Explore unusual things to do in Birmingham: we reveal the secret places to visit, quirky sights to see, cool neighbourhoods to try, and guides to making the most of Birmingham all year round. It’s your must-read guide to Birmingham, for visitors and locals alike.
The Frankfurt Christmas Market arrived last week, Christmas in Cathedral Square is coming next week, so we think it’s safe to say that the festive period has begun in Birmingham....
Nothing puts us in the holiday spirit faster than watching our favourite Christmas movies. From family classics like It’s A Wonderful Life to modern masterpieces like Elf, they get the festive feelings flowing thi...
The most colourful celebration of the year is almost here, and no, we’re not talking about Christmas. But Diwali, aka the Festival of Light – a five-day Hindu festival that celebrates light over darkness, good ove...
Ah, Glastonbury. It’s a whole institution at this point, the kind of event that has people preparing weeks, months, even a year in advance. The kind of festival that has people saving up their cash and dipping int...
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market is so close we can almost feel it already. Twinkly lights, toasty mulled wine, funfair rides, glass baubles, the big wheel, hot chocolate, stollen, ice skating, bratwursts, hot ch...
A huge surf resort is coming to a 60-acre country park a mere 40-minute drive from central Edinburgh. As a result, the new establishment will become “Europe’s biggest inland surfing destination”, attra...
What is Christmas all about? Family, of course, then presents and food. But it’s also about that magical sensation you get seeing houses and streets transform into twinkly and dazzling explosions of colour and light. Th...
The spookiest, creepiest, scariest (why do we celebrate this again?) holiday is back! It’s time to dress up as brain-eating zombies, blood-thirsty vampires, cauldron-stewing witches and whatever the latest meme is...
Santa Paws is coming to town! Too cute? Well, it should be because this is the cutest Christmas event happening in all of Birmingham. POP+BARK is sleighing its way to the Resorts World on December 16 & 17 with a ran...
Surrounded by a park landscaped by Capability Brown from 1751 and populated by a large deer herd roaming the magnificent woodland, St James’ Church is a red brick building featuring four domes topped by finials. A...