Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.
Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.
*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.
Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:
Flatpack Monthly: Sunlight screening + Q&A w Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen, 18 December (The Mockingbird Cinema) → https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/flatpack-monthly-sunlight-q-and-a-with-nina-conti-and-shenoah-allen?perf_no=2483
Sutton Coldfield Victorian Christmas Market, 11-14, 18-21 December (The Parade, Sutton Coldfield town centre) → https://suttoncoldfieldvictorianchristmasmarket.co.uk/
Search for Santa Boat Trip, 13 & 14 December and other dates (Sherborne Wharf, outside ICC) → https://www.sherbornewharf.co.uk/book
Symphonic Sessions: Christmas Special, 11 December (Hockley Social Club) → https://cbso.co.uk/events/symphonic-sessions-christmas-special-2
Big Dean’s Peep Show Quiz, 11 December (Dark Horse, Moseley) →
https://darkhorsemoseley.co.uk/event/big-deans-peep-show-quiz/
Bandeoke, 11 December (The Box, Brindleyplace) → https://www.theboxbar.co.uk/bars/brindleyplace/bandeoke
Hire the Night Owl for free, various dates in January, 2026 (The Night Owl) → https://www.instagram.com/thenightowlbham/
Rave on Snow, 11-14 December, (Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria) → https://raveonsnow.com/en/
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