IDLES at O2 Academy Birmingham – review by Joshua Turner
On Tuesday the 3rd of December 2024 I attended Idles sold out Birmingham show at O2 Academy Birmingham for their ‘Love Is The Fing,’ world tour in… Read more »
First wave of UK music venues complete training to tackle sexual harassment in NTE
Staff from six UK music venues in the Midlands have received training to recognise and tackle sexual harassment and violence in their businesses and the Night Time… Read more »
International DJ Joel Corry to headline MidlandsMania at Edgbaston
BRIT Award nominated DJ Joel Corry – who has five top 10 UK singles – will be the headline music act at the first ever MidlandsMania T20… Read more »
Celebrate New Years Eve 2024 in Style: Discover the Best Things to Do in Digbeth
What better place to ring in the New Year than Digbeth, the creative heart of Birmingham. With its vibrant flair, eclectic music scene and array of unique… Read more »
Frankie Boyle and Paul Smith to headline Cobra presents Comedy at the Castle 2025
– Three-day festival presents Live at the Apollo, Royal Variety Show, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, BAFTA, and Mock The Week stand-up stars at historic landmark – Festival will… Read more »
Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics 2025 UK Arena Tour + Birmingham show
CELEBRATING THE BEST OF 10 YEARS TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER AT 10AM HERE DJ, broadcaster and global dance music legend Pete Tong has announced the return… Read more »
Christmas festival coming to Birmingham Symphony Hall – carols singalong, film music concert and more!
The annual Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival returns to Birmingham this December with a spectacular line-up of shows, with something for everyone. Whether it’s a festive pop extravaganza, a sing-along to everyone’s favourite Christmas carols,… Read more »
Theatre does not get more festive or unique than this!
One of the most iconic features of the West Midlands’ festive celebrations for three decades is about to make its highly anticipated 2024 appearance – as the… Read more »
Rumer announces UK tour celebrating 15th anniversary of debut album Seasons of My Soul – October 2025
Rumer, one of the UK’s most beloved and soulful voices, has announced a national tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album Seasons of My Soul…. Read more »
Mario Announces Glad You Came 2025 UK Tour + Birmingham show
GRAMMY-nominated, platinum-selling R&B singer, songwriter has announced a UK headline tour for April/May 2025 in support of his highly anticipated new album Glad You Came, which is set… Read more »
FATHER JOHN MISTY confirmed for Moseley Folk Festival 2025
Father John Misty has been revealed as the first headline act for Moseley Folk and Arts Festival (Friday 29 to Sunday 31 August 2025, Birmingham). The acclaimed… Read more »
Brumbeat Live Music Guide – Christmas & New Year 2024!
Here’s our take on the coolest original live music nights in Birmingham this December 2024. We search high and low to bring to you the best original and eclectic live music Brum… Read more »
A Weird & Wonderful NYE Show Returns to XOYO Birmingham
Get ready to kick off 2025 in style as the 6th Annual A Weird & Wonderful NYE Show lands at XOYO Birmingham. In collaboration with Weird Science… Read more »
SENSATIONAL TOUR CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL VISITS BIRMINGHAM
Following sold out tours across the UK and Europe, celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are heading to Birmingham with the sensational award-winning show The Billy… Read more »
Tangerine Dream announce ’50 years of Phaedra’ shows in Birmingham & Manchester – May 2025
Following the success of their sold-out show at The Barbican this October, electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream have announced two further shows celebrating the 50th anniversary of their… Read more »
Electronic Music Festival Announcements 2025
Editions 14 & 15 of an Electronic Music Festival established in 2016 takes place in Birmingham in 2025 with further dates being planned for later in the… Read more »
Major new venue and club to open on historic site in UK’s brewing capital
A landmark heritage building in the centre of Burton-on-Trent is to reopen as a large multigenre live venue and club following a £100,000 renovation, sparking hopes for… Read more »
Stick in the Wheel, cult duo in Brum
Out 11th October 2024, SITW’s fourth studio album is a satirical celebration of mistakes. A joyous lambasting of everyone and everything that’s wrong in the world, against… Read more »
Red Sky July announce Birmingham date on 2025 tour
Red Sky July announce their forthcoming UK tour taking place in February and March 2025. The band will take to the road in support of the release of… Read more »
B’ham Bach Choir – Xmas Carols (Dec 15, FREE)
Birmingham Bach Choir get into the Christmas spirit on Sunday 15 December 2024 with their annual Nine Lessons and Carols. The free entry traditional service combines carols… Read more »
MARIBOU STATE set for Mostly Jazz Festival 2025 + more acts announced
Acclaimed dance duo Maribou State are the latest big name headliners announced for 2025’s Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival (11-13 July 2025, Birmingham). They join the… Read more »
SKINNY LISTER – Head to Brum this Week (29 Nov) Release Set Us Straight Single
On the eve of their highly anticipated UK headline tour this November/December – SKINNY LISTER – will release the brand new single ‘Set Us Straight’ on 22nd… Read more »
Comment on new spiking law from NTE Ambassador, pub landlord and Safer Dance lead / image of Jess Phillips in Nortons Digbeth
Following the announcement by Prime Minister KIer Starmer that the Government will make spiking a specific criminal offence, supported by Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips… Read more »
GUN rock legends in WOLVERHAMPTON [5 Dec] || Touring Award-Winning Album ‘Hombres’
Taking their freshly crowned ‘Best Album’ award-winning album out on the road this Winter, Scottish rock titans GUN will be hitting the road for a final stretch… Read more »
Candlelight Christmas concerts are coming to Birmingham at St Paul’s Church and Birmingham Cathedral St Philips
This holiday season, Fever’s Candlelight concerts are coming to Birmingham. Throughout December, attendees will be immersed in the magic of Christmas with timeless carols like Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry… Read more »
Danger Danger! ELECTRIC SIX – Announce Academy UK Tour Dates In 2024 – Birmingham date – December 4th
Danger Danger! Electric Six will be back in the UK for a headline tour this Winter. Following the roaring success of last year’s comeback record ‘Turquoise’, the… Read more »
17th Dec. Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band – 40th Anniversary Farewell Tour at Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band “Carols & Capers” 40th Anniversary & Farewell Tour. This is the last time they will undertake such an outing. https://carnivalband.com/. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKVi3Ippu0 Maddy… Read more »
2-weeks to go to the BEDLAM Arts & Mental Health Showcase
Expect dance, music, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and comedy BEDLAM Showcase tickets only £6 available via https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/bedlam-showcase/www.bedlamfestival.co.uk #BEDLAM2024 Now in its 11th year, BEDLAM is an arts… Read more »
SPEAR OF DESTINY + THE SKIDS on in Birmingham on Saturday
Iconic post-punk acts – THE SKIDS and SPEAR OF DESTINY – will be teaming up for an unmissable tour of the UK this November / December. A… Read more »
James and Razorlight confirmed for Forest Live at Cannock Chase for 2025
Forest Live, Forestry England’s summer concert series presented with Cuffe & Taylor, today announces cult Manchester indie-rock band James as the latest headliners confirmed for its 2025 series. With… Read more »
JAMES LISNEY PLAYS CHOPIN at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Sunday 1 December
British pianist James Lisney is touring some of Chopin’s most beloved piano music this autumn, with concerts in Prague, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. The UK leg… Read more »
From Hollywood to The Hare & Hounds, actor-turned-folk musician, Charlie McDermott, crosses the Atlantic for his debut UK/EU tour
Perhaps best known for his role as Axl Heck on ABC’s The Middle or his work in Frozen River and Hot Tub Time Machine – American actor… Read more »
INSPIRED PROMOTIONS and LEGENDS PR presents DANNY WRIGHT LIVE ON TOUR
Doors: VIP: 6PMMain Doors: 7PMShow Ends: 10:15PM (approx, usually finishes earlier)Curfew: 10:30PM DANNY WRIGHT please supports Live in Birmingham at Deaxwax (Digbeth), England 24th November 2024 Ticket… Read more »
bp pulse LIVE Reveals New Look Ahead of Opening Season
After becoming bp pulse LIVE in September, the Arena is pleased to share images of its new look ahead of its Opening Season this November. During this… Read more »
Bad Nerves Kick Off ‘Still Nervous’ UK and EU Tour – Ending at London’s Electric Ballroom
Described as “the best band in England right now” by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong—who even sported their merch at the Grammys Gala—Bad Nerves are riding high after a headline tour… Read more »
Brumbeat Live Music Guide – November 2024!
Here’s our take on the coolest original live music nights in Birmingham this November 2024. We search high and low to bring to you the best original and eclectic music Brum has… Read more »
MOSTLY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025 Ezra Collective, Seun Kuti & Goldie added
The multi-award winning Ezra Collective, Afrobeat royalty Seun Kuti and drum’n’bass pioneer Goldie are the latest acts confirmed for 2025’s Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival (11-13… Read more »
XOYO Birmingham Set for a Quintuple of Standout Shows in November
Clubbers prepare for an exhilarating series of nights at XOYO Birmingham this November, where the city’s vibrant nightlife meets an impressive lineup of talent. From the viral… Read more »
Culture, hospitality, and NTE leaders react to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget statement
Lyle Bignon, NTE Ambassador for Birmingham (NTIA): “The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget statement appears to be an act of wilful vandalism as far as the UK’s fifth-biggest industry,… Read more »
UB40 FEATURING ALI CAMPBELL ANNOUNCED AS HEADLINERS AT SOLIHULL SUMMER FEST
The ninth Solihull Summer Fest will see reggae legends UB40 featuring Brummie, Ali Campbell, take to the stage as headline act on Saturday 19th July at Tudor… Read more »
December Birmingham Homecoming Album Launch
For one special night this winter, Birmingham born Dream-Folk songwriter Chris Cleverley launches his new Christmas E.P, ‘In the Shadow of John the Divine’, with a band… Read more »
Sophie Ellis-Bextor announces biggest ever UK headline tour including Royal Albert Hall date
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced her biggest ever UK headline tour in May and June 2025, including a headline show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The entertaining and dazzling video for… Read more »
Initiative tackling sexual harassment in UK live music venues to roll out
Expert trainers and speakers from specialist music industry and charity bodies will deliver the pilot – initially taking place in the West Midlands – via a series… Read more »
Genevieve Miles performing at Hare & Hounds 3rd November Supporting Danny Mellin
Genre-blending artist Genevieve Miles has moved back to her spiritual home of Birmingham at the start of this year and has since been recording in Digbeth amongst… Read more »
Birmingham band Djabbic 3 to play the iconic Hare and Hounds
Later this month Djabbic 3 will support Japanese band Barbican Estate at the Hare and Hounds, in Kings Heath, Birmingham. This is the bands second slot for… Read more »
TOYAH & ROBERT CHRISTMAS PARTY comes to WOLVERHAMPTON – Wulfrun Halls on Sunday 22nd December 2024
Following the runaway success of their Sunday Lunch YouTube series, and their critically acclaimed Tour of ’23, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are bursting out of their… Read more »
André Rieu’s annual Christmas Spectacular comes to cinemas – “Gold and Silver” – In Cinemas from December 7th
Exclusively in Cinemas from December 7th TICKETS ON SALE NOW – WWW.ANDREINCINEMAS.COM This Christmas, world-renowned violinist and conductor André Rieu invites you to experience the magic of the… Read more »
PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT — Performing Joy Division & New Order ‘Substance’ Albums In Full in Birmingham
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing… Read more »
AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM in Birmingham on October 22nd
Afro Celt Sound System make their long-awaited label debut on Six Degrees Records with ‘OVA’, the Grammy-nominated group’s eighth studio album and the final one with their… Read more »
Birmingham to host major international night time economy summit in 2025
– Night Time Industries Association announce next year’s Night Time Economy Summit will take place at leading city NTE venue Hockley Social Club – Event partners include… Read more »