- The Heath Bookshop announce they will be staging the first ever Birmingham-based “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever” on York Road, Kings Heath on Sunday 27July at 2pm.
- The Birmingham Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever will be held to raise money for Birmingham based charities Anawim Anawim – Birmingham’s Centre for Women : Anawim and WE:ARE (Women’s Empowerment And Recovery Educators) Domestic Abuse Empowerment Programmes | WE:ARE Birmingham
- Tickets and instruction videos for the dance are available from https://linktr.ee/theheathbookshop
- Follow The Heath Bookshop on Facebook and Instagram @theheathbookshop to keep up to-date.
The Heath Bookshop, winner of the Independent Bookshop of the Year 2025, announce they will be staging the first Birmingham based “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever” on York Road in Kings Heath on Sunday 27 July at 2pm.
The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever is an event held at locations around the world where participants recreate the music video for Kate Bush’s iconic song ‘Wuthering Heights’ coming together to collectively perform the dance seen in the video (red dress version!).
The Birmingham Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever will be held to raise money for Birmingham Based charities Anawim Anawim – Birmingham’s Centre for Women : Anawim and WE:ARE (Women’s Empowerment And Recovery Educators) Domestic Abuse Empowerment Programmes | WE:ARE Birmingham
Participants will be asked to book a ticket and donate £5. Those who prefer to watch can come along to support and donate if they can.
Catherine from The Heath Bookshop said: “I am a huge Kate Bush fan and so when we opened the shop a friend beautifully upcycled a coffee table for us with a photo of Kate Bush and the pages of Charlotte Bronte’s Wuthering Heights covering it. Last year, I attended my first The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever in Miller Park in Preston, performing the iconic dance with hundreds of other people dressed as Kate Bush!
“It was a beautifully inclusive and moving event and raised a large amount of money for a charity helping women who are victims of domestic violence. I came back to Birmingham and suggested to Claire, the other owner of the shop, that we put one on in 2025 in Kings Heath to raise money for two Birmingham charities we have worked with before, Anawim and WE:ARE”.
Claire from The Heath Bookshop added: “We knew this would be a great event to hold in Birmingham and especially in Kings Heath as the local community support the many arts events that happen here and always support charity events. It seemed even more fitting that we should host a dance event since our employee, Abi, is also a dancer in her spare time! Each location that hosts the event have a video to teach participants the steps. We asked Abi if she’d be happy to learn the dance and to make a video to teach people that want to take part. She happily agreed and now we’re all ready to go!”
The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever events have previously taken place in locations such as Sydney, Copenhagen, Berlin, Folkestone, and Preston and typically take place in late July to coincide with Kate Bush’s birthday (30th July). This is a link to Folkestone 2024 Wuthering Heights Day | Folkestone 2024 | The official video – YouTube
Catherine continued: “One thing we do need a bit of help with is that we are looking for a donation of a stage large enough to hold a PA system and for us to be raised up to demonstrate the dance to participants on the day, if anyone is able to donate this, we would be really grateful! The event really is open to everyone, you can do as much or as little of the dance as you like and all ages, genders and abilities are welcome. You can go full Kate Bush with your costume or simply wear a bit of red as a nod to the red dress Kate wears in the video”.
Jess Phillips, Birmingham Yardley MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls) will be opening the event with a short speech.
The direct link for information and videos is at The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever Birmingham 2025
About The Heath Bookshop
The Heath Bookshop is an independent bookshop which opened in September 2022, located in Kings Court in the South Birmingham suburb of Kings Heath. They were announced as Winner of Independent Bookshop of The Year 2025 at the British Book Awards on 12th May 2025.
The Heath Bookshop welcomes everyone – offering a range of books in which the diverse local community can see themselves. Providing a friendly atmosphere to sit in amongst books enjoying an espresso coffee, a place to chat all things books and life!
Kings Court is a lovely courtyard area off the main high street. Home to successful eateries and a beautiful wine bar, it has a vibrant buzz, with people from the local area keen to support independent businesses.
The Heath Bookshop hold frequent author and related events and held the first The Heath Bookshop Literature and Music Festival in 2024 in partnership with the Hare & Hounds and How Brave is the Wren, supported using public funding by National Lottery through Arts Council England. The festival will be returning in 2026 again with NLPG funding through ACE.
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