The West Midlands is the Only way to go!

Enjoy exclusive events, festivals and destinations ‘Only Here’ during summer and autumn.

Campaign group hits out at Edgbaston traffic proposal

‘Rat run’ fear over decision to open up street to through traffic.

See it, grow it, taste it

Edgbaston gardens announce annual spring event.

Concert raises funds for Birmingham medical charity

A charity concert has raised £700 for the Edgbaston-based charity Ammalife.

Holders Lane Playing Fields protected for community use

Kingsbridge Project board member Amanda Smith tells us about their activities.

Apple Day at Martineau Gardens

Celebrate the harvest in Birmingham’s green oasis.

Give Ammalife Mothers A Chance..And You Could Win £2000

Help save lives by donating to our charity, AMMALIFE, in this summer’s Big Give

Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra to host a weekend of making music, fun & friends

BGSO inviting orchestral musicians of all backgrounds from across the Midlands and beyond to come and join in for a weekend of making new friends and music in great setting of mac birmingham.

One Beat Saturday Festival – full line-up announced

The full line-up for mac birmingham’s ‘new music’ festival for young people ‘One Beat Saturday’ is now available.

Storytelling Festival returns for Midsummer at Martineau

Tales of gory gods and gruesome greeks, rip-roaring adventure stories plus new pieces created live with the audience are all on the programme for the Martineau Gardens Storytelling Festival.

11+ alive and kicking in Edgbaston

Bright futures await boys at West House School with more than half of its 11+ candidates being offered places at King Edward’s School in Edgbaston.

My Daughter’s Trial

Kali Theatre is presenting Jabine Chaudri’s absorbing and fast moving new play, My Daughter’s Trial

God’s Property found at mac birmingham

God’s Property, by award winning playwright and former EastEnder’s actor Arinze Kene, will run at mac birmingham from 26 – 28 March

Big Dig Seed Event at Martineau Gardens

Gardeners and would-be gardeners are being invited to kick-start their gardening year with fun green-fingered gardening activities at the Big Dig Seed Event

How to Paint – at mac birmingham

Coventry University academics Craig Barber and Andrew Spackman, otherwise known as artistic duo The Habsburgs, present a new exhibition at mac birmingham.

Rooms with a view at Winterbourne House and Garden

Winterbourne House and Gardens has a new range of fascinating rooms for the public to experience and explore following its full restoration to its Edwardian glory in May 2010.

Sonia Audhali – Little Yemen at mac Birmingham

A new exhibition capturing rare images of the Yemeni community in the West Midlands is to go on display at mac birmingham next year.

Medical Charity Doubles Your Donation to Save Mothers’ Lives

Medical charity Ammalife kicks off donation campaign with deal to double your offer to help save lives

South Africa War Memorial rededication ceremony

The somewhat controversial South Africa War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park is to be rededicated at a ceremony on Saturday, 8th December.

Apple Day event at Martineau Gardens

Despite the wet summer which has affected Britain’s fruit crops, Martineau Gardens is organising a free, appletastic Apple Day event to celebrate this year’s apple harvest

West Midlands’ ethical businesses provide food for thought

Ethical businesses from across the West Midlands will be providing food for thought at a seminar in Birmingham next month.

A world of discoveries for young historians at University of Birmingham

To celebrate the start of the Byzantine outreach programme, thirty-five 15-16yr olds from the local area were selected to attend a day of interactive workshops and activities at the University,

Birmingham Medical Charity To Feature In Online Appeal

How a Birmingham medical charity is saving lives around the world

Laurence Inman on the value of ‘Live Feeds’ at mac Birmingham

Mr Inman is rather pleased to have found a better means of transport to London culture than actually going there.

Diet in a Day turns spotlight on region’s food habits

Brummies are being encouraged to take part in a unique lunchtime photographic event to help University of Birmingham researchers find out more about the region’s healthy eating habits.

First public performance in Birmingham’s newest concert venue this Saturday

A charity performance this Saturday will provide the first opportunity for the public to experience the University of Birmingham’s new 450-seat Bramall Music Building

The Birmingham Honey Show returns to Martineau Gardens with Alys Fowler

The Birmingham Honey Show is returning to Martineau Gardens, a Community Garden, in Edgbaston, on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, from 10am until 4pm.

Season of comedy at mac Birmingham

This autumn, mac birmingham has a rib-tickling line-up of comedians, guaranteed to put a smile on the grumpiest of faces; including Jo Caulfield, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Simon Munnery, and Mark Thomas.

Vanley Burke: By the Rivers of Birminam

mac birmingham presents By the Rivers of Birminam – the first retrospective exhibition of one of the country’s most prolific black photographers, Vanley Burke.

Find the time to be at Bee Time in Martineau Gardens

Birmingham Friends of the Earth Bee Activity Day, Saturday 28 July