Highlights
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Birmingham International Tattoo
Birmingham International Tattoo will return with ‘three hours of pomp, pageantry and spectacle’ in the new year.
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Bluey's Big Play
Featuring brilliantly created puppets.
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Creative Craft Show
Three inspiring events for the price of one!
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Diversity - Soul
With numerous sell-out tours under their belt, it’s fair to say Diversity have made the most of their Susan Boyle-beating success on Britain’s Got Talent 17 years ago. The critically acclaimed street...
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Brooke Combe
Brilliantly bringing a new edge to Northern Soul, the Scottish singer-songwriter is touring the UK having last year released debut album Dancing On The Edge Of The World to considerable acclaim.
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AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run
The Midlands’ biggest and most exciting mass-participation running event, returns this May.
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Halle Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Masterpiece
The Manchester-based Halle is renowned for its affinity with English music, but here turns its attention in different directions; namely Strauss’ Serenade In E-flat Major and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony....
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Photography & Video Show
Get 20% off tickets with code WON26. FREE entry for professional photographers.
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is one of literature’s most enduring characters, The Hound Of The Baskervilles his most famous adventure. Yet no matter how many actors don the deerstalker and...
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Ocean In Concert
A live screening of the stunning nature documentary feature Ocean with David Attenborough.
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Richard Blackwood
Richard Blackwood’s comedic style has been described as an amalgam of Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock, combined with a healthy dose of Afro Caribbean and South London humour. Jokes include...
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Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
Quentin Crisp certainly had a talent for outrageous self-publicity. Back in the mid-20th century, ‘mincing around’ the streets of London in gaudy makeup and dying one’s hair crimson was a pretty good...
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26 Musicals coming to the Midlands in 2026
Smash hits and new productions heading to a theatre near you!
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Motionhouse: Hidden
The world premier from the dance-circus company.
Latest...
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Burlesque The Musical comes to the Midlands in 26/27
Coming to Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.
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Exhibition launches at RAF Museum to honour black veterans
The Forgotten Generations: Lest We Forget Exhibition is on display until 10 May 2026.
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Claire Sweeney stars as Miss Hannigan in Annie The Musical
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand and The Regent, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Balletboyz: Still Pointless comes to the Midlands
A live dance documentary fusing live performance with film.
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Tamworth Tap takes UK’s best pub title for record breaking third time
Awarded the CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2025 title.
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Penkridge Open Air announces acts for 2026 festival
Returning from 28 - 30 August.
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Castle Classics returns to Newcastle-under-Lyme
Returning on Saturday 28th March 2026.
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Lichfield Food & Drink Festival returns for 2026
The popular events will return in May and August.
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New performing arts academy to open in Tamworth
The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) will officially open on Saturday 31 January.
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Burlesque The Musical comes to the Midlands in 26/27
Coming to Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.
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Exhibition launches at RAF Museum to honour black veterans
The Forgotten Generations: Lest We Forget Exhibition is on display until 10 May 2026.
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Claire Sweeney stars as Miss Hannigan in Annie The Musical
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand and The Regent, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Balletboyz: Still Pointless comes to the Midlands
A live dance documentary fusing live performance with film.
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Tamworth Tap takes UK’s best pub title for record breaking third time
Awarded the CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2025 title.
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Penkridge Open Air announces acts for 2026 festival
Returning from 28 - 30 August.
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Castle Classics returns to Newcastle-under-Lyme
Returning on Saturday 28th March 2026.
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Lichfield Food & Drink Festival returns for 2026
The popular events will return in May and August.
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New performing arts academy to open in Tamworth
The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) will officially open on Saturday 31 January.
Coming soon to the Midlands
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Let's go to the theatre…
Check out our selection of shows coming to venues across the region during the next few weeks...
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Things to do in the Midlands
Check out our selection of things to do in the Midlands during the next few weeks.
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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few weeks...
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Get looking! Visual arts across the Midlands
Check out some of the fantastic exhibitions showing across the region this month.
Festivals
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Line-up includes: Andy Fairweather Low and Ferocious Dog.
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Penkridge Open Air
Line-up includes: The Drifters, ABC and 2 Unlimited.
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Bearded Theory
Line-up includes: Pixies, Garbage and Skunk Anansie.
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Glastonbudget
Line-up includes: Flash and Antarctic Monkeys.
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Cafe Mambo Ibiza Classics
Line-up includes: Groove Armada, Roger Sanchez and Chicane.
Latest Reviews
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Review: John Bramwell at the Temperance Bar, Leamington Spa
Bramwell is clearly as content as he’s ever been.
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Review: SIX The Musical at Wolverhampton Grand
'A joyous and uplifting spectacle"
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Review: Robin Hood at Birmingham Hippodrome
'enchanting, entertaining and full of festive fun'
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Review: Sleeping Beauty at the Stafford Gatehouse
"a finely-tuned and fabulous festive treat"
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Feature: A Towering Achievement
Fawlty Towers madness live on stage...
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Feature: All That Jazz
Eastside Jazz Festival makes its debut at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
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Feature: Cheek to Cheek
Phillip Attmore and Amara Okereke face the music in classic comedy Top Hat.
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Feature: Crocs Away
Roald Dahl’s Enormous Crocodile slides onto the stage.
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Feature: Fred Alert
Hijinx Theatre bring a highly acclaimed and ‘unmissable comedy’ to the Midlands.
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Feature: Killer Thriller
Twisted comedy thriller Murder At Midnight visits Belgrade Theatre.
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Family Ties
New exhibition illuminates the life of a South Asian family.
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Wind of Change
The RSC is set to stage the world premiere of a bold new musical.
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Chart Attack
A new musical tells the story of the battle of Britpop.
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Viva España
Birmingham Royal Ballet presents Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote.
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Feature: Tour De Force
Ellen Kent’s Farewell Tour brings opulent opera to the Midlands.
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Catch The Thief
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical visits Birmingham Hippodrome.
What's On Theatres
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Regent Theatre
When the Regent first opened its doors, it wasn’t a theatre at all but a cinema, presenting its firs...
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Lichfield Garrick
The purpose-built Lichfield Garrick Theatre opened in 2003 and has a main auditorium seating more th...
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New Vic Theatre
Purpose-built as a theatre-in-the-round and opened in 1986, the New Vic is the regional producing th...
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Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
Opening in 1982, Stafford Gatehouse Theatre programmes both professional and amateur shows, and thro...
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Crown Wharf Theatre
The Crown Wharf Theatre is a brand new arts & community space located in the heart of Stone, Staffor...
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Regent Theatre
When the Regent first opened its doors, it wasn’t a theatre at all but a cinema, presenting its firs...
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Lichfield Garrick
The purpose-built Lichfield Garrick Theatre opened in 2003 and has a main auditorium seating more th...
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New Vic Theatre
Purpose-built as a theatre-in-the-round and opened in 1986, the New Vic is the regional producing th...
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Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
Opening in 1982, Stafford Gatehouse Theatre programmes both professional and amateur shows, and thro...
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Crown Wharf Theatre
The Crown Wharf Theatre is a brand new arts & community space located in the heart of Stone, Staffor...
Competitions
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Four tickets to Birmingham International Tattoo
At bp Pulse LIVE on 14 & 15 February.
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Two tickets to see Legally Blonde
Showing at The Alexandra, Birmingham from 31 March - 4 April.
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Two weekend camping tickets to Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Returning from 28 - 31 August 2026.
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Two weekend tickets to Bearded Theory
Returning to Catton Park, Derbyshire from 20 - 24 May.
Places To Visit across the Midlands
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Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral is one of the oldest places of Christian worship, the burial place of Anglo-Saxo...
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Thinktank Science Museum
Located in Birmingham city centre, Thinktank offers a great day out for visitors of all ages....
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West Midlands Police Museum
Discover stories about some of Birmingham’s most notorious criminals, including the real Peaky Blind...
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Weston Park
Weston Park is a house set in 1,000 acres of Capability Brown-landscaped parkland, making it the per...
What's On Elsewhere
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Seen by tens of millions of people across the globe, Buddy is an enormously enduring and touchingly...
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Ballet Black at 25
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a much-anticipated debut to Wolverh...
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Countrytastic
Popular family day out packed with farmyard fun.
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Dear England
A new play by James Graham.
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I'm Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical
The life story of the multi-platinum selling icon.
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Seen by tens of millions of people across the globe, Buddy is an enormously enduring and touchingly...
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Ballet Black at 25
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a much-anticipated debut to Wolverh...
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Countrytastic
Popular family day out packed with farmyard fun.
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Dear England
A new play by James Graham.
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I'm Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical
The life story of the multi-platinum selling icon.
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