{"id":97301,"date":"2025-05-13T06:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97301\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:05:12","slug":"sandwell-and-birmingham-vaisakhi-road-closures-in-place-for-weekend-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97301\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandwell and Birmingham Vaisakhi: Road closures in place for weekend event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vaisakhi parade on Sunday, May 18, will see thousands of Sikhs take to the streets of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/sandwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Sandwell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> to celebrate the birth of Sikhism.<\/p>\n<p>Vaisakhi is the celebration of the birth of the Bhalsa, which was founded in 1699 by the Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0bb8ae8f-e98d-45db-beae-cc0c5d60a3d4.jpg\"   alt=\"The Wolverhampton Vaisakhi parade saw thousands of people attend\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The Wolverhampton Vaisakhi parade saw thousands of people attend<\/p>\n<p>The the event, which is usually celebrated on April 13 and 14 each year, thousands of Sikhs and non-Sikhs take to the streets to celebrate the Sikh faith and culture, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/2025\/05\/04\/thousands-attend-wolverhampton-vaisakhi-mela-to-celebrate-community-and-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community and togetherness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandwell.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandwell Council<\/a> has announced a number of road closures, with many being in place throughout the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See below for the road closure and the times they will close and reopen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Smethwick &#8211; 10.20 to 3.30pm.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f6e876ac-9819-4a5d-90e2-80ee090caac6.jpg\"   alt=\"The event marks the birth of the Sikh identity\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The parade is a high ceremonial event that brings together the community each year<\/p>\n<p>B4169 High Street (A4030 High Street &#8211; St Paul\u2019s Road) \u2013 Both Sides\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>B4169 St Paul\u2019s Road (B4169 High Street &#8211; Fenton Street) \u2013 Both Sides<\/p>\n<p>Smethwick &#8211; 12pm to 7pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Booth Street, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p>Rabone Lane, Smethwick (Booth Street \u2013 Rolfe Street)<\/p>\n<p>Rolfe Street, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b905f014-126a-4a8f-9918-2e746a11b4c8.jpg\"   alt=\"Thousands turned out for the Wolverhampton Vaisakhi parade\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Thousands turned out for the Wolverhampton Vaisakhi parade<\/p>\n<p>Tollhouse Way, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p>New Street, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p>A4030 High Street, Smethwick (Tollhouse Way \u2013 Crocketts Lane)<\/p>\n<p>B4169 High Street, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p>St Paul\u2019s Road, Smethwick<\/p>\n<p>Rood End Road, Oldbury<\/p>\n<p>Tat Bank Road, Oldbury (Rood End Road \u2013 Popes Lane)<\/p>\n<p>Popes Lane, Oldbury<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham Road, Oldbury (Birmingham Street \u2013 Popes Lane)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vaisakhi parade on Sunday, May 18, will see thousands of Sikhs take to the streets of\u00a0Sandwell and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,379,12,12608,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-97301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-local-hubs","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sandwell","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114499022033751103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}