Smethwick Puppetry Festival to return in 2025
Free and low-cost events for all the family, in community venues.
Light is coming
Dates for first Birmingham Light Festival revealed.
Penda’s Fen: “dated yet totally absorbing”
Jessica Harris watches a TV play revived for the stage.
Solihull Summer Fest 2025 announces headliners
Ali Campbell and Bananarama to star at Tudor Grange Park.
BEDLAM Showcase 2024
Programme announced to coincide with World Mental Health Day.
Birmingham comic wins major prize
Tom Towelling is the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024 winner.
Brit Fest 2025 line-up announced
First release of tickets for The Brit Fest 2025 now available.
Birmingham Comedy Festival launched
UK’s second longest-running comedy festival returns to the second city.
First acts revealed for Mostly Jazz 2025
War and Craig Charles to perform in the park.
Moseley Folk hits the right note
Another memorable weekend ends triumphantly.
Review: Two Days in Moseley
Dave Woodhall catches most of the Moseley Folk & Arts Festival.
Countdown to Moseley
Only a week until Moseley Folk & Arts Festival returns to Birmingham’s picturesque Moseley Park.
All the dance at Birmingham Weekender
Street, inclusive, classical, circus plus a flashmob.
Owlstock revives spirit of ’69
Digbeth’s most affordable one-day festival returns.
Family festival promises Bank Holiday fun
Birmingham Weekender’s got it all going on across the city.
Legendary club venue revived in Lichfield
Miss Moneypenny’s to host arena at Crooked in the Park.
Solihull Summer Fest: Giving the people what they want
Solihull Summer Fest stays (mostly) dry and delivers again.
Honour for promoter as jazz festival kicks off
Black Sabbath’s original manager receives Honorary Doctorate in Music.
Lichfield award-winner goes back to school
Four Seasons inspires Lichfield Festival schools’ projects.
Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival celebrates forty years
City festival celebrates an amazing non-stop four decades.
Kool end to Mostly Jazz
The Birmingham festival enjoyed packed crowds and stand-out sets.
Birmingham singers scoop Midlands Choir of the Year
MaleVox triumph at Lichfield Festival.
Mostly Jazz links with city music projects
Future music business talent initiative launches at major city festival.
Wakhri: “dynamic, exhilarating and important”
A Midland Arts Centre presentation for Birmingham Indian Film Festival. Jessica Harris watches.
Festival of dance in celebration of Spaghetti Junction
A celebration of Spaghetti Junction and the communities that surround it.
Moseley Community Festival goes gold
One of Birmingham’s oldest community-run festivals celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
Birmingham Indian Film Festival returns
Six venues, eleven days, unforgettable performances.
Birmingham Royal Ballet to play Glastonbury
Debut appearance on the Pyramid Stage.
It’s time to raise your glasses again
Birmingham Rum Festival returns to the Cuban Embassy for seventh year.
Two weeks until B-Side Hip-Hop Festival
Celebrating forty years of hip-hop in Birmingham.