proper public house! There’s something for everyone to enjoy on their food and drinks menu and entertainment nights. Also, they sell the cheapest coffee on campus and have different deals every day. Every penny you spend also goes back into the Students’ Union at BCU. Although rumour has it, it’s a little haunted, it is still one to visit!

Looking for a pub in Birmingham where chilling out with friends and enjoying the good things in life like beer, burgers, and sport on TV are the order of the day? Well, The Gosta Green is the pub for you. The pub also has pool table, and a beer garden to hang out in. Keep an eye out for their legendary yearly Wrestlemania night which is definitely one to book Monday morning off for.

For the coffee connoisseurs

Millennium Point is the home of authentic Italian food experts based on level 2. Open from 8am – 5pm, Mulino is owned by the Brummie favourite Laghi’s Deli, so expect to find a tantalising selection of delicious pizzas, bakery items and more.

Keep up to date with Millennium Point’s Events

Although Gaia may be over, we’re starting to plan our next big event! Keep up to date with out What’s On. Whether our clients’ events, or our own, there’s always something going on at Millennium Point.

If you’re visiting out landmark public building over the holidays, don’t forget to share your experience on social media and tag @millenniumpoint on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!