What’s happening where and when
Spectacular Revival of All Singing All Dancing Comedy Classic
30 September 2008Thursday 23 October to Saturday 8 November Press Night: Friday 24 October at 7.00pm
An exuberant and poignant musical comedy exploring the antics of the Combined Services Entertainment Corps (CSE)...... Continue reading
Spooky Halloween fun this half-term at Drayton Manor Theme Park
30 September 2008Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, will treat children, parents and grandparents to a week of spooky fun as part of its special programme of events during the upcoming half-term...... Continue reading
The Days Announced as Support Act for Scouting For Girls Tour
26 September 2008An up-and-coming indie pop band will be playing in the city later this year as part of a nationwide tour. The Days has been announced as the support act for Scouting For Girls on their tour of the...... Continue reading
Five Famous Celebrities Rebuild History Museum
25 September 2008Five top celebrities have lent their support to the Black Country Living Museum's Sponsor-a-Brick Campaign which helped to rebuild the Workers' Institute at the award-winning Dudley Museum.Jilly...... Continue reading
Bar Risa Hat-Trick at Inaugural Birmingham's 'Best Bar None' Awards
25 September 2008A glittering ceremony at Birmingham's ICC last night saw Broad Street's Bar Risa triumph at the city's inaugural Best Bar None awards.The popular club and comedy venue won three categories –...... Continue reading
The Jam House's October Line-up Revealed
25 September 2008Live music lives on! Hidden in the leafy
tranquillity of St Paul's Square (near the Jewellery Quarter) lurks the
jumping Jam House - the live music bar whose musical director is none
other than...... Continue reading
New Era for Midland Opera Company
25 September 2008Birmingham's only non-professional company to stage grand opera has hit a new high note in its 62-year history with a brand new identity.Midland Opera is the new name for Midland Music Makers, the...... Continue reading
Gladiator Inferno Out to Crush Cravings
25 September 2008Gladiator Inferno has teamed up with Extra sugarfree chewing gum to help Brummies control their cravings once and for all.“There’s nothing wrong with a snack every now and then but it can...... Continue reading
Sales Surge at Birmingham Hippodrome
25 September 2008• Theatre Ticket Sales Buck Recession Trends• Highest weekly sales ever recorded
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced record sales over the last week (15-22 Sept 2008). Almost 35,000...... Continue reading
Motorbike Riders Pay Their Respect at Armed Forces Memorial
25 September 2008‘Remember the troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice’The Nene Valley Harley Owners Group is behind the UK’s first ever Ride to the Wall (RTTW) event. Open to riders of all...... Continue reading
Birmingham's Creative City Awards 2008 Announced
24 September 2008Birmingham City Council proudly announces its plans for the Creative City Awards 2008.The Creative City Awards 2008 is a prestigious award ceremony that recognises the cream of Birmingham's creative...... Continue reading
The West Midlands ‘Opens Up’ For 2012 Cultural Olympaid Launch
23 September 2008A spectacular sound and light show; MOBO award winning artist, Soweto Kinch; 100 young dancers; and music from Orchestra of the Swan, Black Voices and Bombay Baja Brass Band, will be among the...... Continue reading
Blood Brothers get the X-Factor!
19 September 2008One of last year’s most popular X–Factor semi finalists has landed the much coveted leading role of Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s musical Blood Brothers.
Mum of two Nikki...... Continue reading
Official Opening of the GMAC at Alexander Stadium
19 September 2008Birmingham City Council’s brand new Gymnastics and Martial Arts Centre (GMAC), an Olympic standard facility which is included in the LOCOG’s pre-training camp guide, and which will also be...... Continue reading
Knight of the Camera: The Photographs of Sir Benjamin Stone
19 September 2008Centenary SquareBirmingham20th September - 30 October 2008‘…Benjamin Stone is a national institution. Photography has been with him,as has been well said, not a hobby but a...... Continue reading
International Judo is Back in Birmingham
19 September 2008The GB Judo World Cup returns to Birmingham’s NIA for the third consecutive year on Saturday 20 September.Women’s judo players from thirteen countries will take part in the event. Japan,...... Continue reading
Bilga Air To Launch Birmingham -Amritsar Route
17 September 2008From 9th October 2008, holiday-makers and those wishing to visit friends and family will be able to take advantage of new direct flights between Birmingham and the golden city of Amritsar in Northern...... Continue reading
Global Spectrum and The NEC Group Announce Collaboration
17 September 2008A brand new venue management collaboration for arenas and stadium venues has been formed from two world class entertainment facility leaders.
Global Spectrum Europe is a new collaboration between...... Continue reading
Severn Valley to run more than 350 trains in 60 hours
17 September 2008MORE than 60 hours of non-stop steam action….passenger trains right through the night at approximately 90 minute intervals…..more than 350 departures and locomotive movements between 8...... Continue reading
Skin returns to Drum
17 September 2008 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Drum is proud to welcome back for a...... Continue reading
Rosie Kay Dance Company Opens dx Season!
17 September 2008Wednesday 24th September, 8.00pm
DOUBLE POINTS: KSet against a soundtrack of dub step, electro and classical music, this duet combines the beauty of pure movement with the thrill of dancers pushing...... Continue reading
Black History Month Celebrations at The Drum
17 September 2008Black History Month has been celebrated in the UK for 30 years and marks the achievements of black communities through arts and cultural activities. As a part of our contribution, The Drum has an...... Continue reading
Pardon My… A Place In The Sun Live
15 September 2008The end of the month sees Britain’s biggest and best attended overseas property exhibition return to Birmingham NEC for the third year running. Among the thousands of properties from over 40...... Continue reading
New Life For City Suits
15 September 2008Owners of redundant suits are being targeted in an ‘amnesty’ to put them to good use for jobseekers and the homeless.
Those who have retired or grown out of suits or have...... Continue reading
Ear Ear…This Pasta’s Just Like Mamma Used to Make!
15 September 2008When Nonna Lina Deluca flew into Birmingham from Italy for a weekend, she was anticipating nothing more than enjoying a family wedding. She certainly didn’t imagine herself delivering a cooking...... Continue reading
Arts Best
14 September 2008Around 240,000 people flocked to Birmingham City Centre this weekend as it hosted its most successful ArtsFest event to date.Sunday, the final day of Birmingham’s ArtsFest literally rocked when...... Continue reading
The Learning Zone is launched at The NEC Birmingham
12 September 2008Employees at The NEC and other organisations across the region can now gain brand new skills and qualifications thanks to the creation of The Learning Zone.‘The brand new skills centre was...... Continue reading
Amadeus Partners with Coventry Transport Museum
12 September 2008The NEC Group’s catering division teams up with The Midlands’ historic museum at Event UKPrestigious commercial caterers, Amadeus, are partnering Coventry Transport Museum at this...... Continue reading
Out Of All The People In All The World
12 September 2008"Part amused, part amazed, one wanders through the hall, looks, marvels and understands."
Neue Züricher ZeitungWhen you walk into the shell of a former metal working factory in Birmingham from...... Continue reading
Ticket Factory takes leading sponsorship opportunity at Artsfest 2008
11 September 2008As it approaches its first birthday, The Ticket Factory continues to win new business and expand into increasingly diverse areas, securing sponsorship for this year’s Birmingham Artsfest...... Continue reading
Leading convention centre celebrates success and appoints new sales head
11 September 2008The UK’s premier conference venue, The International Convention Centre, Birmingham, is celebrating the appointment of a new Head of Conference Sales, alongside unprecedented financial...... Continue reading
Busiest Month Ever at Birmingham International Airport
11 September 2008Birmingham International Airport is celebrating a slice of history, after August saw the highest number of passengers ever pass through the Airport in a single month, surpassing the previous best set...... Continue reading
Birmingham’s Great Heritage at Open Weekend
11 September 2008From rooftop tours of Soho House to archery demonstrations at Blakesley Hall – there is a fascinating range of free events taking place across the city to highlight Heritage Open Days from 12th...... Continue reading
A Light Night at the Museum
11 September 2008Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will be open late for Light Night as part of the UK’s biggest free ArtsFest. Open until 11pm on Friday 12th September, there will be live artistic...... Continue reading
At the Gates of Gaza - the forgotten story of West Indian soldiers
10 September 2008An extraordinary new play told from the point of view of West Indian soldiers fighting for the British Empire during the Great War comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre this Autumn. At the Gates of...... Continue reading
Security Cordon For Giant Sea Snail
09 September 2008A giant sea snail famed for producing rare and valuable pearls is being closely guarded at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre.The giant zebra snail or Melo melo comes from the South China Sea...... Continue reading
Builders will be able to fix it at a trade exhibition at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry
09 September 2008Toolfair 2008 is expected to attract about 3,000 tradesmen and women to the hands-on event from Professional Builder magazine in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall between 10am and 4pm on Thursday, September...... Continue reading
Speckled Monster Comes To Life
09 September 2008This September, families have the chance to experience the gruesome reality of smallpox with a brand new show ‘The Speckled Monster’. Thinktank Birmingham science museum has teamed up with...... Continue reading
Soho’s ‘Historic’ Facelift for Boulton Bicentenary
08 September 2008Two hundred year old decorating techniques will be used to restore the exterior of Soho House; the former home of industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton, ahead of the bicentenary of his death in 2009.
...... Continue reading
The Spires First For Golden Service in Birmingham
01 September 2008The Spires Serviced Suites in Birmingham has received a gold award for best practice by Marketing Birmingham.Having launched in the city just over one year ago The Spires has been recognised by...... Continue reading
Town Hall Throws Doors Open For Artsfest
01 September 2008Town Hall, Birmingham throws its doors open for a thrilling weekend of sound, light and discovery over 12, 13 and 14 September as part of Artsfest, the UK's biggest and most vibrant cultural...... Continue reading
CBSO Listings September - December 2008
01 September 2008SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAMWednesday 17 September, 7.30pm& Saturday 20 September, 7pmFantastic SymphonyAndris Nelsons - conductorWagner: Overture, Rienzi 13’Bartók: Miraculous...... Continue reading
The NEC Arena officially renamed the LG Arena
01 September 2008From today (Monday 1 September), The NEC Arena has been officially renamed the LG Arena. New signage has been erected on The NEC’s iconic clock tower to mark the start of £28 million...... Continue reading
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