Birmingham Pride looking to repeat community success
UK festival aims to lead the way for inclusivity in 2025.
Warwick Castle comedy festival line-up announced
Frankie Boyle and Paul Smith to headline Cobra presents Comedy at the Castle 2025.
More big names for the Warwick Sessions
GRAMMY winners Train added to stellar line-up for 2025.
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.
BEDLAM Showcase 2024
Programme announced to coincide with World Mental Health Day.
Birmingham Comedy Festival launched
UK’s second longest-running comedy festival returns to the second city.
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.
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.
Birmingham Indian Film Festival returns
Six venues, eleven days, unforgettable performances.
Birmingham Royal Ballet to play Glastonbury
Debut appearance on the Pyramid Stage.
Two weeks until B-Side Hip-Hop Festival
Celebrating forty years of hip-hop in Birmingham.
Solihull Summer Fest returns with a star-studded line-up
Chart-topping legends to headline Tudor Grange extravaganza.
In:Site 2024 unveiled
Art, craft and design graduates create and showcase new work over four days.
Kevin Rowland: “I don’t think about strangling people”
Dave Woodhall talks to legendary Dexys frontman Kevin Rowland.
Just Be You at the MAC
New musical family show premieres in Birmingham.