Highlights
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National Homebuilding & Renovating Show
Get your 2 FREE tickets worth £36 with What's On.
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Here & Now: The Steps Musical
Happiness is only a heartbeat away...
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Creative Craft Show
Three inspiring events for the price of one!
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The Brand New Heavies
Pioneers of the London acid jazz scene, The Brand New Heavies have been responsible for some of the UK’s biggest R&B and soul tracks (think Dream On Dreamer, Never Stop, Dream Come True and Midnight A...
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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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Miles Hunt
Local lad Miles Hunt is best known, of course, as the frontman, lead vocalist and primary songwriter of The Wonder Stuff, the Stourbridge band with whom he burst onto the rock scene way back in 1987....
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Henning Wehn: Acid Wehn
Everyone loves talking about the weather...
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Photography & Video Show
Get 20% off tickets with code WON26. FREE entry for professional photographers.
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Joy Labinjo: A Place Of Our Own
British Nigerian artist Joy Labinjo is clear about her purpose with new exhibition A Place Of Our Own; she is reclaiming the nude, and celebrating identity, belonging, and Black womanhood through the...
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Daniel O’Reilly
Daniel O’Reilly reckons his life has resembled a rollercoaster ride - and he’s stopping off in the Midlands this month to tell his legion of fans all about it. The London-born comic originally made h...
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Grayson Perry: The Annunciation Of The Virgin Deal
Part of the Turner Prize-winning artist’s The Vanity Of Small Differences series
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Brainiac Live
More mischievous than ever before, the UK’s original and favourite family science show explodes on stage and takes audiences on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful.
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ANDI
Coventry-based artist ANDI is spending 12 weeks in the New Art Gallery’s purpose-built artists’ studio, developing new paintings and working at a larger scale for the first time. The residency, which...
Latest News
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery presents a major exhibition of works by Andy Warhol
A chance to see drawings, screenprints, paintings and photographs spanning the 1950s-1980s.
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Motherland star Jackie Clune plays The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show
Playing Wolverhampton Grand and The Alexandra in Birmingham.
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Grease The Musical returns to Wolverhampton in 2027
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from 17 – 22 May 2027.
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Hugely successful Yo! Active programme extended
Yo! Active offers a wide range of free physical activity sessions for young people.
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Free family fun at Oldbury Market this month
Black Country Touring bring two Saturdays packed with interactive fun for the whole family.
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Peaky Blinders Nights return to Black Country Living Museum
The ever popular Peaky Blinders Nights return to Black Country Living Museum for 2026. Walk in the...
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Dog Man: The Musical comes to Wolverhampton
Showing Friday 28 & Saturday 29 August 2026.
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Wolverhampton Arts Centre launches Black Country Youth School of Art
The four-week evening course is designed for young people aged 11 - 16.
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Suzi Perry named as Grand Theatre Ambassador
A VIP booth in the Dress Circle bar has been named in her honour.
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery presents a major exhibition of works by Andy Warhol
A chance to see drawings, screenprints, paintings and photographs spanning the 1950s-1980s.
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Motherland star Jackie Clune plays The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show
Playing Wolverhampton Grand and The Alexandra in Birmingham.
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Grease The Musical returns to Wolverhampton in 2027
Showing at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from 17 – 22 May 2027.
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Hugely successful Yo! Active programme extended
Yo! Active offers a wide range of free physical activity sessions for young people.
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Free family fun at Oldbury Market this month
Black Country Touring bring two Saturdays packed with interactive fun for the whole family.
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Peaky Blinders Nights return to Black Country Living Museum
The ever popular Peaky Blinders Nights return to Black Country Living Museum for 2026. Walk in the...
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Dog Man: The Musical comes to Wolverhampton
Showing Friday 28 & Saturday 29 August 2026.
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Wolverhampton Arts Centre launches Black Country Youth School of Art
The four-week evening course is designed for young people aged 11 - 16.
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Suzi Perry named as Grand Theatre Ambassador
A VIP booth in the Dress Circle bar has been named in her honour.
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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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming 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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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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Penkridge Open Air
Line-up includes: The Drifters, ABC and 2 Unlimited.
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Cafe Mambo Ibiza Classics
Line-up includes: Groove Armada, Roger Sanchez and Chicane.
Latest reviews
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Review: Fawlty Towers at Wolverhampton Grand
"like putting on your favourite old cardigan"
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Review: The Lightning Thief at Birmingham Hippodrome
"a lighthearted and delightfully camp romp, which brings the magic of Percy Jackson’s world to life"...
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Review: Top Hat at Birmingham Hippodrome
If the idea of escaping into a wonderful bygone era full of Art Deco glamour and sophistication app...
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Review: SIX The Musical at Wolverhampton Grand
'A joyous and uplifting spectacle"
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Feature: In The Pink
Legally Blonde: The Musical visits the Midlands.
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Feature: Laughing & Learning
Comedy and science combine in Lieven Scheire’s deep dive into Artificial Intelligence...
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Feature: Back of the Net
The Beautiful Game comes under the spotlight at Birmingham Hippodrome.
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Feature: If The Shoe Fits
Sir Matthew Bourne’s sumptuous adaptation of The Red Shoes visits Birmingham.
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Feature: Making Mincemeat
Hit musical Operation Mincemeat is set to cause a splash in the Midlands...
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Feature: From Harry to Henry
Alfred Enoch takes on his biggest stage role to date.
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Feature: Crocs Away
Roald Dahl’s Enormous Crocodile slides onto the stage.
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Feature: Tour De Force
Ellen Kent’s Farewell Tour brings opulent opera to the Midlands.
What's On Theatres & Arts Centres
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The Wolverhampton Grand is one of the Midlands’ best-established theatres. Opening in 1894, the venu...
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Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome is one of the country’s biggest theatres, staging top West End shows all year...
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Walsall Arena & Arts Centre
The Walsall Arena is one of the most technically advanced venues in the West Midlands and stages a v...
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Wolverhampton Arts Centre
Wolverhampton Arts Centre presents a wide range of entertainment across the year, including music, t...
Competitions
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Two tickets to see Legally Blonde
Showing at The Alexandra, Birmingham from 31 March - 4 April.
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Tickets to see Omar
Playing Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, on Thursday 18 June.
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A family ticket to Fireman Sam
Heading to Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, on Sunday 26 April.
Places To Visit
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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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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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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....
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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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Legally Blonde The Musical
The iconic international West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy Legally Blonde The Musical i...
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Stories That Made Us
Step back in time at the Herbert Art Gallery.
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Rude Science
BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates is pretty darned certain that his Rude Science production is the most re...
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Plants & gardens inspiring gardening enthusiasts
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Disenchanted!
The musical fairytale that bites back!
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Legally Blonde The Musical
The iconic international West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy Legally Blonde The Musical i...
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Stories That Made Us
Step back in time at the Herbert Art Gallery.
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Rude Science
BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates is pretty darned certain that his Rude Science production is the most re...
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Plants & gardens inspiring gardening enthusiasts
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Disenchanted!
The musical fairytale that bites back!
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