Murmuration: Culture Central Summit 2026
SAVE THE DATE & MEMBERS BOOKING OPEN
Date: Wednesday 18th March 2026
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Location: Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 22 Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BH
Culture Central in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) invite you to Murmuration – our 2026 Summit.
We’ve chosen the theme of murmuration, based on the patterns that starlings make in flight, as a way of thinking about the ecology of the cultural sector in the West Midlands. The theme of murmuration moves us away from ideas of fixed networks and hierarchy, towards a dynamic system, supportive leadership and collective ambitions.
In 2024 and 2025, we came together to collectively strategise culture and created ‘our plan’, a regional strategy for culture. Murmuration will focus on the actions we’ve taken from Collectively Strategising Culture, share our learning as a region, and learn from other sectors and places through the lenses of systems change and innovation.
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*Non members can register interest, tickets to be released on availability.