Events Around West Midlands

Bournville BookFest will welcome families to 150 storytelling events over 10 days, at different venues across Birmingham.

To celebrate the acquisition of the generous gift of a large number of early Rossetti sketches, we are launching our new exhibition on Monday 4 March 2019.

A local care home is opening its doors to the public for a free Parkinson’s awareness event. On Tuesday 19th March, from 2pm-4pm, the people of Sutton Coldfield will have the opportunity to find out more about Parkinson’s and the support on offer for families affected by the condition.

Weekly | Tuesdays (Coventry term time only) 10:30am - 11:00am & 11:30am - 12:00pm   Explore our collections through song, stories, movement and sensory play. Sessions take place in different galleries each week.  Please ask at reception when you arrive to find out what space we will be in.

he Addams Family is a musical comedy based upon the ghoulish comic strip cartoon characters created by Charles Addams and popularised by US TV series and feature films...

Storytelling Cafe is a feast of stories and Kitchen Garden Cafe is a feast of good things to eat and drink. This month Storytelling Cafe welcomes international storyteller Giles Abbott.

Giles Abbott will be appearing at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe Wednesday 20th March at 7.30 p.m. Doors open for diners at 6.30 p.m.

Anything goes in this themed session as long as you get building. Will you build bridges, caravans, houses or an animal? We will give you the building material and you get to invent.

Ever considered studying abroad? We’re hosting a FREE event for students to learn about studying overseas. As part of International Education Week 2019 in the UK, we’re bringing a select group of 25 top International Universities from around the World to Birmingham.

Ever considered studying abroad? We’re hosting a FREE event for students to learn about studying overseas. As part of International Education Week in the UK, brought to you by IEWEEK... we’re bringing a select group of top International Universities from around the World to Birmingham.

A social relaxed place to have home cooked food, chat if wanted and gain advice or help. We have shower facilities, clothes and other personal items if needed. If you or a concerned other need any help and support or just a warm meal please pop in. Other advice sessions on looking for employment also run from here.

Join us in the wonderful surroundings here at Wightwick to build on what you already know and see what you can do with your photography. Tutored Sessions for beginners and intermediate level photographers.

Corduroy arrived on the Acid Jazz scene in early 1992. Self-styled as the Fabric Four, they cut a striking presence with their soundtrack for the beatific generation.

As the world grows closer together, our lives become ever more entwined. Incorporating a musical instrument from a different musical tradition is just one way composers have reacted to our increasingly borderfree world - and so we invite Wu Wei, one of the world’s best players of the Chinese instrument, the Sheng, to...

Experience the joy of storytelling with Storytellers Studio, a Midlands based storytelling troupe. Join Storytellers Studio as they celebrate World Storytelling day by taking you on a wondrous journey around the world without ever leaving your seat.

Play creatively in this hands-on interactive space and explore using inspiring sensory materials, assisting with fine motor skill development, gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem solving and social interaction Suitable for age 0 - 4 £2 | Drop in Visitors may be asked to wait during busy times.

This exciting 17 piece big band plays a wide range of swing charts from the great bands of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller to Buddy Rich and more modern arrangers such as Gordon Goodwin and Tom Kubis.

This exciting night includes an introduction to all things paranormal with International Psychic Medium Julie Angel (of SKY tv, BBC1, Channel 4, Kerrang, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, and national press fame).

A lecture by architectural photographer, Alastair Carew-Cox and a Q&A with author and art historian William Waters, focusing on their books on Pre-Raphaelite stained glass. Join us for a talk and Q&A about the work of Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.

National Learn to Play Day offers the general public the chance to have a FREE ‘taster’ lesson on a musical instrument. It aims to inspire everyone, young and old, and of different levels of experience to appreciate the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument.

National Learn to Play Day offers the general public the chance to have a FREE ‘taster’ lesson on a musical instrument. It aims to inspire everyone, young and old, and of different levels of experience to appreciate the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument.

National Learn to Play Day offers the general public the chance to have a FREE ‘taster’ lesson on a musical instrument. It aims to inspire everyone, young and old, and of different levels of experience to appreciate the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument.

National Learn to Play Day offers the general public the chance to have a FREE ‘taster’ lesson on a musical instrument. It aims to inspire everyone, young and old, and of different levels of experience to appreciate the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument.

National Learn to Play Day offers the general public the chance to have a FREE ‘taster’ lesson on a musical instrument. It aims to inspire everyone, young and old, and of different levels of experience to appreciate the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument.