The Best Gaming & Activity Bars in Birmingham!
With so many new exciting places to eat and drink in Birmingham, it is sometimes difficult to know where to go for that alternative experience. One option… Read more »
New cycling facilities open at Cannock Chase Forest ahead of Birmingham 2022
Forestry Commission Chair, Sir William Worsley officially opened the impressive new cycling facilities on Friday 20 May at Forestry England Cannock Chase Forest. Showcased at the event… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 21 May
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Pete Steel is delivering great new music this week from: Joe Peacock Certain Naomi… Read more »
Win a month’s worth of dance classes with School of SOS Birmingham
If you’ve ever dreamed of strutting your stuff like Beyoncé, now’s your chance for free, as dance and fitness experience, School of SOS Birmingham, is giving away a… Read more »
Abdulrazaq Awofeso OUT OF FRAME 10 June – 29 August 2022
This summer Ikon presents a solo exhibition, OUT OF FRAME, by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso. Having recently arrived in Birmingham from Lagos, Awofeso shows all new work… Read more »
Heidi’s Bier Bar Birmingham overwhelmed by job applications
Excitement is mounting as Birmingham becomes the first city in England to welcome Scandinavia’s popular après ski bar concept, Heidi’s Bier Bar on Friday 27 May. The… Read more »
Julian Germain’s photography project celebrates diversity and heritage of Greater Birmingham families
Birmingham 2022 Festival, working with GRAIN Projects and Multistory presents GENERATIONS, a ground-breaking new photography project from Julian Germain showcasing a collection of multi-generational family portraits from… Read more »
Pause set to open permanent coffee shop in Kings Heath
A much-loved pop-up coffee shop, Pause, is set to get a permanent home this month as the owners unveil plans for a new residence in Kings Heath…. Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 14 May
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Pete Steel is bursting to share with you new music from: Metz Jnr Miles… Read more »
A female-led enterprise, Blow Water launches crowd funder
Blow Water is dedicated to Hong Kong Culture, connecting the far East with Birmingham through the arts and food. The team have secured a permanent space in… Read more »
Pairc Festival 2022 is coming to Kings Heath this August Bank Holiday (26th-28th) with Imelda May, Finbar Furey, Nathan Carter headlining
Páirc Festival 2022 is coming to Kings Heath in Birmingham this August Bank Holiday (26th-28th) with Imelda May, Finbar Furey, Nathan Carter headlining. Páirc Festival is all… Read more »
Balou Bullring Clothing Brand Launch review
Balou has just opened it’s doors in the Bullring, located top floor next to Selfridges right by the doors leading out to the Bull and it’s a… Read more »
West Midlands to benefit from healthy, cost-effective travel, as cycling and walking projects get the green light
People across the West Midlands will benefit from healthier, free local journeys in a boost to air quality and people’s physical and mental health ‘Golden age’ of… Read more »
The Girl from the North Country casting announcement at The Alex 7 to 11 Feb 23
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CONOR MCPHERSON MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BOB DYLAN Full casting is today announced for the award-winning smash-hit production of Girl From The North… Read more »
Full details for ‘sonic love letter to Birmingham’ album announced
On Record, a new ‘sonic love letter to Birmingham’, is specially produced and commissioned by Birmingham Music Archive for the Birmingham 2022 Festival · Featuring UB40, Dapz… Read more »
A SUMMER CONCERT from B’ham Bach Choir (25 June B’ham + 2 July Malvern)
Birmingham Bach Choir return for their 2022 summer concert with a programme that combines music from the British Isles with that of their namesake, Johann Sebastian Bach. With concerts… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 7 May
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Jenn Hukins unleashes brand new music from: Lions of Dissent Ewan Whyte Georgia Bray… Read more »
Infinite Opera, curates show designed for planetariums, next week at Thinktank Science Museum
Infinite Opera, Birmingham’s little operatic gem, renowned for being the creators of the first ever opera about beer, is thrilled to present their latest work, an opera… Read more »
Classic Rock on Vinyl nights at Fletchers Bar
Nigel Busby is running a Classic Rock on Vinyl night at Fletchers Bar in Kings Heath with monthly slots. Details of the upcoming events: 18 June 16… Read more »
Paperback Theatre presents The Wind in the Willows, touring June – July 2022
Tour dates: Saturday 4 June – Moseley Park and Pool, Birmingham Saturday 11 June – Bolton Gate Arts, Staffordshire Saturday 2 July – Abington Park Museum, Northampton… Read more »
The Durham Ox in Shrewley will host a FREE Jubilee Party on Thursday 2nd June!
On Thursday 2nd June, The Durham Ox in Warwick will be celebrating the Jubilee Weekend with a big Jubilee Party in collaboration with award winning street food… Read more »
SOUNDMUSE – art, science & sound combine for new exhibition – 7-24 Jun
The worlds of sound, art and science merge for SoundMuse, a new exhibition at Birmingham’s The Hive Gallery (7-24 June 2022). SoundMuse: The Sound Of Nature And… Read more »
SOHO Coffee Co. open in Birmingham airport 8th July and are looking for members of staff
Local brand SOHO Coffee Co. will open its latest brand format on the 8th of July 2022, in the main departure lounge at Birmingham Airport. SO much… Read more »
Comedy as therapy, cocktails, chemistry, One Bum Cinema club and a beach party – Flatpack Festival
Tickets are now on sale for Flatpack Festival which promises audiences a menu of delights from well-respected artists, filmmakers and musicians over six days this May. The… Read more »
Brumbeat Live Music & DJ Guide May 2022
Welcome to our live music gig guide and DJ events listings in Birmingham for May 2022! If you are looking for a live music guide, this is… Read more »
The Big Bang Fair Unlocked – Thursday 23rd June, 4pm – 8pm
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is the largest celebration of STEM for young people in the UK. Free to attend and aimed at… Read more »
Grayson’s Art Club Exhibition to open at Midlands Arts Centre this December
A major exhibition by much-loved British artist Grayson Perry will open at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham from December 2022 until April 2023. The exhibition will… Read more »
Birmingham arenas set to host 18 live shows in May
Birmingham’s two arenas, Utilita Arena Birmingham and Resorts World Arena, are set to host 18 live shows in May, offering plenty of choice for live music and… Read more »
BE FESTIVAL 3-11 JUNE 2022 – Announcement & Participants needed!
A celebration of the city of Birmingham where you, and your plants are BEing invited to participate and become the stars! BE FESTIVAL: Birmingham European Festival of… Read more »
Birmingham creative agency first in the Midlands to be B-Corp certified
An award-winning marketing agency based in central Birmingham has become the first creative agency in the Midlands to achieve B Corporation certification. Big Cat, which is based… Read more »
Live Music/Events @ The Rainbow May/June 2022
MAY: SUN 1 – BACKYARD BBQ BASH www.baha-vegan.co.uk WED 4 – MIDGE+GRETEL HANLYN+ROBERT CRAIG OULTON 7-11pm THURS 5 – MADI SASKIA + MAHALIA 8pm-1am FRI 6 –… Read more »
Ragnar Kjartansson The Sky in a Room – 25 June – 3 July 2022
Ikon presents The Sky in a Room (25 June – 3 July 2022), a major off-site project with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, organised in collaboration with Artes… Read more »
Power Folk returns! Brum’s CFE are back for 25th Anniversary
It’s no exaggeration to call the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble the UK’s biggest folk band. With a stage-challenging 50 members in its touring line-up, and nearly twice that… Read more »
KIBOU Japanese Kitchen & Bar opens in Solihull
On Monday 25th April, multi-award-winning KIBOU Japanese Kitchen & Bar opened its fourth restaurant at 134 High Street, Solihull. The former Café Rouge site, which had been… Read more »
Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay completes 200th day of journey
25 April 2022, marks the 200th day of the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay, with recent visits to nations and territories in the Americas and the Caribbean,… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 23 April
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Pete Steel is your patron saint of new music from in and around Birmingham, UK… Read more »
3 course lunch and with Barry Hearn OBE and signed copy of Barry’s book ‘My Life’ – Tuesday 17th May
Join us for a spectacular book launch and lunch with the UK’s biggest sports promoter, Barry Hearn, OBE. Matchroom founder and the man who has provided the… Read more »
Fast-tracked West Midlands firm seeks to solve logistics employment crisis
TalentX, the world’s first logistics-focused career development and recruitment app is set to launch later this month in a bid to tackle record vacancies in the industry…. Read more »
Funding Boost for Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery
The RBSA Gallery is currently closed for building refurbishment which will be completed in June 2022. Works are taking place to refurbish and remodel the entire building… Read more »
John Akomfrah The Unfinished Conversation, 2012
Since the early 1980s, John Akomfrah’s moving image works have offered some of the most rigorous and expansive reflections on the culture of the black diaspora, both… Read more »
Heavy Metal Record Shop to be residency at Scruffy Murphy’s
Widely regarded as the ‘Home of Metal’, Birmingham is to get an extra string to their Heavy Metal bow soon as Bristol based Black City Records –… Read more »
Birmingham 2022 celebrates 100 days to go at completed Sandwell Aquatics Centre as tickets go back on sale
Construction at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre has been completed 100 days before the start of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Swimmers and divers gather at the brand-new… Read more »
New season of exhibitions at Midlands Arts Centre – John Akomfrah, Sharon Walters, Mixed Rage Collective
MAC is delighted to announce the launch of three new exhibitions: John Akomfrah: The Unfinished Conversation, 2012, Sharon Walters: Seeing Ourselves, and Mixed Rage Collective: Unapologetically Other. The exhibitions open… Read more »
Come & Sing with Birmingham Bach Choir / choral workshop (21 May, Bham)
Birmingham Bach Choir’s annual workshop, Come And Sing!, returns on Saturday 21 May 2022 with an opportunity to rehearse and perform Duruflé’s Requiem. Written in 1947 (and… Read more »
National teacher recruitment drive to visit Birmingham
A national recruitment campaign is coming to Birmingham to encourage local people to find out more about life as a teacher. The session aims to inspire more… Read more »
The Rock Hound lands in Selfridges as part of ‘Project Earth’ ethical jewellery pop-up
The Rock Hound – award-winning jewellery brand founded by gemmologist-jeweller Susi Smither – has been selected as part of the prized line-up of just nine ethical and… Read more »
Batonbearers in West Midlands confirmed to ‘Take It On’ and carry Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has confirmed the inspirational people from communities across the West Midlands who will take on the role of Batonbearer in the Queen’s… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 16 April
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Pete Steel is back with an Easter bonnet full of new music by: Chasers Katy… Read more »
Mangia! Mangia! Goes to Gulp!
Saturday 30 April; 6pm & 8.30pm Gulp, First Floor, 58 Spencer Street, Jewellery Quarter, B18 6DS On Saturday 30th April, Kaye Winwood Projects is hosting her first… Read more »
New festival comes to Birmingham – Hot Sauce Society!
Hot Sauce Society lands in Birmingham this summer, bringing their inaugural Midlands festival to Digbeth’s iconic Custard Factory. The event will see over 25 independent hot sauce… Read more »