What's On in Birmingham
10 tonight · 4 on now · 2 ongoing · 38 this weekend · 61 this week · 111 in the next two weeks.
It's Friday in Birmingham: 10 events on tonight and 61 this week, with 111 over the next two weeks. 4 events are already running. 2 exhibitions, seasons and programmes are ongoing. The busiest spots right now are Barbara's Bier Haus Birmingham and Black Diamond Folk Club.
Today and tonight in Birmingham · Fri 23 Oct · 10
Daytime · 3
- — Oct 23rd Singers' and Musicians' Night at Black Diamond Folk Club · from £2 — Our sing around evenings are very informal so if you have a burning desire to do a floor spot you will be among…
- — Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf Friday 23 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free…
- — Kalab Lounge: Lobster at The Kitchen Garden Cafe · Free — Get ready to dance, skank and unite! Kalab Lounge returns with another night of infectious live music, global beats and…
Evening · 6
- — Lucy May Walker — Dead Wax Digbeth at Dead Wax Digbeth
- — Robert White – ‘THAT’ Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Comedy Guy! – Birmingham, Midlands Arts Centre at Birmingham – MAC — Robert White is going on tour with a brand new show! Whether you’re a fan from his series of Britain’s Got Talent, or…
- — Faye at The Actress and Bishop (2 dates) — 🎤 FAYE – LIVE & ACOUSTIC AT THE ACTRESS & BISHOP 🎤 Ease into the weekend with Faye, joining us for a Friday night…
- — 70’s Prom Night at The Night Owl Birmingham · from £12 — Who fancies a Prom night? 🌙 Inspired by the 50th anniversary of horror classic \'Carrie\' we\'re going back to the…
- — Craicin Fridays [£3.25 Student Pints/Cocktails] at O'Neill's Broad Street (6 dates) · from £3 — Every Friday it’s time to party like it’s St Paddy’s Day! ☘️🇮🇪 Take a hint of Dublin’s Temple Bar (without the crazy…
- — Rehab Friday @ Snobs [240] 💥 23/10 at New Snobs · from £4 — Rehab Fridays 🎸BIG tracks, BIG drinks deals, BIG PARTY!!🎸 REHAB at our new home Snobs, 240 Broad Street! Not a fan of…
Tomorrow · Sat 24 Oct · 19
Daytime · 6
- — Autumn Wreath Workshop at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens — Autumn Wreath-Making Workshops at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Celebrate the changing season with a wonderfully…
- — Half Term Witches’ Trail at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens · from £1 — 6 creatures have hidden themselves in the Gardens. Can you find them? Everyday of Half Term, explore Child entry £4…
- — BONGO’S BINGO (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL) at Forum Birmingham (3 dates) — Experience the wild, feel-good chaos of Bongo's Bingo every Saturday at Forum. A high-energy night of bingo, music…
- — Visible Mending Workshop with Annette Ratti at Centrala — Join textile artist Annette Ratti for a hands-on mending workshop exploring two approaches to visible repair…
- — Forest School Autumn 2026 at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens (3 dates) — Forest School Autumn 2026. Learn, play and explore this Autumn in our child led family Forest School.All aboutForest…
- — Debase Invaders at The Actress and Bishop — 🎸🔥 DEBASE INVADERS – LIVE AT THE ACTRESS & BISHOP 🔥🎸 Saturday starts EARLY at The Actress & Bishop as the brilliant…
Evening · 11
- — Luinluland x Curious CoCo & She Creates present: Swap & Rave - Self Love Unleashed at Centrala — Brought to you by Luinluland x Curious CoCo with She Creates, this bonanza night of Clothes Swap & Girl Gang rave will…
- — The Mouse Outfit | Birmingham, Mama Roux’s at Mama Roux's · from £18 — Scruff of the Neck presents The Mouse Outfit The Mouse Outfit are a Manchester-based hip hop production team and live…
- — Not So Rock Show - The Finale — Dead Wax Digbeth at Dead Wax Digbeth
- — The Real People at The Actress and Bishop — Following last year’s superb show at the Actress & Bishop, we get another chance to see The Real People in an intimate…
- — Rip It Up and Kings of Hong Kong Present: Thee Creature Club at The Night Owl Birmingham · from £15 — RIP IT UP! & KINGS OF HONG KONG PRESENT: THEE CREATURE CLUB The weekend before Halloween, The Night Owl opens its doors…
- — Tom Robinson with Adam Phillips: Then & Now at The Kitchen Garden Cafe — Celebrating 50 Years Of Grassroots Music An evening of tall tales and top tunes from half a century working on the…
- — WOZA LIVE | Private School Edition at Forum Birmingham
- — CRU2 HALLOWEEN - SOLD OUT at Forum Birmingham
- — STUDENT SATURDAYS: HALLOWEEN CIRCUS!🐴🎪 [Circo] ⚠️Final 200 Tickets ⚠️ at Circo Student Bar Birmingham · from £3 — With Halloween Saturday selling out 6 weeks in advance and 100s of you messaging us about missing out we knew we had to…
- — BARBARA’S SATURDAYS at Barbara's Bier Haus Birmingham · from £6 — Barbara’s Saturdays – the best in pop, party, cheese and singalong. Last entry with tickets strictly midnight. You know…
- — LAMPA: Live at The Back Room at Nortons Digbeth - The Back Room
Sun 25 Oct · 9
Daytime · 3
- — FIZZLE & TDE Presents: TYMEK JOZWIAK ft. Mystery Guests | UROBORO at Centrala — Polish-born drummer and percussionist Tymek Jozwiak is known for his versatile approach to contemporary jazz, free…
- — Andy James as Elvis at The Kitchen Garden Cafe — Multi-award winning Elvis tribute artist Andy James performs the King’s music live on stage This event is held in…
- — Sunday Open Trad Session with Sean Magee at Nortons Digbeth - The Snug Bar
Evening · 2
- — Let Them Smash Pumpkins at The Night Owl Birmingham · from £10 — LTEC returns with a holiday special Let Them Smash Pumpkins! Do you like D&D, Audrey Hepburn, Fangoria, Harry Houdini…
- — Murkage Dave at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Mon 26 Oct · 6
Evening · 1
- — Matthew C. Whitaker (Henge) at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Late · 1
- — HALLOWEEN MONDAY: BARBARA’S [Final Tickets] at Barbara's Bier Haus Birmingham · from £4 — Cheap Drinks, Banging Tunes and FREE HARIBO every Monday night at Barbara’s! £3.50 Pints £4 Double Vodka Mixer 3 bombs…
Tue 27 Oct · 3
Late · 1
- — Drippin x Halloween | Birmingham Freshers 2026 – XOYO 🎃 [TICKETS NOW ON SALE!] at XOYO Birmingham · from £5 — Birmingham, get ready for the Drippin Halloween special at XOYO! The UK’s biggest and baddest hip hop and R&B night is…
Wed 28 Oct · 5
Evening · 1
- — Switch Wednesdays: BARBARA’S HALLOWEEN! [SELL OUT WARNING] at Barbara's Bier Haus Birmingham · from £5 — Birmingham’s BIGGEST weekly Wednesday night is back and better than ever! Whether you’re done with lectures, finished…
Thu 29 Oct · 9
Evening · 2
- — Nightmare On Broad Street: Halloween Bar Crawl 🪦(86% Sold Out) at Broad Street's Best Venues -> Ending at Barbara's · from £4 — 🎃 This Halloween we bring you the return of Birminghams BIGGEST Halloween Bar Crawl! 🕷️ This event is a HALLOWEEN…
- — Naughty Horse HALLOWEEN THURSDAY! at venue TBA · from £1 — Big things coming soon!
Late · 3
- — F*CK ME It’s Halloween | Birmingham Freshers 2026 – TICKETS SELLING FAST ✅ at Lab11 · from £4.99 — F*CK ME It’s Halloween | Birmingham Freshers 2026 📍 LAB11 After THREE YEARS STRAIGHT of SOLD OUT freshers shows, we…
- — Vodbull Xtra OPEN TILL 5AM!! ⚠️SELLING FAST!!⚠️ [RnB, House, Tech House & Desi Special] @ 200 👀 HALLOWEEN HORRORBULL SPECIAL!! 29/10 at 200 · from £4 — Vodbull Xtra @ 200. 👀 THINGS GET SPOOKY… TILL 5AM!! WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ : DJ JESSIE!! 💥It’s like Radio One Xtra…. But…
- — 🎉Halls Hit VODBULL at SNOBS [FINAL TIX] 🎉29/10 at Snobs [240] · from £2 — First term at UoB and you’ve gone too wild with your loan? But still want to party? Fear not, if you’re in UoB Halls…
Later
- — Oct 30th Singers' and Musicians' Night at Black Diamond Folk Club · from £2 — We are always pleased to see new faces on our Singers and Musicians Night, as this is the route most of our regular…
- — Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova Friday 30 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall…
- — Hardcore Halloween - Courtyard — Dead Wax Digbeth at Dead Wax Digbeth
- — Craicin Fridays: Halloween TAVERN OF TERROR 🩸🏚️ [Room 2 RnB] at O'Neill'S Broad Street · from £4 — Craicin Fridays: O’Neill’s Halloween – the spookiest party on Broad Street! 🎃👻☘️ This Halloween, Craicin Fridays rises…
- — Nightmare Halloween Experience X TRIP (5 Rooms) 🎃👻 [FINAL 50 TICKETS!] at TRIP (at Collette's), Chicken Shop, Mama Roux's Complex, Haunted Terrace, Deathly Disco Yard · from £2 — Naughty Horse X TRIP presents the NIGHTMARE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE! The UK’s BIGGEST STUDENT HALLOWEEN EVENT IS BACK FOR…
- — RnB HALLOWEEN – O’Neills [Broad Street Takeover] at O'Neill's Broad Street · from £6 — After smashing out some amazing RnB parties at O’Neills this freshers we knew we had to come back for a HALLOWEEN…
- — Student Saturdays: HALLOWEEN [SOLD OUT] 🎃Please arrive VERY early 🎃 at Circo Student Bar Birmingham · from £5 — Naughty Horse Halloween events ALWAYS SELL OUT and with ACTUAL HALLOWEEN falling on a SATURDAY night this is going to…
- — The Father Teds: Saturday Night Irish Rock at Nortons Digbeth - The Back Room
- — O’Neills Halloween Saturday! [Room 2 RnB] 💀🧛♂️ 85% SOLD OUT! at O'Neills and [ONLS] · from £10 — The BIGGEST student halloween Saturday on Broad Street!ROOM 2 RNB
- — TRIP: HALLOWEEN 😵💫😈 [3 Rooms] 🚨Final 30 Tickets🚨 at Mama Roux's · from £14 — TRIP on actual halloween! 🎃 For one night only move next door from Club Collette to takeover the MAMA ROUX’s complex…
- — Loaded Saturdays HALLOWEEN ALL NIGHTER @ Snobs – 31st Oct at New Snobs · from £10 — 🔥Let’s Get Loaded… TILL 6AM!! 🔥 Get your BEST Spooky fit ready… for the BIGGEST night of the year!! The legend that is…
- — Ugly at The Castle & Falcon
- — Conquest of Happiness at The Birmingham & Midland Institute — Everyone wishes to be happy, yet many pursue happiness by methods almost guaranteed to prevent it. We are encouraged to…
- — Guest Concert | King Edward’s Schools at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free — Guest Concert | King Edward\'s Schools Wednesday 4 November 1.10–2pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free King Edward’s…
- — Blind Yeo at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
- — FULLY BOOKED Barber Baby | Snowdon at The Dome Theatre, Bramall Music Building — Barber Baby | Snowdon Thursday 5 November, 11am – 12noon The Dome, Bramall Music building Free; FULLY BOOKED Experience…
- — Horse Jumper of Love (10-Year Anniversary) at The Castle & Falcon
- — 🎉Halls Hit VODBULL at SNOBS 🎉05/11 at Snobs [240] · from £1 — First term at UoB and you’ve gone too wild with your loan? But still want to party? Fear not, if you’re in UoB Halls…
- — Nov 6th. Pete Coe at Black Diamond Folk Club · from £9 — Ex Resident, Pete first appeared at the club in 1967 and with Chris went on to be a fixture on the folk scene. Never…
On now
4 events in Birmingham opened earlier and are still running.
- On now — runs until 23 October 2026 — VODBULL at SNOBS💥[SELLING FAST!] 22/10 at Snobs · from £6 — 💥Vodbull hits BIG at SNOBS EVERY THURSDAY💥 Birmingham’s BIGGEST STUDENT ONLY party!! Tickets sold out here?!? DW…
- On now — runs until 23 October 2026 — 🧡 VODBULL PINK PARTY @ SNOBS BIRMINGHAM!! ⚠️[LAST CHANCE FOR TIX!]⚠️ 22/10 at Snobs · from £3 — THE VODBULL PINK PARTY IS BACK SO MUCH PINK!!! 💖TONNES OF PINK FACE PAINTS 💖TONNES OF PINK INFLATABLES 💖JUST TONNES OF…
- On now — runs until 23 October 2026 — Vodbull Xtra HOSTED BY VODBULL @ SNOBS [RnB & Desi Special] @ 200👀 22/10 at SNOBS [240] · from £4 — Vodbull Xtra HOSTED BY VODBULL @ SNOBS. 👀 💥It’s like Radio One Xtra…. But Vodbull Style!!💥 All the Things You Love…
- On now — runs until 23 October 2026 — 🎉Halls Hit VODBULL at SNOBS [SELLING FAST!] 🎉22/10 at Snobs · from £2 — First term at UoB and you’ve gone too wild with your loan? But still want to party? Fear not, if you’re in UoB Halls…
Ongoing in Birmingham
Exhibitions, seasons and programmes running for a while.
- Ongoing — until 1 November 2026 — Birmingham Freshers Week Wristband 2026 – Official Your Freshers Guide – Includes Snobs, LAB11, XOYO & More! | Birmingham Freshers 2026 at Birmingham's Biggest Venues - Snobs, LAB11, XOYO + More! · from £20 — Birmingham Freshers Week Wristband 2026 🔥 – The Biggest Events of Birmingham Freshers 2026 🎉 SOLD OUT EVENTS FOR 15…
- Ongoing — until 7 November 2026 — Exhibition Blue at The Birmingham & Midland Institute
Festivals near Birmingham
- — Print Fest Wolverhampton (2 days) at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton
- — Moseley Folk & Arts Festival (3 days) at Moseley Park, Birmingham
Where it's happening in Birmingham
- Barbara's Bier Haus Birmingham — 3 events
- Black Diamond Folk Club — 3 events
- Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens — 3 events
- Centrala — 3 events
- Dead Wax Digbeth — 3 events
Nearby towns
About what's on in Birmingham
What's on in Birmingham tonight?
Oct 23rd Singers' and Musicians' Night at Black Diamond Folk Club; Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building; Kalab Lounge: Lobster at The Kitchen Garden Cafe — 10 events on tonight.
What's happening in Birmingham this weekend?
28 events this weekend in Birmingham, including Autumn Wreath Workshop and Half Term Witches’ Trail.
Are there any free events in Birmingham?
3 events in this guide are free to attend, including Kalab Lounge: Lobster.
Where does this listing come from?
Listings are gathered daily from venues and local sources across Birmingham, alongside events published directly on FolkAir.
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