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Town Hall/Symphony Hall

New dates announced.

LUCKY ALI       

The soulful Indipop singer-songwriter, composer and actor, playing in the UK for the first time ever, performs one of only two dates in the country at Symphony Hall on 23rd August.

Tickets £25.00/£35.00/£45.00 on sale from 10am on Friday 23rd May. 

THE 162ND BRITISH OPEN BRASS BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Leading ensembles from across the country come together at Symphony Hall on 6th September for one of the biggest events in the brass band calendar, also believed to be the oldest music competition in the world

Tickets £12.00/£15.00/£18.00/£21.00/£23.00 

TONY BENNETT 

The legendary Grammy and Emmy award-winning singer makes a welcome return to Symphony Hall, well-documented as one of his favourite places in the world to perform, on 11th September.

Tickets £45.00/£55.00/£65.00/£75.00 on sale from 10am on Friday 23rd May. 

IGUDESMAN & JOO: BIG NIGHTMARE MUSIC

 London’s Philharmonic Orchestra join the two musi­cians at Symphony Hall on 17th September for an evening of uproar­i­ous sketches, mashing up classical music masterpieces and famous folk and pop songs

Tickets £15

TOMMY TIERNAN 

The jet-setting comedian, actor and writer, voted Ireland’s Funniest Living Person, debuts his hilarious storytelling and high energy, non-apologetic delivery on 4th October at Birmingham Town Hall

Tickets £18

DESERT ISLAND DISCS – CLASSICAL FAVOURITES

Conductor Anthony Inglis, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gwilym Simcock and soloists perform popular classical music choices from the world famous BBC Radio 4 programme at Symphony Hall on 4th October.

Tickets £14.50-£36.50

CURTIS STIGERS

The platinum-selling singer, songwriter and saxophonist stops off on 6th October at Birmingham Town Hall for an evening of music from his recently-released eleventh album, Hooray for Love.

Tickets £25.00/£30.00/£50.00 (VIP) 

EDDI READER 

The Brit Award winning Scottish singer-songwriter and Fairground Attraction co-founder celebrates 30 years in music and performs at Birmingham Town Hall on 10th October in support of her tenth studio album, Vagabond 

Tickets £22.50 

PERCY PURSGLOVE – FAR REACHING DREAMS OF MORTAL SOULS

The outgoing Jazzlines Fellow, trumpeter and double bassist premieres new work composed for octet and eight voice choir based on speeches and associated works of historical figures on 17th October at the CBSO Centre.

Tickets £12, on sale from 10am on Friday 23rd May. 

MAXIMUM RHYTHM AND BLUES WITH THE MANFREDS 

The chart-topping band return to Birmingham Town Hall on 14th November to perform their popular and R&B music defining hits including Do Wah Diddy Diddy, 5-4-3-2-1, Mighty Quinn and Pretty Flamingo.

Tickets £28.50

STROBES 

Three prodigious talents of the London music scene – Dan Nicholls, Matt Calvert and Dave Smith – join forces for an electro-improv, Afrocentric audio-visual set on 20th November at the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath.

Tickets £10, on sale from 10am on Friday 23rd May 2014. 

SPECTACULAR CLASSICS

Symphony Hall residents the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra along with the City of Birmingham Choir deliver an evening of great classics complete with lasers and special effects on 22nd November. 

Tickets £16.50-£42.50 

SCOTT MATTHEWS: HOME

 Wolverhampton’s Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter, often compared to Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake, returns to Birmingham Town Hall on 29th November to perform from new album Home: Part 1. 

Tickets £17.50 

RODDY FRAME

Scottish singer-songwriter and former Aztec Camera frontman, Roddy Frame heads to Birmingham Town Hall on 7th December for the closing night of his winter tour, playing material from his recent release Seven Dials.  

Tickets £25  

THAT’LL BE THE DAY CHRISTMAS SHOW 

The UK’s most successful rock n roll variety show returns to Birmingham Town Hall on 13th December with a brand new show packed with festive good times for Christmas. 

Tickets £25

CHRISTMAS WITH CANOLDIR

The Birmingham-based Welsh male voice choir, under the leadership of musical director James Llewelyn Jones, sing a seasonal programme which also features solo performances on 18th December at Symphony Hall.

Tickets £15.00/£20.00/£25.00 

TOMMY EMMANUEL

The Australian virtuoso guitarist, famed for his unique finger picking style and use of percussive effects using the guitar, returns to Birmingham Town Hall on 15th January for an evening of music

Tickets £22.50, on sale from 10am on Friday 23 May 2014.

JEFF WILLIAMS SEXTET & MIKE FLETCHER TRIO

The US-born jazz drummer, who has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler and Mike Gibbs amongst others, takes part in this exciting Jazzlines double bill at the CBSO Centre on 30th January 2015.

Tickets £15

MIKE AND THE MECHANICS

Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford returns to Symphony Hall on 27th April 2015 with one of the UK’s most prolific R&B singer Andrew Roachford and Canadian-born singer Tim Howard.

Tickets £32.00/£36.00

Tickets can be obtained from the box office on www.thsh.co.uk or 0121 780 3333.

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