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.

Local band The Clause In Their Element!

*Press release In My Element, symbolises and embodies the culture we have experienced in night life within Birmingham and around the UK. It takes influences from many… Read more »

Good food, music and even better beer – The Juke turns one this July

King’s Heath’s bespoke jukebox bar is celebrating its first successful year of business, taking over York Road with another seminal street party on Saturday, July 27. The… Read more »

Digbeth soul and retro club announces first ever festival

Digbeth soul and retro club announces first ever festival

Birmingham’s award winning soul and retro nightclub The Night Owl is hosting its first ever festival this summer, themed around the famous Woodstock festival. The American music… Read more »

BBC’s Dark Money a showcase for Birmingham’s film talent!

Some of the upcoming productions filmed here in the Midlands are really taking off such as Dark Mon£y which started Monday (8th July) on BBC One. Dark… Read more »

Beware the Moon returns, Dudley Castle is pulling up its portcullis for you again this summer.

Beware the Moon has returned, so get ready to shudder and scream as Dudley Castle is pulling up its portcullis for you again this summer.  For our… Read more »

Birmingham’s Oldest Pub The Old Crown To Show Wimbledon Live On The Big Screen This July

Birmingham’s Oldest Pub The Old Crown To Show Wimbledon Live On The Big Screen This July

The Old Crown also takes home Traditional Pub of the Year at the 2019 Midlands Food, Drink & Hospitality Awards The Old Crown’s outdoor screen will be… Read more »

Tara Fitzgerald joins Robert Lindsay in Terry Johnson’s Prism at The REP

Tara Fitzgerald joins Robert Lindsay in the 2019 production ofPrism, which opens at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 3 October ahead of a UK tour. They will be joined… Read more »

One of the UK’s most exciting and ground-breaking bands are back with anthemic new single ‘It’s Just a Dream Away’

Birmingham / Walsall band The Assist are back with a jaw-dropping reflection on aims and ambition, ‘Just a Dream Away’. The four-piece – one of the stapes of… Read more »

What’s on at 1000 Trades This July!

Sound check… one, two Pioneering live music and DJ sets from some of Birmingham’s best, music is the beating heart of 1000 Trades. See more on Facebook. FRIDAY 5… Read more »

Upcoming art exhibition by Pamina Stewart Face or Flight July 12 – 10 October 2019

Pamina Stewart has exhibited both internationally and across the UK. Working with a range of media (painting, printing, drawing and sculpture) her diverse career has included: Artist… Read more »

New Capsule Six Gig Date at Hare and Hounds Kings Heath

New gig date: Wednesday 31st July 2019 at The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath Doors 7pm until 11.00pm, tickets £4 in advance and available from Skiddle Part of… Read more »

Brumbeat Gig Guide July 2019

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

Digbeth First Friday July 2019

This July, get out and about, discover something new and enjoy the fantastic independent culture Digbeth has to offer! On offer this month: Centrala: Late night opening… Read more »

Birmingham rockers The Lizards are slithering back into the slipstream with the synth-driven rocker ‘Astroboy’

BBC Radio 1 backed rockers The Lizards are slithering back into the slipstream with the synth-driven rocker ‘Astroboy’. One of the West Midlands’ most thrilling and thunderous groups, the… Read more »

Birmingham’s Paper Buoys to release soaring new single ‘Time Won’t Wait’

Fresh off the back of their most recent single ‘Chasing Ghosts’, Birmingham quartet Paper Buoys offer up another wistful winner in the shape of new track ‘Time… Read more »

Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler launch blockbuster Black Sabbath exhibition in Birmingham

Visual spectacle featuring over 1,000 items celebrating the iconic band and their fans The show forms part of a season of exhibitions, which celebrate Birmingham and the… Read more »

Peaky Blinders – The Live Escape Game

The world’s first official Peaky Blinders escape rooms are set to be unveiled after the show’s production company agreed a deal with a Midlands-based operator. Escape Live… Read more »

Beavertown and BBQ at The Victoria

Love Beer? Love BBQ? Then Hello! Join The Victoria & Beavertown Brewery as they close Birmingham Beer Week 2019. One of Beavertown’s talented brewers will talk you… Read more »

AWARD-WINNING CHEF TO LAUNCH RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL BAR AT HIGHCROSS, LEICESTER

AWARD-WINNING CHEF TO LAUNCH RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL BAR AT HIGHCROSS, LEICESTER

Leicester is preparing for a celebration of authentic Indian cuisine and cocktail mixology as new restaurant Tandem prepares to launch in August with a well-known restaurateur. Exclusive… Read more »

New Look For Moseley Festival 4-7 July

More than just the street fair – fun events for the whole community across 4 days New events for Moseley Festival in 2019 include live music at… Read more »

Listening Sessions at the Dark Horse 29th June

After the huge success of our debut with the mighty Om Unit at the Dark Horse, we are back at Moseley’s best music venue with a host… Read more »

Post-PARADISE 19 at Centrala

Date: 28.06.2019 Time: 8pm Price: 5_GBP / PWYC Place: Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham Post-Paradise is a grassroots experimental music series… Read more »

UK’s only specialist soul and retro music venue celebrates fourth birthday this July!

UK’s only specialist soul and retro music venue celebrates fourth birthday this July!

The UK’s only specialist soul and retro nightclub and music venue celebrates four years of good people, great dancing and even better soul music on Friday, July… Read more »

Quadrophenia The Album Live! Comes to Birmingham

The Who’s masterpiece rock opera album, Quadrophenia, has been brought to life and recreated for the theatre stage by international eight-piece band – The Goldhawks, who will… Read more »

BBC Good Food Show and BBC Gardeners World Live return to Brum

The BBC Good Food Show Summer and BBC Gardeners’ World Live return to the NEC in Birmingham from Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 June for four fabulous… Read more »

Digbeth First Friday June 2019

This June, get out and about, discover something new and enjoy the fantastic independent culture Digbeth has to offer! Friday 7 June 10am until late. On offer… Read more »

Royal Enfield is Returning to Redditch

Royal Enfield is Returning to Redditch

After 52 years, Royal Enfield is returning to Redditch! The borough has been chosen for the exclusive European unveiling of a new model to Royal Enfield’s brand… Read more »

St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham launches cultural calendar with Irish folk giants The Chieftains

50 years of music celebrated with an evening of pipers, dancers, choral singers and more at the city’s historic Grade-I listed Town Hall – the band’s only… Read more »

Father’s Day Feast at Aria

What do fathers love more than an all-you-can-eat feast of their favourite foods? Hyatt Regency Birmingham’s signature restaurant Aria is putting on the mother-of-all buffets to celebrate…. Read more »

Cancer Research UK Shine Night Walk Birmingham

Starting in Centenary Square Birmingham at 7:30pm   Join together at Shine Night walk as you light up the streets of Birmingham Birmingham, are you ready for a… Read more »

Brumbeat Gig Guide June 2019

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

Cricket and Cocktails This Summer at The Gentleman And Scholar Pub

Enjoy all the action of the Cricket World Cup this summer at The Gentleman and Scholar pub based within Hyatt Regency Birmingham. With a large TV screen… Read more »

Blues Caravan 2019 – Three Musicians on a Mission at The Robin 2

Introducing “Blues Caravan 2019” featuring: Katarina Pejak (Serbia), Ina Forsman (Finland) and Ally Venable(USA) The Blues Caravan keeps on rolling with an extensive international tour that includes four dates in the UK this September…. Read more »

The Independent Birmingham Festival at Aston Hall 2019

The Independent Birmingham Festival at Aston Hall 2019

Foodies of Birmingham: The Independent Birmingham Festival at Aston Hall returns this July and it’s set to be their greatest event yet! Following the huge success of… Read more »

Henry’s Blueshouse Events

Henry’s Blueshouse was started in 1968 by Big Bear Records founder Jim Simpson and became a stepping stone to fame by dozens of bands including Status Quo, Jethro… Read more »

DEADTOWN The Forman Brothers’ Wild West Show comes to REP

Directed by Petr Forman Thursday 27 – Saturday 29 JunePress Night: Thursday 27 June, 7.30pm An old fashioned adventure to a new world For the first time… Read more »

Events at Level 25 Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill

Level25 is set to provide Birmingham’s soundtrack to summer with an all-new live music events programme that brings together some of the finest musicians and entertainers from… Read more »

Stars On The Menu At Beer Central

Carters of Moseley’s Brad Carter completes the food offering for the Midlands first Beer Central Festival We Are Beer, the team behind the Bristol, London and Edinburgh… Read more »

Culture Feast 2019

BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY ARTS NETWORK IS PROUD TO PRESENT CULTURE FEAST June – July 2019 A FIVE COURSE MENU OF BIRMINGHAM’S CONTEMPORARY ARTS Six of Birmingham’s arts organisations… Read more »

Delia Derbyshire Collaborator David Vorhaus In Fifty Years Celebration At Electronic Music Festival

The Seventh Wave presents: White Noise – a Fifty Years Celebration of An Electric Storm & Other Sonic Adventures Voyd – live set / White Noise –… Read more »

Mark Daly UK Tour visits Brum!

Mark Daly released his single ‘ Without You ‘ on the 26th of April 2019. This single is the third release from his debut solo album ‘When… Read more »

Rebel Chicken celebrates 1st birthday + launch of new beer garden and brunch menu

Rebel Chicken celebrates 1st birthday + launch of new beer garden and brunch menu

Jewellery Quarter’s finest purveyors of chicken and beer The Rebel are to celebrate their first birthday as they spread their wings with the launch of a brand… Read more »

Story of The Que Club revealed through new heritage project.

Story of The Que Club revealed through new heritage project.

The story of legendary UK music venue The Que Club, which hosted global superstars, opera performances, punk all-dayers and underground dance events during its lifetime, is to… Read more »

Yarningham Birmingham’s Yarn Festival

Yarningham Birmingham’s Yarn Festival

Yarningham Birmingham’s Yarn Festival13 & 14 July 2019Uffculme Centre, Birmingham, UKwww.yarningham.co.uk Yarningham, Birmingham’s yarn festival returns in July. Featuring dyers and independent producers from across the UK,… Read more »

A Beer Central Special Brummie Brew for Festival!

A Beer Central Special Brummie Brew for Festival!

Grapevine was recently invited a very special open day at Dig Brew Co. where the guys at Beer Central Festival had gathered together some of the region’s… Read more »

Don Letts returns to Brum for Bank Holiday Carnival

One of the most influential people in British music, known for bringing reggae to the masses, Don Letts is returning the Birmingham this May Bank Holiday. After… Read more »

Post-PAradise 18 at Centrala

Date: 31.05.2019 Time: 8pm Price: 5_GBP / PWYC Place: Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham Post-Paradise is a grassroots experimental music series… Read more »

ILdiko Nagy and Chunxx join Sketch at Dark Horse!

We’re back again for round three! On Thursday 23rd May from 8.00pm onwards, we’re welcoming local artists ILdiko Nagy and Chunxx, who will be creating some amazing… Read more »

Capsule Six now 4

After forming, writing, rehearsing and starting to gig in 2018 Capsule Six have now become a four piece as Sarah has joined them to add some additional… Read more »

The Ripieno Players celebrate Lieder composer Clara Schumann at Medicine

Born in Leipzig in 1819, Clara Schumann lived a unique life as a virtuoso pianist and composer, earning a name for herself as one of the foremost… Read more »