Highlights
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Photography & Video Show
Get 20% off tickets with code WON26. FREE entry for professional photographers.
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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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Robin Hood
The ultimate sheriff-busting pantomime extravaganza.
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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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The Guitar Show & The Bass Show
An event filled with all things guitar and bass.
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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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Family Concert: The Storm Whale
Based on the colourful children’s book by Benji Davies
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Ocean In Concert
A live screening of the stunning nature documentary feature Ocean with David Attenborough.
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All Is But Fantasy
Featuring four of Shakespeare's most famous characters
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Creative Craft Show
Three inspiring events for the price of one!
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Takuro Kuwata, Tea Bowl Punk
Traditional Japanese pottery techniques fused with experimental sculptural processes
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Blood Brothers
Willy Russell's iconic musical returns.
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Countrytastic
Popular family day out packed with farmyard fun.
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Cally Beaton
The Namaste Mother F*ckers Tour
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Vincent Simone: Tango Passions
A ‘sexy, steamy, passionate’ show complete with Argentine tango music
Latest...
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The Loft Theatre Opens 2026 with Animal Farm
The Loft Theatre begins the season with a new staging of George Orwell's classic political satire
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Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre to lead STEAM education research programme
The project will prototype a new model of education in Coventry & North Warwickshire
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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 returns
A choice selection of the very best new and contemporary films from Japan comes to Warwick Arts Cent...
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Half-Term fun at British Motor Museum!
This Half-Term from Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February, the British Motor Museum offers families the c...
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RSC Announces full casting for Henry V
Alfred Enoch plays the title role in Shakespeare's study of leadership and power...
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The Orielles and Lydia Lunch among highlights of IVW at The Tin
The Coventry venue celebrates Independent Venue Week this month
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Half-season tickets now on sale for Aston Villa Women
Matchdays at Villa Park have just got bigger and better.
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Chaka Khan musical stops off at The Belgrade next spring
Starring musical theatre favourite Alexandra Burke.
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Royal String Quartet of Poland returns to Leamington
The concert is part of Leamington Music's winter season
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The Loft Theatre Opens 2026 with Animal Farm
The Loft Theatre begins the season with a new staging of George Orwell's classic political satire
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Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre to lead STEAM education research programme
The project will prototype a new model of education in Coventry & North Warwickshire
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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026 returns
A choice selection of the very best new and contemporary films from Japan comes to Warwick Arts Cent...
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Half-Term fun at British Motor Museum!
This Half-Term from Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February, the British Motor Museum offers families the c...
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RSC Announces full casting for Henry V
Alfred Enoch plays the title role in Shakespeare's study of leadership and power...
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The Orielles and Lydia Lunch among highlights of IVW at The Tin
The Coventry venue celebrates Independent Venue Week this month
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Half-season tickets now on sale for Aston Villa Women
Matchdays at Villa Park have just got bigger and better.
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Chaka Khan musical stops off at The Belgrade next spring
Starring musical theatre favourite Alexandra Burke.
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Royal String Quartet of Poland returns to Leamington
The concert is part of Leamington Music's winter season
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...
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few 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.
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: John Bramwell at the Temperance Bar, Leamington Spa
Bramwell is clearly as content as he’s ever been.
Features, interviews & 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: A Towering Achievement
Fawlty Towers madness live on stage...
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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: Fred Alert
Hijinx Theatre bring a highly acclaimed and ‘unmissable comedy’ to the Midlands.
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Catch The Thief
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical visits Birmingham Hippodrome.
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Viva España
Birmingham Royal Ballet presents Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote.
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Chart Attack
A new musical tells the story of the battle of Britpop.
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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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Family Ties
New exhibition illuminates the life of a South Asian family.
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Dressed To Impress
Gok Wan returns to Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas.
What's On Arts Venues
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The home of the Royal Shakespeare Company was originally opened in 1932 as the Shakespeare Memorial...
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Belgrade Theatre
The Belgrade was built in 1958 as part of the city’s reconstruction after the Second World War. The...
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Albany Theatre
The Albany is a beautiful Art Deco theatre in the heart of Coventry which stages in-house and profes...
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Warwick Arts Centre
One of the largest multi-artform venues in the UK, Warwick Arts Centre first opened its doors in 197...
Places To Visit
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Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park
Compton Verney is widely considered to be an art gallery of international standing. The Georgian hou...
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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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Coventry Transport Museum
This popular museum not only houses the largest publicly owned collection of British vehicles on the...
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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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...
Competitions
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Two weekend tickets to Bearded Theory
Returning to Catton Park, Derbyshire from 20 - 24 May.
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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.
What's On elsewhere in the West Midlands...
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Adventures In Science
Join an incredible adventure into the world of science!
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Malvern Festival of Ideas
Featuring 2026's Social Change Programme & Family Programme
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Dead Ringers
BBC Radio Four's master impressionists hit the road...
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Bluey's Big Play
Featuring brilliantly created puppets.
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BRB: Don Quixote
A 21st-century production of a 19th-century masterpiece.
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Adventures In Science
Join an incredible adventure into the world of science!
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Malvern Festival of Ideas
Featuring 2026's Social Change Programme & Family Programme
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Dead Ringers
BBC Radio Four's master impressionists hit the road...
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Bluey's Big Play
Featuring brilliantly created puppets.
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BRB: Don Quixote
A 21st-century production of a 19th-century masterpiece.
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