Enjoy this Christmas with Bitters N’ Twisted!
The Victoria December Events Festive speed quizzes on Weds 7th, 14th and 28th ! How much do you know about Christmas? £3 to enter, £2 for prize… Read more »
Deck The Halls at THSH This Christmas Season!
The Tallis Scholars join us for a Renaissance Christmas and a tiny Ladybird visits Town Hall this festive season; here are our pick of Christmas highlights guaranteed… Read more »
for-Wards Needs Brummies Help!
for-Wards is a large-scale, two-year project which will discover the sounds of Birmingham by working with composers and local communities. These sounds will then be used to… Read more »
Pick up some gorgeous handmade Christmas presents at the Etsy market
Pick up some gorgeous handmade Christmas presents at the Etsy market. The Etsy Made Local Christmas Market returns for its second year at the Custard Factory on… Read more »
The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music: Number Two
Second Electronic Music Festival comes to Birmingham! In March of 2017 the second ‘The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music’ takes place across four days and across… Read more »
Swingamajig festival returns to Birmingham on April 30th, 2017
Swingamajig festival returns to Birmingham on April 30th, 2017 Take a stroll under Digbeth’s atmospheric railway arches and discover an industrial wonderland of visual installations, provocative street… Read more »
Flatpack Film Festival 2017: Submissions for short films now open!
Flatpack are are now accepting submissions for short films for their eleventh edition of the festival. Last April Flatpack celebrated a decade of transforming Birmingham venues into… Read more »
Cathedral art project lights up communities
Birmingham Cathedral celebrates common values, making new connections through city-wide creative conversation. Project to celebrate common values, bring people together and create moments of reflection and wonder…. Read more »
What The Ladybird Heard – Live On Stage!
See Julia Donaldson’s farmyard adventure brought to life at Town Hall Birmingham this Christmas! Based on the award winning children’s book, What the Ladybird Heard will be… Read more »
Where to get Black Pasta this Black Friday!
November 2016 – Escape the hustle and bustle of Birmingham city centre this Friday, and head into the Jewellery Quarter for a black pasta dish, to celebrate… Read more »
Art Music and Bubbles at BM&AG in Twilight
BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY OPENS ITS DOORS IN THE TWILIGHT HOURS FOR AN EVENING OF ART, MUSIC AND BUBBLES THIS DECEMBER Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery… Read more »
New Tonic Designed For Those Who Don’t Like Tonic
The team at 40 St Paul’s Gin Bar are releasing their own tonic water today, which they believe will revolutionise the way we drink gin. They say… Read more »
HOUSE PARTY Presented by Flatpack and Project Birmingham
Hip-hop duo Kid ‘n Play feature as two high school students hoping to throw the ultimate house party, which will guarantee them popularity, fame and (of course)… Read more »
Punch Records’ BASS festival returns to Birmingham with HipHop360
Punch Records’ BASS festival returns to Birmingham with HipHop360. A series of events throughout the city featuring legendary artists who shaped the sound of a generation. HipHop360… Read more »
Reggae Legends UB40 to play Charity Gig for Children’s Hospital Charity
UB40 will perform a special concert in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s Star Appeal, as part of The Superhero Challenge. Thursday, November 17 at 7pm, Birmingham’s… Read more »
New Birmingham Based Record Label Launch
Brand new record label, EQ Recordings, are hosting a musical showcase to celebrate the best of Birmingham’s home-grown talents. Taking place from 8pm on Thursday 17 November… Read more »
DJ Jazzy Jeff Bass Festival review
Staying true to their reputation of commissioning some of the most original and authentic artists in the black music scene, Punch Records Kicked off their 11th BASS… Read more »
Premiere of BBC documentary White Vs Blacks How Football Changed A Nation
As part of the BBC Black and British Season, and BFI Black Star season, mac birmingham will host a premiere screening of Whites Vs Blacks: How Football… Read more »
Birmingham restaurant raises £2000 for victims of Italian Earthquake
With the help of its customers, Jewellery Quarter’s very own Pasta Di Piazza has successfully raised £2000, which will be donated to the Italian Red Cross. At… Read more »
Eastside Projects Winter Art Fair
Eastside Projects are thrilled to invite you to the 2016 Winter Art Fair. This lively two-day event will see the gallery filled with affordable artworks, artist books… Read more »
Elaine Paige Symphony Hall review by Amy Stutz
Queen of musical theatre brought a new UK tour titled “stripped back” to the Birmingham Symphony Hall this November. As probably the most respected lady in theatreland,… Read more »
Celebrate National Cappuccino Day with Cucina Rustica
To celebrate National Cappuccino Day, on Tuesday 8th November, Cucina Rustica will be offering free cappuccino’s for guests to enjoy when they open their doors at 11am…. Read more »
Bierkeller in Brum for Christmas Lillian Keen
The Bierkeller is set to open in Birmingham in just over a month making its arrival in time for Christmas. The Bierkeller is a unique German Bavarian… Read more »
Christmas Hamper Digbeth
After our sell out first year Digbeth Christmas Hamper is back! Birmingham’s oldest boozer is taking all the best bits of crimbo and rolling them into one…. Read more »
DJ Jazzy Jeff plays Lab11 for BASS ’16 Fest!
BASS festival returns to Birmingham with HipHop360. A series of events throughout the city featuring legendary artists who shaped the sound of a generation. HipHop360 celebrates every… Read more »
Festive Feast with a Difference in Birmingham
City centre bar, The Botanist is shaking up the traditional Christmas menu with a turkey version of its famous Hanging Kebab. The festive classic will be given… Read more »
A Sparkling Switch On in Edgbaston Village
Calthorpe Estates is getting the festive season off to a sparkling start with this year’s Edgbaston Village Christmas lights switch on. It’s set to take place on… Read more »
Tinsel + Tidings, Bar + Block’s contemporary Christmas menu
Tinsel + Tidings will be Bar + Block’s contemporary Christmas menu from 22nd November. Alongside their selection of high quality meat cuts and rotating steak specials on… Read more »
Key Tips on How to Turn Your Kitchen into A Calming Space
Does it ever occur to you what your visitors may think about your kitchen each time you invite them over for a snack? How do you actually… Read more »
10 Ridiculous Record Breakers from Birmingham
Birmingham is justifiably regarded as being one of the Great British cities. Apart from being the UK’s fourth most visited city, it boasts a couple of the… Read more »
Get your robes, Moseley Road Baths are open…
Moseley Road Baths are an incredible space to visit, the air inside is tinged with nostalgia, loss and hope – you could bottle it and call it… Read more »
DJ Jazzy Jeff and many more announced for Bass Festival 2016
BASS Festival is returning to Birmingham with a celebration of Hip Hop – the UK’s only Black Arts commissioning festival. BASS festival returns to Birmingham for its 11th year this… Read more »
Fifty Shades of Grey Fine Art Collection Launches in Brum
Author E. L. James collaborates with world-famous photographer and artist Raphael Mazzucco on new fine art limited edition collection Collection launches at Birmingham’s two Castle Fine Art… Read more »
Spook-tacular Halloween 90’s Night at Dares Bar!
This Saturday is a Spook-tacular Halloween 90’s Night. That’s right, they’re back for one night only this Saturday at Dares Bar in Amusement 13 (formerly DV8). Are… Read more »
The Old Crown Presents Trick and Treat!
Birmingham’s oldest haunt is celebrating Halloween the only way they know how, with one helluva FREE party. Cut up your bedsheets (ask your mum first obvs), plaster… Read more »
Strange Things are afoot this Halloween at The Night Owl
Everyone has fallen in love with 80s homage ‘Stranger Things’ the eerie show set in 1983 Indiana follows the disappearance of a young boy and stars Winona… Read more »
Mockingbird Bar to open dedicated Cinema following major reinvestment
The Mockingbird Cinema and Kitchen, based in the Custard Factory, will become a full-time cinema from November 18 – officially launching with the Warner Bros’ mega-release Fantastic… Read more »
Birmingham restaurant joins the fight in standing up to cancer
Manager of Cucina Rustica, Afif Akhtar has decided to donate £2 for every table served in the restaurant from Friday 21st October to Friday 25th November, to… Read more »
Halloween High Spirits at Bitters n Twisted Venues!
There’s a whole line up of spooky events at Bitters n Twisted venues this Halloween, details of the various goings on are listed below: The Victoria Friday… Read more »
Comedy Night for the UK Sepsis Trust
COMEDY NIGHT FOR THE UK SEPSIS TRUST £15pp WITH A MASSIVE £12 DONATED TO CHARITY ON FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER AT 19:30 THE COMEDY LOFT, BROAD STREET In… Read more »
Birmingham to celebrate Black cinema with BFI BLACK STAR screenings this autumn
As part of the British Film Institute (BFI) BLACK STAR season, some of the best films starring Black actors will be shown at mac birmingham, showcasing international… Read more »
The Birmingham Whisky Club Celebrates Its 5th Birthday
Since 2011 the club has built up a loyal following of 1000’s of whisky lovers, drank through 5,000 bottles of whisky over 200 different events, worked with… Read more »
Dares Bar Launch – Craft Beers, Cocktails and Live Music!
The guys at Amusement 13 Birmingham wanted a Craft Beer and cocktail offering in the newly refurbished venue and so they asked Dare’s. The Dares Pop up… Read more »
Town Hall Symphony Hall & Foyles to host Large Book Events
Following its branch opening at Grand Central last September, the bookselling mini-chain Foyles and Town Hall Symphony Hall have already confirmed three major events for autumn across… Read more »
Arts Listings Autumn 2016
Birmingham on Film 16 September – 15 October flatpackfestival.org Catch it before it finishes, a month of Birmingham-related archive screenings and film themed events from the Flatpack… Read more »
Kraftwerk make Symphony Hall Debut!
ELECTRO PIONEERS KRAFTWERK MAKE THEIR SYMPHONY HALL DEBUT! Birmingham date announced for June 2017 After their worldwide hugely successful 3-D concert tours, German electronic band Kraftwerk have… Read more »
Birmingham Classical Opens with Emerging Talent
Town Hall Symphony Hall’s Birmingham Classical season opens with a recital from its Rising Star Tamsin Waley-Cohen Renowned for the graceful beauty and poetic sensitivity of her… Read more »
Pasta di Piazza celebrates 21st anniversary with big Give-Away!
Pasta di Piazza celebrates 21st anniversary by giving away hundreds of bags of pasta in Birmingham City Centre which people can redeem for a free meal! September… Read more »
A Celebratory Weekend for Grand Central Shoppers
September 2016: – This weekend will mark one year since the launch of Grand Central – Birmingham’s most talked about shopping centre. To celebrate the first birthday,… Read more »
History Of Great Companies From Birmingham
Birmingham is one of the most important cities of United Kingdom. Situated in the West Midlands Region, it has been witness to many landmark movements during the… Read more »















































