Events Around Birmingham

This year we present the Thursday Live Summer Organ Festival with a recital every week in August, to celebrate the cleaning and restoration of the acclaimed Walker organ of St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham. Admission free. Retiring collection.

This year we present the Thursday Live Summer Organ Festival with a recital every week in August, to celebrate the cleaning and restoration of the acclaimed Walker organ of St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham. Admission free. Retiring collection.

This year we present the Thursday Live Summer Organ Festival: A recital every week from 1 August to 5 September, to celebrate the cleaning and restoration of the acclaimed Walker organ of St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham.

Come and join Alice in Wonderland with The Old Rep Theatre this summer! You will create a performance based on Lewis Carroll’s famous story, featuring acting, dancing, and original songs.

Get ready to GO WILD with The McDougalls in their brand new live show – Safari Adventure! Join Max, Auntie Aggie and Morag the Rabbit for some musical mayhem as they drive around on the look-out for colourful creatures and critters.

Spend an evening listening Clifford Saunders, the son of George Saunders, who was a tailor working in Court 15 from the 1970’s onwards. Here at Back to Backs we tell the story of a tailor, George Saunders, who was the last person to work here before the site became a museum.

It’s our 40th Birthday and we’d love to celebrate with you! Get your tickets now and help raise money for Radio Lollipop. About this Event It’s our 40th Birthday and we’d love to celebrate with you!

Spend a special evening at the Coffin Works, with an atmospheric after-hours tour of the museum. Join us for a glass of prosecco and an exclusive screening of documentary films, highlighting new areas of collections’ research before your tour.

Paul Brown is running his ’Face Masks’ Workshop on Sat 24 August, where attendees will receive an introduction to sculpting from life. Working from a life model, you will produce a portrait mask in air drying clay. ??

An unbelievable decade of unforgettable music, the 80s brought us classics from George Michael and Culture Club to the Rolling Stones and Queen. Join our resident musicians Chloe and Sean along with their band as you choose the playlist for what promises to take us back to the greatest era in modern day music.

The UK & Ireland’s largest & only touring rugby legends charity event touches down in London. Will Greenwood will be live on stage with tales from his decorated career.

The Roving Canal Traders Association are excited to announce they are holding a floating market on the towpath of the Birmingham Mainline Canal alongside Arena on both sides of the canal, Birmingham B1 2AA.

Come along to our friendly story session where you can can sit in a snug room and listn to a tale or two. Or if you are inclined why not tell us a story yourself.

Traditional music sessions take place in pubs all over the city but traditional singing is also alive and well. Here’s a chance to sing and listen to traditional songs in a friendly and informal environment.

Another chance to meet up and play a few Swedish and other Scandinavian tunes . All musicians welcome - more info and links to tunes via the ScandiBrum facebook page

Bring your songs, raise your voices, let the songs be heard, whether they were written yesterday or hundreds of years ago, let us learn from them and take heart from them.

Enjoy playing or listening to English, Scottish & Irish folk music and song. ENTRANCE FREE

After their sell-out baby opera sensation A Winter Tale, B’Opera present Alice and the Library Tree, a magical, musical adventure for babies and toddlers and their grown ups, originally commissioned by FOLIO Sutton Coldfield and funded by Arts Council England.

Sunbeam Fostering Agency are having an open day for our new Birmingham Resource Centre in Erdington. Why not join us in our celebrations for a cup of tea and biscuits whilst discussing fostering. Sunbeam is an Independent Fostering Agency and we are driven by children’s needs.

The band meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month to make music together and explore the style and repertoire of the English Village music tradition. All musicians welcome.

Open-Air Shakespeare production, bring along a picnic and enjoy this classic comedy in a beautiful setting. Folksy Theatre present Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identities. After being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his servant Dromio go to Ephesus to find them.

Are you up for a challenge and a bit of fun? Then join us on our 10K charity fun run within Handsworth Park, Birmingham organised by the Handsworth BHF Fundraising Group to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

FROM THE ASHES with Storyteller GRAHAM LANGLEY Raising funds to replace the shed. Join us for this dusk storytelling walk through Highbury Park. We will gather at the orchard and stroll through the park, stopping occasionally to listen to a story. We should arrive back at the orchard just as it gets dark.

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.