CBSO announces its 2025-26 season
Tradition meets innovation in new series.
Lady Samurai documentary and album released
Birmingham filmmaker releases award-winning documentary and soundtrack.
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival marks tenth anniversary
Epic return for free festival showcasing the best hip-hop talent.
Piano virtuoso plays Birmingham’s Kitchen Garden Cafe
New Orleans meets Kings Heath with Dom Pipkin.
CVC: “peace and love and good times”
Holly Heywood sees Cardiff come to Coventry’s Kasbah.
2025 Lichfield Festival – full details announced
World premieres, young artists showcased and big names set for summer spectacular.
Sunny Afternoon at the Alex
Kinks musical comes to Birmingham.
Anti-racist groups line up against “hate and division”
Birmingham United Against Racism to protest Reform UK rally.
Kazuki Yamada conducts Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
BCMG premiere a brand-new concerto for Japanese Shō.
A Celtic double
Richard Nevin survives nights with the Mary Wallopers and the Dublin Legends.
B:Music launches She:Music
New initiative to amplify emerging female musicians from the West Midlands.
Steel Pulse founder David Hinds speaks out
“We need unity now more than ever” says reggae legend ahead of homecoming show.
Keeping music live for forty years – cont
Part two of local music legend Mike Hamblett’s story.
Keeping music live for forty years
Mike Hamblett, musician, record company boss and former owner of the Robin venues tells all.
Birmingham musicians honoured in classical awards
CBSO’s Kazuki Yamada winds Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor of the Year Award.
More acts announced for Moseley Folk
The Waterboys, The Lightning Seeds & Peter Doherty added to line-up.
More names announced for Warwick Castle Live 2025
Texas and Pet Shop Boys set to rock the castle.
Stravinsky’s Firebird: “musical harmony and rhythm”
Simon Hale spends an afternoon with the CBSO.
Cinderella: “joyful, magical, dramatic”
Jessica Harris is at the Hippodrome watching the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Southern comfort
The South, featuring members of The Beautiful South, to play local dates.
From Manhattan to Digbeth
Immersive Studio 54 night at The Night Owl this Saturday.
Pistol-packin’ Daisys
Glasgow band to support Big Country in Birmingham.
Ashton Classics: “a thrilling celebration”
Simon Hale joins in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s spirited commemoration.
Back to the 80’s with Martin Kemp
DJ set from eighties icon.
The show must go on
Birmingham Irish Quarter readies for St Patrick’s Day 2025 celebrations.
CBSO and Black Voices together this weekend
CBSO taking Town Hall audience into a New World.
Steel Pulse return to Birmingham
Fiftieth anniversary tour kicks off next week.
Reggae Origins: “a worthy tribute”
At Birmingham Town Hall Dave Woodhall watches Basil Gabbidon commemorate Bob Marley.
A Laugh Supreme returns to Eastside Jazz Club
Another night of music and comedy after sold-out opening show.
Nile Rodgers to play Cannock Chase
Disco legend brings Chic to Forest Live.