Dive into Birmingham’s live music scene, with a rich array of intimate gigs, major festivals, and giant headline concerts. There’s a sound for any music fan.
The Heath Bookshop has gone from strength to strength. Having only opened three years ago, the Kings Heath bookstore launched its own literature and music festival in 2024. A year later (back in May), it was crowned the...
For the past 20 years, the Moseley Folk and Arts Festival has taken over Birmingham’s not-so-secret hideaway, Moseley Park, pulling in such big-name acts as Father John Misty, The Waterboys, Wilco, Richard Thompson, The...
Have you ever seen an outpouring of grief and celebration in Birmingham like the one for Ozzy Osbourne? If you need a further sign of what he meant to this city, he will be posthumously presented with the Lord Mayor’s A...
Evanescence has announced that they will be hitting the road again in 2026, playing North American dates before heading across the pond to perform in the UK, including a show in Manchester. Special guest Poppy will supp...
Reading & Leeds 2026 have just gone ahead and dropped the names of all the headliners playing in 2026, with a corker of a first announcement for the festival next year. Topping the bill at Reading & Leeds festiv...
Forum Birmingham was one of Birmingham’s leading live music venues until it sadly closed permanently in April, thanks to the building’s landlords. Luckily, its spiritual successor, Forum Digbeth, opened later this summe...
The buzz of the German Market, the frosty air catching in your breath as you walk past the Council House—Christmas in Birmingham has its own distinct magic. It’s a season of shared warmth against the winter chill, where...
The Darkness have announced a huge arena tour for the end of 2026, which will mark their biggest headline UK shows in 20 years. Coming just in time for Christmas – and so setting up for a performance of their song, Chri...
When The Streets announced they would be performing ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ in full throughout the UK next summer, there was a glaring omission from the tour dates. Manchester? Check. London? Check. Birmingham? Bi...
Lily Allen is on a roll right now, dropping her shade-throwing, bop-filled album, West End Girl, last month before announcing a string of theatre shows performing it in full next year. Now, after selling all of those ou...
