Birmingham date for Shane MacGowan tribute

Sharon Shannon Big Band to honour Pogues legend at O2 Academy.

Countdown to Moseley

Only a week until Moseley Folk & Arts Festival returns to Birmingham’s picturesque Moseley Park.

Hockley Social Club unveils Autumn programme

Venue leads the way for diverse cultural programming in “challenging market”.

Owlstock revives spirit of ’69

Digbeth’s most affordable one-day festival returns.

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.

Brum rocked!

Birmingham’s biggest band rocked out at Forum Birmingham.

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.

Sustaining Creative Ventures: Ownership Changes In Birmingham’s Arts Scene

Local artists need to evolve on a business footing.

Birmingham singers scoop Midlands Choir of the Year

MaleVox triumph at Lichfield Festival.

Madam Butterfly: “top class and sensually powerful”

The CBSO perform Puccini’s masterwork, with Simon Hale in the audience.

The countdown’s on to Brum Rocks Live

Birmingham Forum to host the finest in local young musical talent.

Summer and the ninth Symphonic Sessions

CBSO celebrate summer of sport at Hockley Social Club.

Review: Barber and Rachmaninoff – “life-affirming”

Simon Hale listens to the CBSO and their guest conductor.

Solihull pop star to perform at The Hundred

Edgbaston hosts Bellah Mae, Sheddy Maria, Overpass and Sanity across its fixtures.

Pet Shop Boys: “Who’s laughing now?”

Andrew Robins has a revelation as the Pet Shop Boys hit the Utilita Arena.

Celebrate Windrush Day at the Rep

With a joyous Jamaican journey.

The Hundred returns to Edgbaston

Bigger and better as Birmingham Phoenix prepare to do battle.

Stand By For Action! 2: Tunes of Danger

A musical celebration of themes from Gerry Anderson’s TV shows at Symphony Hall.

Flying high over Warwick

Organisers of Warwick Castle series featuring Noel Gallagher offer glimpse of what to expect.

Two weeks until B-Side Hip-Hop Festival

Celebrating forty years of hip-hop in Birmingham.

Heaven can’t wait

Heaven 17 to play the Robin.

RANT: “fresh, enduring and compelling”

Jessica Harris is at the Midlands Arts Centre for a Scottish spectacular.

Babies Adventures in Music: a “magical musical event”

Jessica Harris is enchanted by a family attraction at the Midland Arts Centre.

A little piece of Birmingham in Coventry

This Town set recreated in Coventry Music Museum.

Ambitious production for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Ethnically-led production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman by Persona Arts at Bradshaw Hall.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers hit Birmingham

Twentieth anniversary world tour stops off at Town Hall.