Highlights
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Malvern Festival of Ideas
Featuring 2026's Social Change Programme & Family Programme
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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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26 Musicals coming to the Midlands in 2026
Smash hits and new productions heading to a theatre near you!
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Photography & Video Show
Get 20% off tickets with code WON26. FREE entry for professional photographers.
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Countrytastic
Popular family day out packed with farmyard fun.
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Robin Hood
The ultimate sheriff-busting pantomime extravaganza.
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English Symphony Orchestra
The Worcestershire-based English Symphony Orchestra gets its teeth into the work of Mozart and Beethoven for its mid-month Malvern concert. The former’s effervescent Marriage Of Figaro overture kick...
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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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Mark Simmons: Jest to Impress
Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024.
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Tractor World Show
Join the ultimate celebration of vintage and classic machinery...
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Creative Craft Show
Three inspiring events for the price of one!
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Ocean In Concert
A live screening of the stunning nature documentary feature Ocean with David Attenborough.
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Our Little Hour
A moving musical drama presented by Show Racism the Red Card
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Vincent Simone: Tango Passions
A ‘sexy, steamy, passionate’ show complete with Argentine tango music
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Murder She Didn’t Write
An improvised, Agatha Christie-inspired whodunnit...
Latest News
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Join the Colwall Players for Death Mountain - A Murder Mystery
A murder has taken place, and aspiring sleuths are invited to solve the crime…
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Brand-new features to debut this May at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Blooming Borders and Floral Tablescaping make their RHS debut...
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Explore Worcestershire's winter wonderland with the National Trust
Wrap up warm and step into the winter landscape of the National Trust places...
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Homebuilder donates £1,500 to Mental Health charity
David Wilson Homes has donated to Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind
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Birmingham Museums is choc-full of treats this Easter
Easter is just around the corner and families planning for the school holiday need look no further a...
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Historic Harvington Hall reopens for 2026
Worcestershire’s historic moated Harvington Hall reopens on Saturday 14 February
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Worcestershire set for exciting year in 2026
New attractions, accommodation and cultural highlights provide more reasons to explore the county
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Choral Blockbuster 'Elijah' comes to Cathedral
The region’s leading, classical choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society, performs in March
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Six-year-old Worcestershire fundraiser raises over £1,200 for Charity
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is celebrating the incredible efforts of Teddie Goddard from Pershore...
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Join the Colwall Players for Death Mountain - A Murder Mystery
A murder has taken place, and aspiring sleuths are invited to solve the crime…
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Brand-new features to debut this May at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Blooming Borders and Floral Tablescaping make their RHS debut...
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Explore Worcestershire's winter wonderland with the National Trust
Wrap up warm and step into the winter landscape of the National Trust places...
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Homebuilder donates £1,500 to Mental Health charity
David Wilson Homes has donated to Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind
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Birmingham Museums is choc-full of treats this Easter
Easter is just around the corner and families planning for the school holiday need look no further a...
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Historic Harvington Hall reopens for 2026
Worcestershire’s historic moated Harvington Hall reopens on Saturday 14 February
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Worcestershire set for exciting year in 2026
New attractions, accommodation and cultural highlights provide more reasons to explore the county
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Choral Blockbuster 'Elijah' comes to Cathedral
The region’s leading, classical choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society, performs in March
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Six-year-old Worcestershire fundraiser raises over £1,200 for Charity
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is celebrating the incredible efforts of Teddie Goddard from Pershore...
Coming soon to the Midlands
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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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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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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
Festivals
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Line-up includes: Andy Fairweather Low and Ferocious Dog.
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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.
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Penkridge Open Air
Line-up includes: The Drifters, ABC and 2 Unlimited.
Features, interviews and blogs...
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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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Feature: Tour De Force
Ellen Kent’s Farewell Tour brings opulent opera to the Midlands.
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Feature: A Towering Achievement
Fawlty Towers madness live on stage...
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Dressed To Impress
Gok Wan returns to Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas.
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Big Ambitions
John Leader talks about taking the lead role in The BFG.
Latest Reviews
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Review: The BFG at the Royal Shakespeare Company
"superb, supersized puppetry, immersive projection and a cinematic score"
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Review: Robin Hood at Birmingham Hippodrome
'enchanting, entertaining and full of festive fun'
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Review: SIX The Musical at Wolverhampton Grand
'A joyous and uplifting spectacle"
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Review: The Woman in Black at The Alexandra
"a truly compelling production"
Places To Visit
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
England’s first open-air museum with over 700 years of Midlands history and 19 acres of countryside...
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Arley Arboretum
Go back in time on a dream escape from the bustle of everyday life... Watch the Severn Valley...
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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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Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Telling the story of aviation history and housing one of the UK's largest collections of its kind....
Competitions
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A pair of tickets to see Don Quixote
BRB's production returns to the Hippodrome this February.
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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.
What's On elsewhere...
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Horrible Histories
Featuring a live band and much-loved songs from the series
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Motionhouse: Hidden
The world premier from the dance-circus company.
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Alasdair Beckett-King
"England’s most Scottish-looking man" visits the Midlands...
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Stories That Made Us
Step back in time at the Herbert Art Gallery.
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Carmen
Part of opera officionado Ellen Kent's 'farewell' tour.
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Horrible Histories
Featuring a live band and much-loved songs from the series
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Motionhouse: Hidden
The world premier from the dance-circus company.
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Alasdair Beckett-King
"England’s most Scottish-looking man" visits the Midlands...
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Stories That Made Us
Step back in time at the Herbert Art Gallery.
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Carmen
Part of opera officionado Ellen Kent's 'farewell' tour.
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