What to do in Birmingham in October 2026

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Feb 21

  EVERY THING MUST GO by Joe Lycett

  Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery · City Centre

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Feb 21

  Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight

  Ikon Gallery · Brindleyplace

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Theatre

  until Oct 18

  SHOWTIME: 80 Years of Cashmore Classics

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

• Dance

  until Oct 17

  Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

  Birmingham Hippodrome · Southside

  • Dance

• Theatre

  until Oct 17

  Jekyll and Hyde

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

• Visual arts

  11 AM

  Stained Glass Creations with Christopher Samuel

  Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery · City Centre

  • Visual arts

• Music

  2 PM

  Artful Dodger

  Artful Dodger · DJ Luck & MC Neat · Sweet Female Attitude · Oxide & Neutrino · Shola Ama · Heartless Crew

  XOYO Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music
  • Nights out

• Cinema

  2 PM

  BFI LFF 2026: Making Marie Antoinette

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Theatre

  until Oct 18

  Fierce Festival: Rapeflower

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Theatre
  • Visual arts

• Cinema

  5 PM

  Beautiful Thing - 30th Anniversary

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Music

  7 PM

  Fell Out Boy

  Fell Out Boy · The Black Charade · Meteora

  O2 Academy Birmingham · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Nectar Woode

  Nectar Woode · Essence Martins

  O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music

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• Music

  7 PM

  The Undertones

  The Undertones · The Beat Featuring Ranking Jnr

  O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Twin Atlantic

  Twin Atlantic · The Xcerts

  O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music

• Cinema

  7:30 PM

  BFI LFF 2026: Minotaur

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Flint Moore

  The Sunflower Lounge · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Shamrocks

  Symphony Hall · City Centre

  • Music

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Ladies of Laughter

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Simeon Walker: An Evening Around The Piano

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Stand Up with the Real McCoy - The Black History Month Special

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

• Music

  —Time not announced

  THE bEAT (UK)

  THE bEAT (UK) · The Selecter

  Birmingham Town Hall · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Utah Saints

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Theatre

  until Oct 24

  Wait Until Dark

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Cinema

  2:15 PM

  BFI LFF 2026: Fjord

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

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• Cinema

  5:45 PM

  BFI LFF 2026: Club Kid

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Music

  7 PM

  Basht.

  The Castle & Falcon · Balsall Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Eleine

  Eleine · REXORIA · Liv Sin

  O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Iguana Death Cult

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Jos Rivers

  The Sunflower Lounge · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Pete & Bas

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Comedy

  —Time not announced

  Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf

  Birmingham Hippodrome · Southside

  • Comedy

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Cinema

  6:30 PM

  BFI LFF 2026: The Debut

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Music

  7 PM

  Ezhel

  XOYO Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music
  • Nights out

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Jake Vaadeland

  Jake Vaadeland · Dom Glynn

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Really good time

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Soul II Soul

  Symphony Hall · City Centre

  • Music
  • Soul

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• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  REWIND: Bosnia & Herzegovina

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Unplugged

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  florentenes

  The Sunflower Lounge · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Foy Vance

  Foy Vance · Bonnie Bishop · Niall McCabe

  Birmingham Town Hall · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Girl In The Year Above

  Girl In The Year Above · RAGEFLOWER

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  GoldFord

  O2 Academy Birmingham · City Centre

  • Music

• Cinema

  7 PM

  King Rocker Expanded + Q&A

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Cinema

• Music

  7 PM

  Lime Garden

  Lime Garden · Sarah Crean

  The Castle & Falcon · Balsall Heath

  • Music

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  Afro Dance Xplosion 2026: Transcen-dance

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Theatre
  • Visual arts

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Duran Duran at Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK with special guest Pigeon

  Duran Duran

  Utilita Arena Birmingham

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7:30 PM

  MY FIRST TIME

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  until Oct 24

  Blood Brothers

  Birmingham Hippodrome · Southside

  • Music
  • Theatre

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Philippa Gregory - Royal Witch

  Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  until Nov 1

  The Snowman™

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Theatre

  1 PM

  Rewind and Fast Forward

  mac Birmingham · Edgbaston

  • Theatre
  • Visual arts

• Music

  7 PM

  Ceremonial Bloodbath

  Ceremonial Bloodbath · Cryptworm

  The Flapper · Canal Quarter

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Father of Peace

  O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Jeffrey Lewis

  The Castle & Falcon · Balsall Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Admiral Fallow

  Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Evening Concert | In Echo with Horatio Clare

  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts · Edgbaston

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Grace Gachot

  The Sunflower Lounge · City Centre

  • Music

• Music

  until Oct 24

  JEEZUS!

  Birmingham Hippodrome · Southside

  • Music
  • Theatre

• Theatre

  until Oct 22

  Made You Look

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  until Oct 29

  Made You Look - Workshop

  The Rep · City Centre

  • Theatre

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