What’s happening where and when

Basketball - Game On in Birmingham
30 July 2010

The NIA will host a feast of international basketball during the month of August as it stages the first ever GB Standard Life men’s and women’s double header on Saturday 14 August, as well......

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Brilliantly Birmingham 2010
29 July 2010

Exhibition Opportunity at Birmingham’s newly re-opened macCall for designer makers Brilliantly Birmingham - International Contemporary Jewellery Festival will this year be starting a new......

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Get your game on with the Pallasades
28 July 2010

Are you renowned among your family and friends for being a fantastic computer gamer? Or do you think you’d have a natural talent for it? If so then check out your skills at The Pallasades this......

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Ready ... Steady ... Spots V Stripes
28 July 2010

Game play comes to Birmingham To celebrate being the official treat provider to the London 2010 Olympic and paraolympic games, Cadbury has created Spots V Stripes - the biggest, longest, most fun......

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Drayton Manor Theme Park reduces ticket prices
26 July 2010

As a special treat for its 60th anniversary year, award-winning tourist attraction, Drayton Manor Theme Park is reducing the cost of all individual tickets bought in advance.Starting today (Monday......

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ThinkTank Welcomes some WILD visitors
22 July 2010

Visitors to Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum will be introduced to some furry, feathered and scaly guests this summer, as part the Thinktank Goes WILD! Season of event and activities. On Wednesday......

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Safron food and wine skills win national honours
22 July 2010

Saffron Indian restaurant in Oldbury has been voted one of the top three restaurants in the country for its food and wine skills.The popular eatery in Wolverhampton Road was second runner-up in the......

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University College Birmingham declared winners of national hospitality competition
22 July 2010

A team of chef and food service students from the College of Food at University College Birmingham (UCB) has won one of the most prestigious hospitality competitions in the UK.At a glittering awards......

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Electric bus goes head to head with diesel in comparative test
22 July 2010

A comparative trial between Britain’s first viable, full-size, battery-powered bus, the Optare Solo EV, and its conventional diesel-engined equivalent is expected to yield valuable findings that......

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The River Project | The Exhibition
20 July 2010

Babis AlexiadisThe River Project | The Exhibition1 City, 16 Artists, 138 Performers, 1 Film Date: Saturday 7th August 2010Time: 6:30 - 9:30pmVenue: Retort House, 9 Gas Street, Birmingham, B1......

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Our Digital City
19 July 2010

What’s your memorable moment of 2010?Want to share it with the rest of the world?Join us on 23 July for the launch of an exciting new living archive!Our Digital City is an online snapshot of......

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Continental Christmas at The ICC Birmingham
19 July 2010

Leading European convention centre The ICC Birmingham is offering Christmas banqueting opportunities with a small twist this year, following research and consultation with clients.This year’s......

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Six Summer Saturdays
19 July 2010

A new season of FREE outdoor theatre on the streets of Birmingham • Release your inner diva with “Come on, VOGUE!” • FREE daytime and evening events across four different......

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Celebrities help Tony Jacklin celebrate at the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship
15 July 2010

Celebrities help Tony Jacklin celebrate at the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship at the Nailcote Hall August 10- 13th Stars of Sport, TV and Entertainment are coming to the Par 3 Golfing Paradise......

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JAZZ Returns to The Bartons Arms
15 July 2010

With less than a week to go to the start of the 26th Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival it is with great delight that we announce the acts that will be appearing at the Bartons Arms,......

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ICC Birmingham hosts Premier League kit launch
15 July 2010

The ICC Birmingham showed its support for local sport today (Thursday), acting as the launch venue for Premier League football club Aston Villa’s new kit for the 2010 – 2011 season.A giant......

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Announcing Ikon Gallery's autumn programme 2010
14 July 2010

Ikon Gallery announces its programme for autumn 2010, including 18th century Japanese woodcuts and 20th century minimalist design:Donald Judd: A good chair is a good chair 22 September – 14......

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Laugh the night away at Drayton Manor Theme Park
13 July 2010

Drayton Manor Theme Park is inviting visitors to laugh the night away with an evening of comedy on Friday 23rd July in their recently refurbished Tower suite. Featuring live stand up from three......

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Icon Brand returns to the Pallasades
13 July 2010

For those who remember the 1970’s it was the decade Jimi Hendrix died, the miners striked and Heathrow welcomed the first ‘jumbo jet’, and in Birmingham in 1972 the great Ikon......

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Keith Jack to star in Joseph at Birmingham Hippodrome
08 July 2010

When leading West End producer Bill Kenwright brings his acclaimed production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT to Birmingham Hippodrome (Tuesday......

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Birmingham puts its best foot forward
05 July 2010

Introducing The Eternal Borgezie Diamond Stiletto Every once in a while, through pure determination and the obsessive pursuit of perfection, something of wonder and true iconic design is......

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Famous Fashion Icons Immortalised in Graffiti Art by Artist Temper
01 July 2010

Five of the world’s most famous fashion icons including Lee Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood are being immortalised in aerosol by renowned graffiti artist, Temper for a brand new outdoor......

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