Hundreds of budding rock stars to play at concert

About 300 amateur musicians will perform at Brum Rocks on Sunday

Hundreds of budding rock stars will come together on Sunday to perform in a one-off concert in Birmingham.

The show, Brum Rocks, will see about 300 amateur musicians and singers performing at Forum Birmingham.

It is being organised by local charity Misfits Music which aims to break down social barriers and forge connections between people via creativity.

"It’s been a really ambitious project for us, the biggest project we've ever done as an organisation," said Rob Jones, artistic director.

Janet Booth, 71, has been attending workshops in the lead-up to the concert

In the run-up to the event, the charity ran a series of workshops for budding performers who wanted to take part.

"We've been in I think over 30 locations running workshops, and we've reached literally hundreds of people," Mr Jones told BBC Midlands Today.

Among the workshop attendees was 71-year-old guitar player Janet Booth, who said: "I really like the friendship here, and I love singing the songs, and I love music.

"I've really improved such a lot with my guitar, because I was just playing on my own at home."

Jasmine Gordosi, Birmingham's poet laureate, has created an anthem for the city

The musicians will perform popular rock hits, and Birmingham's poet laureate will perform a new anthem which she has created for the city.

"This anthem is called Brummie Steel, and it's all about Birmingham being a mixture - just like steel it's an alloy and it's stronger for it," said Jasmine Gordosi.