BIRMINGHAM LIGHT FESTIVAL

Birmingham Light Festival returns for a second year in the middle of the month, transforming city spaces into dazzling open-air galleries.

Brand-new temporary illuminated artworks will take over the streets, squares and public spaces, alongside four legacy installations.

Businesses across the city will be hosting a series of festival exclusives, with more than 50 events taking place across the weekend. Head to birminghamlightfestival.co.uk for further details.

Birmingham City Centre, Thursday 12 - Sunday 15 February

BOOGIE LIGHTS EXPRESS

Departing from Kidderminster Station on Friday and Saturday nights, the Boogie Lights Express is a sound & light show consisting of thousands of LED lights and wristbands, creating a kaleidoscope of colours and flashing patterns.

Suitable for all the family, this unique musical party train comes complete with a decades-spanning soundtrack, a karaoke experience and plenty of opportunities to get involved and dance along.

Severn Valley Railway, nr Kidderminster,
Fri 13 & Sat 14, Fri 20 & Sat 21, Fri 27 & Sat 28 February; and Fri 6 & Sat 7, Fri 13 & Sat 14 March

THE 2026 BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL TATTOO

A parade unlike any other, the Birmingham International Tattoo is back this month, providing over three hours of pageantry and spectacle.

The parade brings together massed marching bands, pipes and drums, and displays including the Inter-Service Field Gun competition and British Flyball Association competition. The show is brought to a satisfying end with the ever-popular Grand Finale, a presentation featuring more than 1,200 performers.

bp pulse LIVE, Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 February

HALF TERM AT THINKTANK

There’s a variety of family-focused activities to enjoy at Thinktank this half-term holiday.
The popular Lego WeDo Workshop is back (Saturday the 14th to Sunday the 22nd), during which you can build, program and customise your very own Lego creation.

Families can watch interactive science show Electrifying Science Live (Monday the 16th to Friday the 20th), or catch Dr John Biddulph’s Low Voltage Ecology performance (on the 16th).
Other attractions include Birmingham artist Tat Vision doing some papier-mâché junk-modelling on the 17th, Hours Theatre Company’s walkabout performance, Space Junk, on the 19th, and Stirchley Printworks’ live demonstrations on the 21st.

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Weston Park has once again teamed up with the CultureKind Chinese Community for Chinese New Year celebrations to welcome in the Year of the Horse.

During February half term (Monday the 16th to Friday the 20th), the venue will host lantern-making activities in the Rose Paterson Art Gallery, providing visitors with the opportunity to make a lantern to use in the Friday evening procession. After the parade, which will be led by a traditional dancing dragon, the house will be open to explore, with its rooms ‘lit by lanterns.’

Weston Park, Shropshire, Monday 16 - Friday 20 February

BIRMINGHAM CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome are once again hosting the city’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations this month.
Festivities begin on the first day of the Chinese New Year (Tuesday the 17th), with market stalls and funfair rides in Hippodrome Square running daily throughout half-term week until Saturday.
The main festival celebration, marking the Year of the Fire Horse, takes place on Sunday 22 February. The free-to-attend event will begin with a traditional lion procession across Hippodrome Square and Chinatown.

At the heart of the celebrations, the festival stage will host a packed programme of entertainment, showcasing the talent and creativity of Birmingham’s Chinese and East Asian communities. A mix of traditional and contemporary music, dance and theatre performances will take place throughout the day, with market stalls, funfair rides and family-friendly activities across Southside also featuring. 

Southside, Birmingham, Tuesday 17 - Sunday 22 February

LIVING HISTORY

The Commandery’s Living History weekend offers visitors the chance to encounter characters from centuries ago, as reenactors mark the 375th anniversary of the English Civil War’s Battle of Worcester.
The venue’s building and gardens will be open to explore, hosting living-history encampments and military displays across what promises to be an action-packed two days.

Further attractions include historic firing demonstrations in the walled garden, metalworkers and willow weavers demonstrating their crafts, and medieval music and performances of Tudor-style dancing in the Great Hall.

The Commandery, Worcester, Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February

TRACTOR WORLD SHOW

A firm favourite with fans of farming, trucking, classic models and amazing machinery, the Tractor World Show makes a welcome return across the third weekend of the month. As well as featuring hundreds of vintage, veteran, new and classic tractors, vans, stationary engines, lorries, trucks, classic commercials, Land Rovers and vintage vehicles, the show also includes historic displays of farm machinery and agricultural heritage. 

The always-popular live auction - with over 1,000 expected lots - makes a return on the Saturday, while Sunday’s attractions include the Classic Commercial Drive In and Vintage Autojumble, showcasing classic vehicles and unique motoring collectables.

Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February