What’s on

Follow the latest what’s on in Birmingham news. Supplied by our guest writers, and press release contributors. From food & drink to live music, arts and culture to reviews and events.

Indigo Nights: Winter and Chill fundraiser

Adjei invites all to the next Indigo Nights Intimate Concert on Saturday 23rd November. It will be held at the The Vault Business Centre, Digbeth, B12 0JU. … Read more »

It’s Time To Be… Bold Brave Beautiful plus HARRIET Screening

Date: Fri, 29th November 2019 Time: 18:00 – 21:00 GMT Location:  ODEON ,139 New Street ,Birmingham, B2 4NU Price: £30 per ticket Where to buy tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/its-time-to-be-bold-brave-beautiful-harriet-screening-tickets-74715005593 Brief synopsis… Read more »

Medicine Bakery, Cafe and Gallery review

Medicine Bakery, Cafe and Gallery review

Birmingham has been going through almost immeasurable changes in recent years. With a huge increase in large commercial chain bars and restaurants entering the city centre, many… Read more »

Christmas Caroloke at The Engine Room!

Come along and join us at our Christmas Caroloke for FREE, Saturday 14th of December!! Sing-a-long masters LaD are bringing their legendary Christmas Caroloke to it’s new… Read more »

BURNING ALMS announce new EP

‘MORNING’ OUT 08.11 LAUNCH SHOW IN PARIS 10.11 “Burning Alms are making really great music and are deserving of a wider audience” Echoes and Dust“Music with integrity,… Read more »

A thrilling re-imagining of Peter Pan flies into Birmingham Repertory Theatre for Christmas 2019

A thrilling re-imagining of Peter Pan flies into Birmingham Repertory Theatre for Christmas 2019. Directed by Liam Steel, this new staging of the classic story will play… Read more »

Brumbeat Gig Guide November 2019

Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for November 2019, offers original and alternative nightlife, gigs, parties and music listings. We work with local promoters and venues each month… Read more »

Explore Birmingham’s Best Christmas Markets

Going Christmas shopping can be incredibly stressful; in fact, a study has shown that in 88% of people it raises the heart rate, by 33% – enough to cause… Read more »

The fourth annual Birmingham Film Festival 1st – 10th November

BIRMINGHAM FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH TREVOR BEATTIE FILMS RETURNS FOR ITS FOURTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF SCREENINGS  The fourth annual Birmingham Film Festival, an international festival of screenings,… Read more »

Digbeth First Friday 1 November

DIGBETH FIRST FRIDAY Friday 1 November 6pm until late This November, get out and about, discover something new and enjoy the fantastic independent culture Digbeth has to… Read more »

Argentea Gallery Print Room Opening with Champagne

Argentea Gallery Print Room Opening with Champagne

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Print Room space in the lower ground floor of the gallery.  Opening on Saturday, 9th November, the Print… Read more »

Jazzlines present Atlas at Hare and Hounds Thursday 31 October 2019

Contemporary jazz pianist Rebecca Nash, and her band ATLAS bring a fresh sound to the UK music scene. Firmly rooted within a jazz context, ATLAS interlaces a… Read more »

Canadian roots duo The Small Glories to play Birmingham

Canadian roots powerhouse duo The Small Glories will bring their musical tour-de-force partnership to Birmingham, when they play Kitchen Garden Cafe on Tuesday 3rd of December. Veteran singer-songwriters Cara… Read more »

Beer and Opera make Dig Brew the ‘Besse’ place for Halloween

Beer and Opera make Dig Brew the ‘Besse’ place for Halloween

Birmingham brewery and taproom Dig Brew Co has teamed up with local opera company Infinite Opera to offer a wicked concoction for Hallowe’en. Besse, the first-ever beer-themed… Read more »

My Beautiful Laundrette comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from November 5 – 9

A new stage adaptation of Hanif Kureishi’s ground-breaking 1985 Oscar-nominated film, My Beautiful Laundrette comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from November 5 – 9.Presented against a funky… Read more »

Gintleman Gin Masterclass review at Selfridges

Gintleman Gin Masterclass review at Selfridges

Last week I attended a night of informative and fun, Gin themed entertainment hosted by the Midlands leading Gin raconteur ‘The Gintleman’ aka Carl Hawkins. Whilst Carl’s… Read more »

Redacted Night Tour An alternative Halloween experience

From the creators of Taste Tapestry and deepfake, join LYNNEBEC on 30 and 31 October for [Redacted] Night Tour – their biggest and most unsettling takeover of… Read more »

Pride and Prejudice Sort Of review at Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Pride and Prejudice Sort Of review at Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Despite having spent many years studying English literature and the works of Jane Austen, I have never been a huge Austen enthusiast. Together, Blood of the Young,… Read more »

Super Freaks, Assassins, Gangsters and Twist Dancers

Super Freaks, Assassins, Gangsters and Twist Dancers

As the nights grow darker through October, something strange is happening in Digbeth. With the spirit of Halloween in full swing, soul and retro club and live… Read more »

Foundry Festival Returns For A Second Year

Returning for a second year, Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s REP Foundry Festival offers a vibrant and inspiring snapshot of theatre created by West Midlands emerging writers and theatre… Read more »

The Ripieno Players present a unique look at Vienna before, during, and after the First World War at B’ham Cathedral 16th Nov

Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Berg’s Wozzeck Interludes, written either side of the First World War, remain the quintessential musical portraits of the night sky, both questioning the disturbing world that… Read more »

An immersive Quentin Tarantino Halloween party is coming to Brum

An immersive Quentin Tarantino Halloween party is coming to Brum

Following the success of last year’s Stranger Things themed Halloween party, The Night Owl celebrates the 25th anniversary of cult classics Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers,… Read more »

Dark Horse Voices 2 year Anniversary supporting Birmingham Mind Mental Health

Dark Horse Voices, 2 year Anniversary, supporting Birmingham Mind Mental Health, with performances by: Maddie Saskia Janel Antoneshia Lexia Roz Adam Kyron Ben Goodwin Jimmie Black Bohemian… Read more »

Putting On The Ritz Again!

Special Concert by the Award Winning Out Of The Shadows of 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s music  on Sunday 13 October will commemorate the glory days of King’s… Read more »

BASS Festival is back for October 2019

BASS Festival is back for October 2019 and this year, we’re shining a spotlight on THE FUTURE. Now in its 13th year, BASS Festival has teamed up… Read more »

Fierce has announced the full programme for its 2019 festival

Fierce has announced the full programme for its 2019 festival

The UK’s leading biennial festival of live art, Fierce has announced the full programme for its 2019 festival, the second edition under Artistic Director Aaron Wright. From… Read more »

Home Town October 10 – 09 January 2020 at Galerie Mayci

David Warren was born and grew up in Birmingham and studied Graphic Design at Birmingham College of Art.  He subsequently worked as a graphic designer and illustrator…. Read more »

Ryan McMullan Mama Roux gig to follow new release

Portaferry (Co. Down) native Ryan McMullan releases ‘Rebellion’ on 6.9.19 via AWAL Recordings, the latest single taken from his forthcoming album set for release in 2020. ‘Rebellion’… Read more »

The highly anticipated next Listening Sessions release is almost here!

The highly anticipated next Listening Sessions release is almost here and we can say it will be worth the wait! Drum & Bass is the order of… Read more »

Boat To Row release crowdfunded new album with launch party this October

Celebrated Birmingham folk outfit Boat To Row are set to launch their newest record ‘Rivers that Flow in Circles’ with an exclusive performance on Friday, October 18th… Read more »

Brumbeat Gig Guide October 2019

Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for October 2019, offers original and alternative nightlife, gigs, parties and music listings. We work with local promoters and venues each month to… Read more »

Canada’s Poor Nameless Boy to play the Kitchen Garden, Birmingham this November

Canada’s Poor Nameless Boy will play the Kitchen Garden, Birmingham on Sunday 10th November – hot off the back of releasing his latest EP Wake Up Call to UK audiences on Friday… Read more »

Digbeth First Friday 4th October 6pm until late

This October, get out and about, discover something new and enjoy the fantastic independent culture Digbeth has to offer – as part of Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth!… Read more »

West Midlands Photography Collective – Free Exhibition 13 Oct – 3 Nov

West Midlands Photography Collective – Free Exhibition 13 Oct – 3 Nov

The West Midlands Photography Collective (WMPC) is holding its first public exhibition, ‘Birmingham Now, Before Then’, a photographic celebration of Birmingham’s people and places.  The event will run in… Read more »

Birmingham Viva! Vegan comedy night

Join Viva! in Birmingham at our Viva! Vegan comedy night. We have a stellar line up of vegan comedians that are guaranteed to knock your socks off. Headlining we… Read more »

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Announces Shows For Spring 2020

HIGHLIGHTS · Asking For It – the critically acclaimed stage adaptation by Landmark Productions of Louise O’Neill’s devastating novel about consent and trial by social media makes its UK… Read more »

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) at Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Drawing on over two-hundred years of romantic pop history, the innovative theatre company Blood of the Young take on Jane Austen’s unrivalled literary classic. The highly acclaimed Pride… Read more »

The Bare Bants Big Get Together

Bare Bants Yo! In light of the jokes we have in the Bare Bants and the community it has created we thought why not use this as… Read more »

Highbury Harvest & Sustainability Festival, and Highbury Dog Show

Highbury Harvest, Saturday 5th October 12-4pm Highbury Harvest is… A weekend of fun and fundraising in support of Highbury Orchard Community, in celebration of the year’s harvests,… Read more »

Escape Live Opens its Peaky Blinders Escape Experiences

By order of the Peaky Blinders, Escape Live officially opened the doors to its two new escape rooms on Tuesday 24th September The two new Peaky Blinders… Read more »

Blow Water Launch Event – Hong Kong pop up kitchen

25th October 2019, Friday The Juke, Kings Heath, B14 7RZ 6pm or 8pm Due to the nature of the event, we accept advance bookings only. Once you… Read more »

Infinite Opera’s Halloween Besse at Digbrew

We are Infinite Opera, a non-profit opera company in Birmingham devoted to creating new operatic works which inspire new audiences to attend and enjoy opera. Our mission… Read more »

Early Years Music Project comes to Birmingham

Birmingham Forward Steps and a group of consortium partners has been awarded £149, 000 by Youth Music Charity to support music in the Early Years. Over the… Read more »

Performance at Marie Curie raises awareness of challenges accessing health & social care when supporting loved ones with terminal illnesses & life limiting conditions

An award-winning playwright will be raising awareness of the challenges supporting a family member with a terminal illness when he brings his performance to the Marie Curie… Read more »

The Ramada Resort Park Hall Hotel cordially invites you all to its Wedding Fayre

The Ramada Resort Park Hall Hotel cordially invites you all to its Wedding Fayre

The stunning Ramada Resort Park Hall Hotel on Park Drive in Wolverhampton is hosting a Wedding Fayre on Sunday 29th September and free entry is from 11am to… Read more »

Return of the App, Overhear Partners Birmingham Literature Festival

Return of the App, Overhear Partners Birmingham Literature Festival

Overhear is delighted to announce a partnership with Birmingham Literature Festival, running across the city from 3rd to 13th October. Newly commissioned poems and prose will be… Read more »

Robert Lindsay returns to the stage in PRISM Written and directed by Terry Johnson

Robert Lindsay returns to the stage in the astonishing true story of double Oscar-winning cinematic master Jack Cardiff. Terry Johnson’s Prism opens at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 3 – 12 October ahead of… Read more »

Birmingham’s Oldest Pub to celebrate 651st Birthday

Birmingham’s Oldest Pub to celebrate 651st Birthday

Birmingham’s oldest pub is getting ready to celebrate turning 651 years old. The Old Crown, established in 1368, was the only building left standing after the Battle… Read more »

The Old Crown turns 651 years old!

After having to scrap our 650th birthday party we’re very excited to celebrate the old girls 651st. Join us as we celebrate all weekend with music, games… Read more »

Barber Shop Chronicles Birmingham Repertory Theatre Thu 26 – Sat 28 Sept

Following two sell-out runs in London and a world tour, the acclaimed Barber Shop Chronicles comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 26 – 28 September. Written by Nigerian-born poet and playwright Inua… Read more »