More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Sandwell & Birmingham Mela 2026 so it's going to be very busy trying to get in ...

We're delighted to exclusively announce the lineup for the 28th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, taking place in Birmingham, ...

Your weekend plans are calling, Birmingham! Whether shopping Tax Free Weekend sales or checking out family-friendly festivals like I Love Irondale Day, there’s something for everyone. Plus, see our ...

One of Birmingham’s most lively summer traditions is paddling into the weekend with a day full of competition, community and connection. The 2026 Mitchell’s Place Dragon Boat Race & Festival returns ...

Almost 1,500 pubs have confirmed they will be open for the upcoming clash between England and Mexico taking place in the early hours of this Monday (July 6). The Three Lions will take on the South ...

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a Birmingham house fire left three women hospitalised. The blaze broke out at a property in Paddington Road in Handsworth at around 2.45pm on Sunday ...

The MAC’s amphitheatre is a fine, but underused, venue in South Birmingham. Built of stone slabs, it consists of a low stage and a semi-circle of banked seating around a flat, slabbed dance floor that ...

A boy 'murdered' a teenager amid an ongoing war between neighbouring postcode gangs in Birmingham, a court has heard. Yassin Alama, aged 19, was stabbed to death by a 'fearsome' zombie knife on Hutton ...

When Birmingham Design Festival chose ‘Change’ as its 2026 theme, the word quickly became more literal than symbolic. “It’s become a bit of a running joke that as soon as we committed to the theme of ...

The Supersonic Festival has been a standout, yearly event in the Digbeth area of the UK’s second city since 2003, which started as a one-day shindig of total musical strangeness. Since then, it has ...