Debut EP from Delta ∆utumn released by Flood Studio
∆utumn, the self-titled debut EP from rising live UK act Delta ∆utumn released by Flood Studio, is available now on iTunes and streaming platforms. Smashing hip hop,… Read more »
Flatpack Presents Dudley Castle Film Night!
Dudley Zoological Gardens has teamed up with Flatpack to present DUDLEY CASTLE AFTER DARK. For the first time ever, the famous Dudley landmark will be transformed into… Read more »
‘Hard Time Bus’ showing + Q&A at mac
Birmingham Filmmakers Take Feature Film ‘Hard Time Bus’ on Tour Birmingham, UK – 27th June 2016 –Award-winning director Dean Charles, teams up once again with fellow Birmingham… Read more »
Filmwire July 2016
After a slightly bruising week, we hope that the contents of this email offer some balm for your soul, food for thought, or perhaps even a job…. Read more »
The Word Lounge at The Hippodrome
“The Word Lounge – A brand new cabaret performance with spoken word, dance, original songs and drama, created and performed by individual young people. Performances Saturday 2… Read more »
Digbeth First Friday 1st July
This Digbeth First Friday is bound to get those creative juices flowing! Start your evening at the Jubilee Centre with a new exhibition at Showcase Gallery then… Read more »
Local Talent Needed to work with WSTRN & Tim Westwood
Capital XTRA’s Music Potential funded by Big Music Project is back for 2016! This year Birmingham sees the return of a unique programme tailored for up and… Read more »
Arts listings Summer 2016 by Sally W-Jones
As we enjoy the usual British summer (half an hour of hot weather that leads to the more adventurous among stripping down to the least clothing possible… Read more »
Shock & Gore 2016 listings
Shock & Gore 2016 launch night: The Shining (15) at Highbury Hall Friday 8th July 7pm and midnight £18 all tickets Opening the sixth year of the… Read more »
FILMWIRE Newsletter June 2016
Welcome to a new monthly roundup of film happenings in the middle of the country. Regular Flatpack subscribers may recognise it as a descendant of the listings… Read more »
Sunday Xpress at The Edge in Digbeth
Sunday Xpress – June 26 – Doghouse/Giant-Elf-Fist/Beyond the Summit/Hyaena Fierling/Dik Guru Sunday Xpress returns to Friction Arts’ superb venue The Edge on June 26. Now in our… Read more »
Symphony Hall 25th anniversary Fun Day!
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Symphony Hall will throw open its doors and throw out the rule book and invite you to explore Birmingham’s iconic Hall like… Read more »
Birmingham Walking Tours
Now you can find out more about Birmingham with a walking tour of the city centre. Starting and ending at the Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square… Read more »
Flatpack’s ‘Build Your Own Film Night’
Date: 16 June 2016 Location: Impact Hub, Walker Building, 58 Oxford St, Birmingham B5 5NY Register for FREE: bit.ly/FlatpackBYOFN ‘Build Your Own Film Night’ with @Flatpack @ImpactHubBrum… Read more »
Yarningham – Birmingham’s new yarn festival
Yarningham is a new yarn festival produced by Stitches and Hos. Stitches and Hos have invited some of their favourite independent yarn producers from around the UK… Read more »
Art collection celebrating Pelé’s Career!
An art collection celebrating Pelé’s finest moments on the pitch has been released by the UK’s leading fine art publisher, Washington Green, today (Friday 27th May). The… Read more »
Digbeth First Friday – June 2016
The days are longer, the evenings are warmer – there’s no excuse not to get out and explore Digbeth’s cultural offerings for June’s First Friday! It’s another… Read more »
Shanty Town mini fest at The Stable!
New venue. New line up, and another full day of creative loveliness. More live music, more live art, poetry, spoken word, and vinyl DJ, The Deviant. And… Read more »
Kings Heath Dining Club – York Road Party!
Street food innovators Digbeth Dining Club return to Kings Heath Dining Club Hare & Hounds and York Road street closure of the Year on Sunday 22nd May…. Read more »
Browse & Purchase at New Jewellery Exhibition
Join the current collection of artists in residence for Circulus. The residency brings together a diverse group of makers from different jewellery backgrounds. Utilising the opportunity to… Read more »
Club Scene presents Saturday Night Fever
Club Scene presents SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at the Mockingbird this Saturday 14th May. Don your 70’s gladrags and starch those collars for a night of disco dancing… Read more »
Mama Roux Live Music & Burlesque – 21st May
Looking for something a bit different on a Saturday night out? Mama Roux’s was born from a love for New Orleans and Deep South America. It is… Read more »
Cut The Chat hits Brum en-route to The Fringe
Massive underground comedy hit, the ask-anything, say-anything panel show CUT THE CHAT is back as CUT THE CHAT LIVE; THE ROAD TO EDINBURGH TOUR coming to BIRMINGHAM’S… Read more »
NUMBSKULL Shakespeare Feature Film Launch
UK To commemorate the anniversary of the Bard’s death Compact Cinema launch their new feature film, NUMBSKULL. The whereabouts of the Bard’s skull has become the stuff… Read more »
Exclusive: Sally W-Jones Interviews Hal Cruttenden
Comedian Hal Cruttenden is currently touring the UK after returning from Australia with his new tour. Sally W-Jones caught up with him to chat about shocking comedy,… Read more »
Sensory Impaired Artists to Showcase at Exhibition
National deafblind charity, Sense, bring ‘I Know I Can’t See, But I Still Look’ exhibition to Birmingham, in collaboration with Glenn Howells Architects National deafblind charity, Sense,… Read more »
Two ambitious women + provoking visual theatre
Sunday 22nd May at 2pm and 5pm Tuesday 24th May at 12pm and 8pm (Matinees are baby-friendly) notnow Collective invite you to join them in probing 21st… Read more »
New international comedy season at mac
Produced by comedian turned Teletubbie John Simmit, Upfront Comedy “the most enterprising black comedy promoters in the country” (The Guardian) kick off their debut international comedy season… Read more »
Nick Drake celebrated in Two Local Festivals
Nick Drake is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential musicians of all time. His Contemporary folk songs only really became popular after his death, but… Read more »
Documenting Birmingham’s Alternative Music Scene 1986-1990
Established in 1986 by Dave Travis and Steve Coxon, The Click Club was the name of a concert venue and disco associated with Birmingham’s alternative music culture…. Read more »
Music for Youth National Festival 2016
A FIVE DAY FEAST OF LIVE MUSIC! FOLK, WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, CHORAL, POP, URBAN AND MORE… Come and join Music for Youth at the largest youth music… Read more »
Digbeth First Friday May 2016
Digbeth First Friday presents another jam-packed evening of exhibitions, performances, screenings, frolics and food. With a diverse range of events from a pop-up café at Digbeth Community… Read more »
An Creative Debate on State Surveillance
‘Following on from the success of their first open discussion event ‘The Fear of The Immigrants’ – The second Hubb Debate looks at another thorny issue that… Read more »
HAÇIENDA CLASSICAL visits Rainbow Open Air Arena
MIKE PICKERING & GRAEME PARK PERFORM WITH THE MANCHESTER CAMERATA ORCHESTRA SPECIAL GUESTS – PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT PERFORMING ELECTRONIC NEW ORDER SET Having sold out… Read more »
Hal Cruttenden Tour visits Brum 14th May
The hugely talented stand up Hal Cruttenden has announced the second part of his critically acclaimed ‘Straight Outta Cruttenden’ tour that is extending into 2016. After 23… Read more »
A night of music at Centrala
A night of music and performance from the duo Leaver (Bulgaria) a drone duo formed by Angel Simitchiev (Mytrip, Dayin) and Daniel Donchov (Expectations) As part of… Read more »
New TV Show to showcase local musicians
Big Centre TV is airing “Meet The Artists” every Saturday at 9PM from 09/04/16. The show focuses on interviewing national as well as local Birmingham grime and… Read more »
Flatpack Film Festival: 19th – 24th April
The tenth festival is nigh. Having been lovingly crafted for your discovery and delight, the full programme is now on sale, so dive in and enjoy. Kicking… Read more »
Drink and Draw at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
As part of the Birmingham Comics Festival, Drink and Draw returns to Brum! Join fellow doodlers in the Edwardian Tearooms at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery for… Read more »
Best Birmingham Arts for April and May
April and May offer some great art stuff to stare at, including the consistently brilliant Flatpack Film Festival, celebrating ten years of filmy goodness in the city…. Read more »
Nadafilm brings The Graduate to life with Live Music
nada [naad]: mystic sound; subtle sound accompanied by an effulgence. Nadafilm brings live music to the world of iconic films. Seminal soundtracks are bought to life by… Read more »
Take a social enterprise-themed bicycle tour of Digbeth
Join iSE for a social enterprise-themed bicycle tour of Digbeth led by a local historian Richard Trengrouse. Discover more about the area and the people who shaped… Read more »
Demand for Dylan’s art sees Birmingham galleries release new works
Hand signed artwork from cultural icon Bob Dylan released at Birmingham’s two Castle Fine Art galleries Most popular artworks from ‘The Drawn Blank Series’ reimagined for new… Read more »
Groundbreaking Immigration Debate set to Interactive Music and Projected Visuals
“South Bank Award-Winning Artist, Mohammed Ali, curates a debate with a unique twist – Performance artists respond live to the conversation through music.” The Hubb Debate –… Read more »
Young Creatives to Showcase Films on Grand Central Media Eyes
Birmingham, March 2016: – Six months on since the launch of Grand Central Birmingham, one of the cities most talked about developments in decades; the centre provides… Read more »
Hannah Brackenbury brings solo show to Brum
Musical comedy performer Hannah Brackenbury will bring her solo show to Birmingham’s Wellington Hotel on Friday 22nd April as part of her first UK tour. Before embarking… Read more »
Trainspotting Play review by Maryam Snape
Trainspotting, In Your Face Theatre Company’s take on Irvine Welsh’s iconic story of the highs and lows of heroin addiction in late 1980s Leith in Edinburgh. When… Read more »
Lunar Festival returns for its 3rd year this June!
Late Night Sounds announced including Psychemagik’s Magik Forest, Horse Meat Disco, Craig Charles, Magic Door and many more Headliners include Super Furry Animals, Mercury Rev, Television, Badly… Read more »
Birmingham’s Newest Folk Festival – Imagined Isle, 12-16 MAY
Town Hall is set to host a weekend long celebration of folk this spring with a wave of musical delights. Featuring a specially curated line-up of nationally… Read more »
Rare Marvel Artwork to land in Birmingham
Comic book fans will need superhuman powers to get their hands on Washington Green’s new Marvel ‘Superheroes’ collection, hand-signed by industry legend Stan Lee. Produced in an… Read more »