New Season: Birmingham dances its heart out
Birmingham’s much lauded DanceXBirmingham’s announces its new autumn season today.
The Goon Show comes to the Old Joint Stock
Fifties classic revived for comedy festival.
Millennium Point supports food fair
Showcase for local businesses.
Fierce Festival and Millennium Point to stage arts event
Funding granted for Cyborg arts programme.
Acts announced for Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award
Up and coming new artists recognised.
Birmingham Chilli Festival returns to Brindleyplace
Temperatures will be rising in as the city’s annual Chilli Festival returns to Brindleyplace this September.
Keys to the park
A fine hay-rollin’, cider-sloshin’ weekend was had by Martin Longley at the Moseley Folk Festival.
When The Rolling Stones came to King’s Heath
And if you ever threw a scarf at Mick Jagger, read on.
From Simpsons to Star Wars
British Science Festival comes to Birmingham.
Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival launched
Opportunity to enjoy and learn more about the Gorge.
No Stella by starlight
Martin Longley finally reaches the end of the road at the Gent Jazzfest.
Lambic Gent-o-meter
It’s a mixed-up kinda day at the Gent Jazz Festival, decides Martin Longley.
Trappist artist
Following a three-day breather in the city’s groovy bars, Martin Longley jumps into the second weekend of the Gent Jazz Festival.
Gent chick-fest
Martin Longley has survived the first long weekend of the Gent Jazz Festival.
Birmingham Comedy Festival announce 2014 programme
Line-up includes major names and special events.
Holland in Flanders
Martin Longley’s third nite at the Gent Jazz Festival.
gent ale men prefer blondes
Martin Longley continues his quest for higher percentages in Belgian Trappist brews.
A Gentle start
Martin Longley begins his coverage of the Gent Jazz Festival, one of Europe’s finest double weekenders.
Brindleyplace on the hunt for this year’s chilli champ
Hottest stuff in Birmingham required.
In:Site returns to Birmingham.
Graduate festival of creativity to transform Birmingham city centre.
6 metre Godiva, a giant spider, theatre in a wheel
Festival of Imagineers Saturday 9th August.
Birmingham celebrates Summer in the City
City’s growing profile as short break destination highlighted.
All that jazz (the grand finale)
Part three of our Birmingham International Jazz & Blues Festival round-up.
Cum On Feel the Norze!
Martin Longley reports from day three of Norway’s Førdefestivalen world music festival.
Hardanger management
Martin Longley on day two of Norway’s Førdefestivalen.
Fjord fiesta
Who needs WOMAD?, asks Martin Longley, when there’s Norway’s Førdefestivalen, a weekender of global music on the west coast.
All that jazz (cont)
Here’s the highlights of the 30th Birmingham International Jazz & Blues Festival part II.
All that jazz
The 30th Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival starts today. Here are some of the early highlights.
Ciderfest – the core of summer drinking
What could be better on a hot summer’s day?
World’s largest archaeology festival comes to the Midlands
Learn all about it.