Highlights
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I Grew Up 90s
Encounter the decade's toys, video games, fashion, music & more...
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Women in Rock
Get ready to crank up the volume and feel the power...
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Sense & Sensibility
Light-hearted fun against the stunning backdrop of the Commandery Gardens
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Mary Poppins
Everybody’s favourite magical nanny is opening her umbrella and flying back into the Midlands!
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Three Counties Food & Drink Festival
The ultimate food lover’s paradise...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Expect plenty of madcap mayhem from Oddsocks!
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Festival of Sport
The UK's largest sport-themed event comes to the Midlands.
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Upton Blues Festival 2025
A long weekend of smiling faces and great music for FREE
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Digbeth Dining Club Summer Tour
The award-winning street-food operator is back on the road!
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Birmingham Festival Choral Society: Midsummer Folk Songs
English folk songs and madrigals for a summer evening...
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Commandery Quest
An escape room in one of Worcester’s most historic buildings…
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Shakespeare Express
Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of a historic steam locomotive
Latest News
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Trustees announced for Scala, Worcester’s new arts centre
Five founding Trustees from the cultural and local government sector
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County choir Bach in business at Pershore Abbey
Popular county choir returns to perform a Baroque masterpiece.
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Steam Engines, Soldiers & Sausage Rolls at Avoncroft
The Museum is preparing special activities for Fathers Day this month
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Worcester Pregnancy & Baby Fayre - this Weekend!
A completely free and non-profit event for local families
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A Taste of Croome: Historic Walled Gardens Host Exclusive Food Experience
Explore the award-winning Walled Gardens with a celebrated local Chef
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Adrian Lester to make his RSC debut in Cyrano de Bergerac
The play shows at the Swan Theatre from 27 September to 15 November.
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Strong French flavour in Ex Cathedra's 2025/6 concert season
Guest conductors include Steven Grahl, James Burton and Eamonn Dougan.
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Discover Worcestershire’s Creative Side for FREE
Open Studios Art Week takes place this August
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Calling All Town Criers! Championship to take place in Bromsgrove
Allica Bank sponsors National Town Criers Championship next month
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Trustees announced for Scala, Worcester’s new arts centre
Five founding Trustees from the cultural and local government sector
-
County choir Bach in business at Pershore Abbey
Popular county choir returns to perform a Baroque masterpiece.
-
Steam Engines, Soldiers & Sausage Rolls at Avoncroft
The Museum is preparing special activities for Fathers Day this month
-
Worcester Pregnancy & Baby Fayre - this Weekend!
A completely free and non-profit event for local families
-
A Taste of Croome: Historic Walled Gardens Host Exclusive Food Experience
Explore the award-winning Walled Gardens with a celebrated local Chef
-
Adrian Lester to make his RSC debut in Cyrano de Bergerac
The play shows at the Swan Theatre from 27 September to 15 November.
-
Strong French flavour in Ex Cathedra's 2025/6 concert season
Guest conductors include Steven Grahl, James Burton and Eamonn Dougan.
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Discover Worcestershire’s Creative Side for FREE
Open Studios Art Week takes place this August
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Calling All Town Criers! Championship to take place in Bromsgrove
Allica Bank sponsors National Town Criers Championship next month
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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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.
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Let's get classical
concerts to check out across the Midlands this month...
Features, interviews and blogs...
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Thinking Games
Alan Davies talks about returning to the stage for the first time in a decade.
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Lichfield Festival: Best Of The Fest
Featuring a feast of entertainment and a smorgasbord of performances.
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Kindred Spirits
Acclaimed RSC production My Neighbour Totoro is enjoying an extended run in the West End.
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Odd Ones, Out
Fun-loving Oddsocks bring Shakespeare into the open air - and it works like a Dream...
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Constant Evolution
A new version of Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife opens at the RSC’s Swan Theatre this month.
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Practically Perfect
Mary Poppins flies back to Birmingham.
Latest Reviews
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Review: Marie and Rosetta at Wolverhampton Grand
"Beverley Knight received a standing ovation as she took to the stage"
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Review: TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Hippodrome
"be thrilled, moved and inspired by this extraordinary story of resilience and triumph"
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Review: Greg Davies Full Fat Legend at BP Pulse Live, Birmingham
"rude, grisly, puerile and most importantly hilarious"
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Review: Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby
"a modern masterpiece"
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Review: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
"prepare to be entranced by a truly wonderful show"
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Review: Kinky Boots at Birmingham Hippodrome
"it surely doesn’t get much better than this"
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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Cotswold Farm Park
An award-winning visitor attraction on the outskirts of Guiting Power, Gloucestershire. Cotsw...
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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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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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Win a family ticket to Three Counties Food & Drink Festival
Taking place at Three Counties Showground on 26-27 July.
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Win two tickets to see Surinderella
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand from 23 - 27 September.
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Win two tickets to see War Horse
Showing at The Alexandra, Birmingham from 10 - 19 July.
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Win a family ticket to Three Counties Food & Drink Festival
Taking place at Three Counties Showground on 26-27 July.
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Win two tickets to see Surinderella
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand from 23 - 27 September.
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Win two tickets to see War Horse
Showing at The Alexandra, Birmingham from 10 - 19 July.
What's On elsewhere...
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Towering Dreams
Ever fancied trying your hand at being an architect?
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Bat Out Of Hell
The Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf musical extravaganza...
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Bing’s Birthday
Bing’s Birthday’s promoters are confident that their brand-new show is a perfect ‘first theatre trip...
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Dianne and Vito - Red Hot & Ready
A dynamic new dance show-with-a-difference.
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Towering Dreams
Ever fancied trying your hand at being an architect?
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Bat Out Of Hell
The Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf musical extravaganza...
-
Bing’s Birthday
Bing’s Birthday’s promoters are confident that their brand-new show is a perfect ‘first theatre trip...
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Dianne and Vito - Red Hot & Ready
A dynamic new dance show-with-a-difference.
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