Events Around Dudley

If you like the sounds of Blondie, Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux and Evanescence then you will love the original music of Derecho! Derecho is an award-nominated female-fronted rock band, based in East Anglia, with two studio albums to its credit.

Take a boat trip and discover the caverns dressed for Christmas and laugh along with Krazy Kris’ hilarious family show. Meet Santa in his underground grotto and receive a gift. Booking essential.

Ready 4 Life runs a weekly session and includes activities that enable young people to build skills and knowledge, grow in confidence, interact in a social environment and develop lasting friendships.

Mercia Jazz Five will be providing evenings of jazz from the Swing Era at The Trumpet, Bilston on Wednesdays, 19th December 2018 and 16th January 2019.

Showaddywaddy - Christmas Party

Experience the thrill of a live orchestra in our friendly festive concert for all the family, a wonderful way to start the Christmas Holidays. Relax, listen and enjoy as the Orchestra play film music from family favourites including Cinderella, Home Alone, Polar Express and Aladdin.

The Viva Musica Choir will be performing their popular Christmas Concert. The choir will be singing traditional and popular Christmas songs and carols. Father Christmas will also be joining the concert.

Across the board soulful sounds from over the decades. Music starts 9.30 & bar open till 12.00, meals available before music starts. Free admission. (Resident DJ’s supplied by Centre-tainments; 07818 455167.)

Kate Charlesworth, illustrator, cartoonist and graphic novelist, took up residence at Wightwick in May, and drew on Virginia Woolfs essay, ’A Room of One’s Own’ to create a new exhibition inspired by Wightwicks past.

Join us on our traditional winter walk around the reserve. Look out for goldeneye and goosander, and many more winter-loving animals. Bring hats and scarfs and your big coats too! After the walk we’ll return to the visitor centre for some festive punch, hot chocolate and scrummy mince pies!

Nightclub event for people with learning disabilities or learning difficulties, a great place for you to come and experience a nightclub within a safe environment. also a great place for you to meet new friends.

It’s the night before Christmas, and Santa’s friends are throwing him a surprise party… But there’s more of a shock than they bargained for! Join us at Perton Library for “For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls”, a Christmas-themed murder mystery party where anyone could have committed the heinous crime.

Magical Lantern Festival is returning to Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens later this year to light up the ponds, woodland, gardens and pathwaysat the stunning venue. Set to bring another visual spectacular to the city, the illuminating family show will reopen to the public from 23 November until 1 January.

All the fun of Comedy Club 4 Kids with a Christmas twist. Expect the finest Christmas Cracker jokes, tinsel tomfoolery, festive funnies and even Santa doing stand-up!

Catherine Arlidge - PresenterCBSO Wind Quintet At the CBSO, we believe music is for everyone – and if you like to march around, dance or join in, this special toddler-friendly Christmas concert at CBSO Centre is perfect!

Join DJ-mumma Monski Mouse and her dancers for a morning of family fun at Town Hall. Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall brings high energy and plenty of smiles as your heads, shoulders, knees and toes bop along to lashings of swing, jazz, rock, pop, funk, latin, soul and more!

Have fun discovering Birmingham with two self-guided, quirky, heritage walks with an optional treasure hunt. Buy in booklet or instant download format. Are you curious about Birmingham? Looking for an unusual and quirky activity which gets you out in the fresh air whatever the weather?

Join us as we bring Pinocchio to life this Christmas! This adaptation of Carlo Callodi’s classic tale follows an inquisitive young puppet, carved from wood by the lonely toymaker Geppetto, and his trusty companion Jiminy Cricket on a mischievous journey to discover what it takes to become a real boy.

Codsall Library is getting ready to celebrate the season for ghost stories with an evening of spine-tingling tales on the 11th December. Acclaimed author A.

Magical music, festive frolics, sparkles and spices, oh my! Grab your friends, harness up your fastest reindeer and meet us at a Bach to Baby Christmas concert for the perfect prelude to the holiday season!

Drama Adventures with Toni Midlane. Suitable for ages 2-4 years. Fridays (term-time only) 10.30 – 12 noon. Energetic and highly interactive drama adventures for pre school children including movement, music, imaginative play and crafts.

B’Opera – First Songs with Zoë Challenor. Suitable for ages 0-4 years. Mondays (term-time only), 10.30am – 12.30pm. B’Opera creates beautiful music for tiny ears through interactive performances for babies, toddlers and their grown-ups.

Theatre Fun with David Eden. Suitable for ages 2-4. Thursdays (term-time only), 10.30am – 12.30pm. Creating new drama activities for young children – with a little help from the grown-ups! We will unlock their imagination using movement, mime, and storytelling, and discover a whole new world of play.

A short introductory talk about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening. Through the absorption of the divine power, many people are experiencing the healing of illnesses and pain, that have been declared as “incurable” by the medical profession.

Fresh from winning the UK Theatre Award for the Best Show for Children and Young People, Pins & Needlesbring their brand-new original show, Rudolf, to MAC.  There’s someone new at the zoo!  Rudolf has just landed in a brand new place and clearly doesn’t fit in.