Jazz festival set to stage comeback
Long-running music event returns for the summer.
Birmingham nightlife resumes as lockdown eased
Thousands enjoy Westside as hospitality reopens on Birmingham’s golden mile.
Start your engines for The Parking Lot Social
Last chance to snatch tickets for first ever UK drive-in drag show.
Review: Celebrating Piazzolla: 100 Years of Tango
Simon Hale enjoys the latest digital offering from the CBSO.
Review: Birmingham’s Museums on Demand programme
Jessica Harris goes online to learn about the past.
Birmingham arts venues get funding boost
Culture Recovery Fund provides lifeline to enable events to take place.
More Broad Street venues to re-open
Marquees and new outdoor areas enable plans to go ahead.
Solihull Summer Fest set to go ahead
Extra names added to Tudor Grange event.
Back to the Rep for Birmingham Royal Ballet
June season announced to include world premiere of Birmingham’s own ballet.
Funding boost for Symphony Hall
West Midlands Combined Authority invests £256,00 to support redevelopment.
Facelift for Black Sabbath landmark
Heavy metal bench gets spruced up ahead of lockdown ending.
Midlands arts scene continues to thrive through lockdown
Global audience reached for West Midlands arts organisations via digital programmes.
Review: Sonya Yoncheva in Germany
Simon Hale watches the latest in the Met Stars Live in Concert series.
Solihull Summer Fest 2021 given the go-ahead
Tickets now on sale for Tudor Grange musical extravaganza.
Unspoken but definitely not unwritten
Stephen Pennell reviews a book about growing up and survival.
Lunchtime concerts hitting right note with online audiences
More dates added to free Conservatoire series.
Saving seats for city icons
Save A Seat raises funds For Birmingham Rep and Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Whizzing around
Eighties heroes Whizz For Atoms return with new record deal.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group announce online events
Premieres and an interactive online performance feature in BCMG’s latest digital concert.
Hundreds watch Birmingham entertainment district’s virtual awards
Westside BID organises annual awards ceremony via YouTube.
Review: Beethoven, Ravel and Berlioz
Simon Hale views the CBSO’s latest performance from a distance.
Lockdown Lit List
Richard Lutz flips through the books he read in 2020 – the good, the bad, the downright appalling.
CBSO conductor to remain in post
Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla extends contract with the orchestra.
Broad Street music venue wins insurance test case
Six-figure payout expected after landmark Covid-19 ruling.
Review: French Connections
Simon Hale views the CBSO’s latest digital offering.
PARENTS – Read diss and impress your kids
Stephen Pennell attempts to explain diss tracks to the older generation.
Broad Street bench marks Black Sabbath again
Tony Iommi talks Black Sabbath as band’s bench reinstalled in Birmingham.
Review: Sam Lambeth – The King (You and Me)
Stephen Pennell listens to another impressive release from another impressive Birmingham musician.
Government help call for UK music industry
UK music venues and festivals face a “second consecutive year of silence”.
Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker online
Jessica Harris enjoys the latest online offering.