Highlights
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Beauty and the Beast
Starring Gladiator’s Giant, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Tam Ryan and Ian Adams.
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Good Food Show Winter
Unique gifts, festive decorations, and foodie delights.
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Motorcycle Live
With a mighty shake-up for 2024, there will be new opportunities to ride, new entertainment, new features and more.
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Troy Hawke: The Greeters Guild
Erudite and home-schooled 1930s throwback Troy Hawke lists his hobbies as playing scrabble, conspiracy theories and calling Manchester City’s Erling Haaland “a tremendous Nordic meat shield”. The fopp...
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Painted Dreams: The Art Of Evelyn De Morgan
Wolverhampton Art Gallery exhibits 30 of De Morgan's oil paintings and drawings.
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Santa Trains
Experience a magical rail journey courtesy of Severn Valley Railway.
Latest News
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The Who's Roger Daltrey brings solo tour to Wolverhampton
Legendary rock singer Roger Daltrey will be hitting the road in 2025 on a special solo tour packed w...
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Visit The Jingle Boat at Dudley Canal & Caverns this Christmas
This Christmas, prepare for a festive escapade like no other as Dudley Canal & Caverns presents The...
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Lidl's Freeway Cola truck heads to Wolverhampton
Lidl’s Freeway Truck visits Victoria Street & Bell Square on Saturday 23 November.
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Wolverhampton Literature Festival poetry competition launched
The 2025 Literature Festival will take place over the weekend of 31 January - 2 February.
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Brand new festive event to debut in Wolverhampton
Winterland Wolverhampton will run from 29 November - 5 January.
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Friends! The Musical Parody comes to Wolverhampton Grand in 2025
A side-splitting musical comedy packed with all of the iconic moments from all 10 seasons.
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Black Country Living Museum seeks 1960s children's books for their Woodside Library
The donations will populate the shelves of the library which is currently being rebuilt at the museu...
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Dudley Winter Ales Fayre returns this November
The annual event returns to Dudley Town Hall from 28 - 30 November.
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RAF Cosford Air Show returns for 2025
Organisers are promising another action-packed event on 8 June.
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The Who's Roger Daltrey brings solo tour to Wolverhampton
Legendary rock singer Roger Daltrey will be hitting the road in 2025 on a special solo tour packed w...
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Visit The Jingle Boat at Dudley Canal & Caverns this Christmas
This Christmas, prepare for a festive escapade like no other as Dudley Canal & Caverns presents The...
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Lidl's Freeway Cola truck heads to Wolverhampton
Lidl’s Freeway Truck visits Victoria Street & Bell Square on Saturday 23 November.
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Wolverhampton Literature Festival poetry competition launched
The 2025 Literature Festival will take place over the weekend of 31 January - 2 February.
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Brand new festive event to debut in Wolverhampton
Winterland Wolverhampton will run from 29 November - 5 January.
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Friends! The Musical Parody comes to Wolverhampton Grand in 2025
A side-splitting musical comedy packed with all of the iconic moments from all 10 seasons.
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Black Country Living Museum seeks 1960s children's books for their Woodside Library
The donations will populate the shelves of the library which is currently being rebuilt at the museu...
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Dudley Winter Ales Fayre returns this November
The annual event returns to Dudley Town Hall from 28 - 30 November.
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RAF Cosford Air Show returns for 2025
Organisers are promising another action-packed event on 8 June.
Christmas Theatre coming to the Midlands
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Beauty and the Beast
Starring Gladiator’s Giant, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Tam Ryan and Ian Adams.
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Peter Pan
The panto adventure that never grows old!
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Elf The Musical
A festive spectacle not to be missed.
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Dick Whittington
The classic rags to riches tale of Dick Whittington is coming to Walsall Arena.
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Finding Santa
Presented by Little Angel Theatre.
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Robin Hood
Songs, slapstick and silliness in Sherwood Forest.
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The Book Of Mormon
Outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Starring Matthew Cottle as Scrooge and Rufus Hound as Jacob Marley.
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Dick Whittington
The classic rags to riches tale of Dick Whittington is coming to Walsall Arena.
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The Red Shoes
New staging of Hans Christian Andersen's dark fairytale.
Festive events in the Midlands
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Ice Skate Birmingham
Bigger and better than ever...
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THE POLAR EXPRESS ™ Train Ride
The beloved 2004 motion picture is theatrically recreated.
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Santa Trains
Experience a magical rail journey courtesy of Severn Valley Railway.
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Winter Funland
The UK’s largest indoor Christmas funfair.
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Weston Park Christmas Markets
Find that special gift or unique decoration for your home from talented crafters.
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Santa's Grotto
Father Christmas visits West Midlands Police Museum.
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The Enchanted Express
The voice of Dame Julie Walters will guide passengers aboard the train.
Coming soon to the Midlands
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Let's go to the theatre…
Check out our selection of shows coming to venues across the region during the next few weeks...
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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few weeks...
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Get looking! Visual arts across the Midlands
Check out some of the fantastic exhibitions showing across the region this month.
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Let's get classical
concerts to check out across the Midlands this month...
Latest reviews
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Review: Here & Now: The Steps Musical at The Alexandra
"camp, silly, tongue in cheek, and simply hilarious"
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Review: The Red Shoes at the RSC
A weird, wonderful, bold and gory 'dark fairy tale'.
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Review: Come From Away at Wolverhampton Grand
"A truly uplifting and heart-warming experience"
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Review: Othello at the RSC
The words take centre stage in this innovative production...
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Hounded by the dead
Ebenezer Scrooge to be saved by Rufus Hound as the ghost of Jacob Marley!
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In The Pink
We chat to Courteeners singer Liam Fray ahead of Birmingham gig.
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Stepping out...
Steps’ brand-new musical, Here & Now, to debut at Birmingham theatre The Alexandra next month
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Spreading the word...
Hit show The Book Of Mormon returns to the Midlands for Christmas
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Complete Bedlam
BEDLAM, a unique festival celebrating the arts and mental health & wellbeing, returns this month, pr...
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Dancing Queen
Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale is reimagined at the RSC’s Swan Theatre
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Santa's little helpers
This Christmas, Birmingham’s Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is hosting Finding Santa, an interactive pla...
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Disney Magic
What’s On recently caught up with two of Aladdin’s cast - Adam Strong and Desmonda Cathabel
What's On Theatres & Arts Centres
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The Wolverhampton Grand is one of the Midlands’ best-established theatres. Opening in 1894, the venu...
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Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome is one of the country’s biggest theatres, staging top West End shows all year...
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Walsall Arena & Arts Centre
The Walsall Arena is one of the most technically advanced venues in the West Midlands and stages a v...
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Newhampton Arts Centre
Newhampton Arts Centre presents a wide range of entertainment across the year, including music, thea...
Places To Visit
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Thinktank Science Museum
Located in Birmingham city centre, Thinktank offers a great day out for visitors of all ages....
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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West Midlands Police Museum
Discover stories about some of Birmingham’s most notorious criminals, including the real Peaky Blind...
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Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Telling the story of aviation history and housing one of the UK's largest collections of its kind....
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Weston Park
Weston Park is a house set in 1,000 acres of Capability Brown-landscaped parkland, making it the per...
What's On elsewhere...
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The Book Of Mormon
Outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park
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Twelfth Night
Shakespeare’s bittersweet winter masterpiece
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Lucy Beaumont
The Trouble & Strife Tour
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Santa Trains
Experience a magical rail journey courtesy of Severn Valley Railway.
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Dick Whittington
Stoke-on-Trent favourite Jonathan Wilkes, who this year will celebrate 20 years since his first Rege...
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The Book Of Mormon
Outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park
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Twelfth Night
Shakespeare’s bittersweet winter masterpiece
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Lucy Beaumont
The Trouble & Strife Tour
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Santa Trains
Experience a magical rail journey courtesy of Severn Valley Railway.
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Dick Whittington
Stoke-on-Trent favourite Jonathan Wilkes, who this year will celebrate 20 years since his first Rege...
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