Final line-up revealed for major Birmingham metal event - as Sabbath fever builds in city
– Fast-rising metallers Defects announced as headline act for much-anticipated BBC Radio WM celebrates Metal in the Midlands at Town Hall Birmingham on Wednesday 2 July 2025 – Comedian,… Read more »
Get ready for a musical trip round the UK with Misfits Music Institute’s summer concert ‘Music of Journeys’
Misfits Music Institute proudly presents ‘Music of Journeys’ a one-off summer concert taking audiences on a musical tour across the United Kingdom. Taking place on Sunday 13… Read more »
SIFA sets the Stage with Talent Showcase for People Experiencing Homelessness
The hidden talents of people recovering from the effects of homelessness will be on display at the Midlands Art Centre this July. In a first-time ever event,… Read more »
BIRMINGHAM! GET READY TO ROCK!
The upcoming final Black Sabbath performance is a hugely momentous occasion, not only for Sabbath fans, not only for Birmingham, but mostly for the bands, musicians and… Read more »
Conference Aston team brings smiles to Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Birmingham’s leading residential events venue, Conference Aston’s team visited the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and brought smiles to young patients at the hospital. The initiative was inspired by… Read more »
Celtic culture to be celebrated with four-day festival
– Halfway Fest at Nortons Digbeth features an all-star Irish and Scottish line up of All Folk’d Up, Calum McPhail, Ceol, Clada, and One for the Road – Four… Read more »
Birmingham Steps into the Spotlight: Birmingham Film & TV Market EXPO 2025 24-27 June 2025
Birmingham Steps into the Spotlight: Birmingham Film & TV Market EXPO 2025 – Where the UK Screen Industry Connects and Creates 24-27 June 2025, Birmingham UK An… Read more »
Transport Secretary draws line under HS2 “mismanagement’ with bold reset plan
The Transport Secretary has today (18th June) announced that she will accept all recommendations from the landmark James Stewart Review to address years of mismanagement and restore… Read more »
GB boxer Elise gets knockout support
Up-and-coming GB Boxing star Elise Glynn now has extra support in her corner after recruiting a local employment specialist to bolster her training. Pertemps Recruitment Network, based… Read more »
Young Rep returns with Home and Horizons Festival next month at Birmingham Rep
Next month Young Rep is back with their third annual festival celebrating the talents of the young people of Birmingham. Home & Horizonswill take over Birmingham Rep… Read more »
Last Chance for Black Sabbath Fans – Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity Raffles Two Tickets To This Year’s Hottest Gig
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity is giving its supporters one final chance to bag tickets for Black Sabbath’s upcoming ‘Back to the Beginning’ gig, taking place at Villa… Read more »
The slow death of Birmingham’s culture and hospitality ecosystem can still be avoided, says NTIA
Central, regional, and local government must take immediate action together to stem further losses in Birmingham’s culture, entertainment, hospitality, music, and NTE, experts have warned. Lyle Bignon,… Read more »
Business ‘calls time’ on Hockley Social Club venue project
‘The natural end to our five-year project has arrived’, say the directors of Hockley Social Club (HSC), who will now focus on new initiatives and Digbeth Dining… Read more »
JEWELLERY QUARTER FESTIVAL 2025 A DECADE OF CELEBRATION – BIRMINGHAM’S UNMISSABLE SUMMER PARTY IS BACK!
The annual Jewellery Quarter Festival returns this summer for its 10th anniversary, bringing a day packed with live music, market stalls, tours, creative workshops, and hands-on experiences… Read more »
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DISNEY ORIGINAL FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ELMHURST BALLET SCHOOL STUDENT ANTHONY MADU IS NOMINATED FOR TWO EMMY AWARDS
The film about Anthony Madu was released on Disney+ in March 2024. It shines a light into the life of the Nigerian ballet student as he trains… Read more »
Millennium Point Announces Free Mini Music Festival This Summer
Birmingham’s Millennium Point has announced a day of free events as part of the 41st Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival. On Saturday 26th July, music fans can join a… Read more »
MetFilm School and BIMM Performers College Birmingham set to host educational workshops this Summer
MetFilm School and Performers College are set to inspire the next generation of creatives this summer as they host a series of dynamic educational workshops. Taking place… Read more »
Local winners among those celebrating business success
INSPIRATIONAL achievers from Birmingham were among those celebrated at the seventh Ladies First Professional Development Network Business Awards. Three hundred people assembled at Dallas Burston Polo Club,… Read more »
Tony Armatrading and Anwar Ditta among notable Birmingham figures added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (12 June)
The latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography adds biographies of 238 people who left their mark on the UK, and who died in the year 2021…. Read more »
HARBORNE VILLAGE BID SUPPORTS ‘BULLS IN THE CITY’ ART TRAIL
Harborne Village BID is thrilled to join the city-wide ‘Bulls in the City’ art trail from Wild in Art and Birmingham Hospice this summer. Harborne Village is… Read more »
Forum Digbeth, Birmingham’s brand new 2000 capacity music venue
Following the sad, unexpected and indefinite end of Forum Birmingham in April due to the closure of the Corporation Square building by its landlords, the team behind… Read more »
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC THAT’S RIGHT UP YOUR STREET CBSO ANNOUNCES 2025-26 SEASON
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) today announces its 2025-26 season, presenting a compelling programme of concerts deeply connected to the city’s vibrant cultural identity. Findings… Read more »
The Heath Bookshop announce the first ever Birmingham based ‘The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever!’
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”… Read more »
National Recognition for the Black Country Black Country Living Museum Wins Top UK Tourism Award
Black Country Living Museum is proud to announce that it has been awarded Gold for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year at the 2025 VisitEngland Awards for… Read more »
New 63-seat MediCinema planned for Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity was joined by patient family Alex, Jasmine and Evie Cookson, from Kidderminster, today at the launch of its new £1m MediCinema Appeal, to… Read more »
New exhibition exploring missing stories of the disabled experience opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham Museums is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition exploring missing stories of the disabled experience on Thursday 5 June 2025 at Birmingham Museum… Read more »
The Everything Digbeth Market Returns for Summer 2025
Everything Digbeth returns to Zellig on Saturday, 26th July for a full day of creativity, culture, and community. This free-entry event is set to be bigger and… Read more »
Announcement: Ikon Board of Trustees
Ikon is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Green CBE as Chair of the gallery’s Board of Trustees. Martin Green is Director of the Eurovision Song Contest at the… Read more »
Brumbeat Live Music Guide – June 2025!
All the best original live music across Birmingham every month! 3rd June Panda Bear @ The Castle & Falcon 4th June William William Rodgers + Raiments @… Read more »
We Were Kings release album in memory of friend – All proceeds go to St David’s Hospice
Forward by Chris Titley: Brother Andrews wake could not have happened without live music.We reconnected and played. There are no words to describe that day and that… Read more »
West Midlands schools’ wheelbarrow contest returns to BBC Gardeners’ World Live
BBC Gardeners’ World Live has announced that Health for Life®’s annual wheelbarrow competition, which invites schools across the West Midlands to create a unique wheelbarrow display, will… Read more »
Over 8,000 young musicians attending the Music for Youth National Festival 2025
Music for Youth National Festival Returns to Birmingham: Showcasing the brilliance of young musician from across the UK 🎶 This July, Birmingham will once again take centre… Read more »
Mostly Jazz 2025 delves into The Woods
With anticipation continuing to rise for 2025’s Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival (Friday 11 to Sunday 13 July 2025), organisers have now revealed the line-up for… Read more »
Albion’s crucial survival in top flight football – 25 years on, according to former manager Gary Megson
An Evening with Gary Megson 8pm, Wednesday 28 May 2025 (doors open at 6pm) Hockley Social Club, Birmingham Tickets, priced £12, available via Skiddle here One of… Read more »
Tudor landmark to host street food spectacular following new partnership
One of Birmingham’s oldest buildings will welcome street food fans for a one-off evening of culinary treats thanks to a new partnership between Digbeth Dining Club (DDC)… Read more »
Free Sound & Visual Arts Event in Birmingham
The Exchange, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Vivid Projects team up for a playful and thought-provoking evening of art, creativity and conversation. Inspired by René… Read more »
Pairc 2025 Confirms New Partnership With The Birmingham-Irish Association!
Páirc Summer Series, the UK’s biggest celebration of Irish music and culture, is thrilled to announce its brand new partnership with the Birmingham-Irish association; the Midlands’ leading… Read more »
“Birmingham, speak up!” – female founders call on Midlands to reclaim second city status
BRUMWIM (Birmingham Women in Marketing), the West Midlands’ fastest-growing women’s network in the marketing and creative industries, marked a major milestone this week – hosting its fourth… Read more »
Historic Ward End Park House set to reopen following essential building work by the Acivico Group
Acivico Group has marked the completion of essential building and mechanical work which will help to reopen Ward End Park House, a major Midlands landmark that has… Read more »
Stan’s Cafe celebrate Erik Satie with revived show + more
Birmingham theatre company Stan’s Cafe commemorate 100 years since the death of renowned French composer Erik Satie with an evening celebrating his life and work on Saturday… Read more »
Introducing Farm Fest 2025 – A New Family Food and Music Festival at Umberslade Farm
Seasonal Markets is thrilled to announce the debut of Farm Fest 2025, a brand-new, family-friendly food and music festival taking place on Sunday, 13th July 2025, at… Read more »
WORD PLAY Festival 16-22 June 2025
WORD PLAY Festival 16-22 June 2025: Celebrating Children’s Literature and Inspiring a New Generation of Readers. How Brave Is The Wren, Birmingham’s beloved independent children’s bookshop, proudly announces… Read more »
Coal miners and disco fries 250 years of Midlands history to meet 21st century street food at special evening
The award-winning open-air Black Country Living Museum to collaborate with DIgbeth Dining Club on a unique evening of food, drink and entertainment open to all – Nine popular… Read more »
National roadshow roars into the West Midlands to get SMEs exporting
Small business exporters will be front and centre of a new roadshow in Birmingham offering tailored government support to get more SMEs exporting across the advanced manufacturing… Read more »
Roadshow comes to Erdington to find those ‘unaware’ they have liver damage
Members of the public in Erdington are being encouraged to get their liver checked for free at Erdington High Street, B23 6SA, on Friday 16th May –… Read more »
Rotary project so personal to bereaved Club President, returns to the area
A pioneering screening programme to identify undiagnosed heart conditions in the young is being rolled out again in Sutton Coldfield thanks to continued fundraising by the local… Read more »
The future of UK metal to play live at BBC celebration of Black Sabbath
CHERRYDEAD, GANS and Meatdripper fly the flag for the future of UK heavy music at a special BBC Radio WM evening celebrating ‘Masters of Reality’ legends Sabbath… Read more »
First HS2 rail tunnel breakthrough completed in Birmingham, as project reaches latest milestone
Passengers are closer to benefitting from faster, more comfortable between London and Birmingham as the first HS2 rail tunnel in Birmingham is completed. Today [Friday 9May],… Read more »
Humanitarian brings gift of dance to African students
A Solihull dance school teacher and her husband have returned from a visit to Africa where they brought the gift of dance to hundreds of children. The… Read more »
Caribbean culture to take centre stage at city celebration of reggae
All-day Birmingham Reggae Carnival special at Hockley Social Club (HSC) on late May Bank Holiday Sunday will bring together the city’s Caribbean community in celebration – Event… Read more »