New Films 29th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Downtown Abbey: A New Era (PG) It starts with a wedding and ends… Read more »
Pairc Festival 2022 confirm Imelda May as headline act of Saturday
Organisers are pleased to reveal the full lineup of Páirc Festival 2022 and confirm Imelda May as headline act of Saturday at Páirc Festival, taking place this… Read more »
Vinoteca brings new wine experience to Birmingham
A brand-new wine experience is coming to the city centre this summer, with works now underway at Vinoteca – the latest addition to Paradise Birmingham. Having established… Read more »
£1.5m apres ski themed bar to open in Birmingham
Birmingham has been chosen as the first city in England to welcome Scandinavia’s popular après ski themed Heidi’s Bier Bar. Not only will it be the biggest… 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 »
SPINN live in Birmingham!
Following the release of their second album ‘Outside of the Blue’, Liverpool-based four-piece SPINN will be embarking on a UK tour this Spring. Kicking off on 28th April in… 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 »
Wine Freedom hosting pop up event with current champion of Masterchef – The Professionals, Dan Lee.
Wine Freedom, Digbeth’s resident natural wine bar, will be hosting a pop up event in May with the current reigning champion of Masterchef: The Professionals, Dan Lee. Dan… Read more »
BALOU to launch store in the Bullring this May 5th as a 6 month pop up
THE AFFORDABLE PREMIUM FASHION BRAND FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WILL OPEN ITS BULLRING STORE IN THE SPRING FOR 6 MONTHS. About BALOU The brand, launched in November… Read more »
New three-floor bakery, cafe and eatery is set to open in Sutton Coldfield in May
Bakehouse, a brand new three-floor bakery, cafe and eatery from the Baked In Brick team, is set to open in Sutton Coldfield in May. A former ironmongers… Read more »
Morcheeba headline O2 Academy 2 on Wednesday 4th May 2022
After having to postpone their live tour dates, Morcheeba will finally be able to celebrate the release of their latest studio album‘Blackest Blue’ – Stream // Stream… 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 »
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 »
Tuesdays Is Bluesdays At Henry’s Blueshouse
Henry’s Blueshouse at Velvet Music Rooms on Broad Street continues into May with its weekly free admission programme of live rocking and rolling Blues every Tuesday. Tuesday… Read more »
The Play That Goes Wrong comes to The Alexandra Theatre Monday 16 May
The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale, will return to its touring roots and… Read more »
Charm Of Finches – Release Joni Mitchell’s River (cover) ahead of KING’S HEATH Date (4 May 22)
Nodding to one of the natural world’s most beautiful and life-nurturing features, the release of “River” coincided with this year’s Earth Day (22 April). Adorned with the… Read more »
BARBARA (w/ The Divine Comedy) in Birmingham 25 Apr 2022
A masterclass in nuanced, nostalgic pop beamed-in from another era, the track is the Brighton duo’s first release of 2022 and hints to a band with the… 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 »
New Films 22nd Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (15) Actors playing fictionalised versions of themselves… Read more »
METRONOMY in Birmingham on April 30th
“Small World might just have the biggest heart of any Metronomy record yet” – Rolling Stone UK “The British indie-synth-pop troupe are at their jolliest here, clopping into your… 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 »
Female only tour coming to Birmingham this May
In an age where male dominated line-ups are still the norm, the freshest females in the UK’s music scene right now come together for an unmissable tour… 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 »
Once-in-a-decade Brass Banding Festival Visits UK
The very best brass bands from across Europe will be visiting the UK later this month, for what’s deemed to be the biggest event in the global… Read more »
Platinum-selling U.S. Artist Eric Paslay Performing in Birmingham 17th May
Platinum-selling U.S. recording artist Eric Paslay will be performing in Birmingham next month (17 May) at Symphony Hall, alongside British duo, The Shires, on a long-awaited nationwide… 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 »
The World’s only Prodigy tribute band comes to Brum!
Friday 29th April | Doors at 20:00 | The Actress & Bishop The World’s ONLY live Prodigy tribute band heads to The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham. Jilted… Read more »
Red Guitars to reunite for UK tour with a date in Birmingham 30th April
RED GUITARS – one of the finest and most successful bands to come out of Hull – have reunited! Planning a series of UK shows with their… 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 »
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 »
New Films 15th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW The Lost City (12A) Essentially a revamp of Romancing The Stone (which it… 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 »
Dig Brew Co welcome Easter with ice cream launch party
Birmingham’s Dig Brew Co brewery is catering for the “big kid” in everyone this Easter with a quirky fun-filled ice cream launch party. Taking advantage of the… 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 »
Albert’s Schloss’ new Summer food & drink menu + entertainment update!
Albert’s Schloss Birmingham, the city’s resident Bier Palace, have launched a brand new Summer food and drink menu. The Cook Haus are serving up new Klassics for the warmer… Read more »
Psy-Fi Americana group Low Red Moon celebrate new album with headline show at The Night Owl
The weird and wonderful psy-fi Americana collective Low Red Moon are set to release their debut album Compañeros on Friday 15th April with a headline show at… Read more »
Birmingham Design Festival 2022
Birmingham Design Festival returns for 2022, taking place from 9th – 11th June across the city. Celebrating the theme of ‘freedom’, the Festival includes three days of… Read more »
Acoustic Round Tour ft Jamie Lawson, Gemma Hayes, Richard Walters & Laura Zocca
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriters Jamie Lawson, Gemma Hayes, Richard Walters and Laura Zocca join forces for a special acoustic round show, unlike any other gig you will go… Read more »
Upcoming gigs this spring at Henry’s Blueshouse
Tuesday 12th April – The Grey Goose Blues Band Acknowledging the influences of T-Bone Walker, Albert King, Muddy Waters and Duke Robillard, The Grey Goose Blues Band… Read more »
New Films 8th Apil 2022 by Mike Davies
This column will review films both screening theatrically and/or on various streaming platforms. NEW Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A) Top of Form The third of… Read more »
Street Kitchen Brothers bring taste of Greece to Moseley Village this Easter!
Since November 2021, the wonderful Greek street food vendor, Street Kitchen Brothers, have taken up a monthly residency in the kitchen at The Village in the heart… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 9 April
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Jenn Hukins is back with some delectable delights for your listening pleasure. On this… Read more »
New Orleans Icon Trombone Shorty Bottles Explosive Live Show Energy On New Studio Album Lifted
May 20 – Birmingham – Academy 2 May 21 – Glasgow – SWG3 Studio Warehouse May 23 – London – Roundhouse May 24 – Manchester – O2… Read more »
The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A List – 2 April
Saturday at 2pm can only mean one thing… it’s the OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List. Pete Steel has an April shower of the best new music in Birmingham. On… Read more »