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72 events from Sunday, October 18 to Saturday, October 24, 2026. Free: 2. Busiest venues: Hare and Hounds, mac Birmingham, O2 Institute Birmingham.

Sunday, October 18, 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
Theatre
until Oct 18

Fierce Festival: Rapeflower

mac Birmingham · Edgbaston
- Theatre
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 24

Wait Until Dark

Crescent Theatre · Brindleyplace
- Theatre
Cinema
2:15 PM

BFI LFF 2026: Fjord

mac Birmingham · Edgbaston
- Cinema
Cinema
5:45 PM

BFI LFF 2026: Club Kid

mac Birmingham · Edgbaston
- Cinema
Music
6:30 PM

Westlife

Utilita Arena Birmingham
- Music
Tickets
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
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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
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
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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
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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

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
6 PM

Fat Freddy's Drop

O2 Academy Birmingham · City Centre
- Music
Music
6:30 PM

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet · Richard Walters

Symphony Hall · City Centre
- Music
Music
7 PM

Catch

Mama Roux's · Digbeth
- Music
Music
7 PM

I Promised the World

I Promised the World · Rosasharin

The Flapper · Canal Quarter
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Bel Cobain

Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath
- Music
Theatre
8 PM

TDE: Camila Nebbia with John Edwards and Mark Sanders

mac Birmingham · Edgbaston
- Theatre
- Visual arts

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
1 PM

Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts · Edgbaston
- Music
Music
6 PM

Catching Cairo

O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth
- Music
Music
6 PM

Gurriers

Gurriers · Tramhaus

O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth
- Music
- Post-punk
- Punk
Music
6 PM

The

The Jam House · Jewellery Quarter
- Music
Music
7 PM

Airbag

Airbag · Airbag (NO) · Lesoir

O2 Academy Birmingham · City Centre
- Music
- Pop punk
- Punk
Music
7 PM

Goldie Lookin Chain

Goldie Lookin Chain · John Mouse

XOYO Birmingham · Digbeth
- Music
- Nights out
Music
7 PM

NOAHFINNCE

NOAHFINNCE · senses (US)

O2 Institute Birmingham · Digbeth
- Music
Music
Time not announced

Dj Escape

Dj Escape · Mc Five Alive

Hare and Hounds · Kings Heath
- Music
Music
Time not announced

Evergreen

Rainbow Venues · Digbeth
- Music
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Neverland

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
£16 Tickets

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Music
2 PM

The Bleeding (UK)

The Bleeding (UK) · Sodomized Cadaver

The Flapper · Canal Quarter
- Music

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