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:
Club 1879 at Downstairs at The Grand → https://secretbirmingham.com/mobile-phones-banned-speakeasy-club-1879/
Juliet and Romeo at The Crescent Theatre → https://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/event-details/317531ANDDCJBJPPGJTHJPHNHGCCBKMJR/juliet-romeo/
CBSO x BCMG: Kurtág’s Centenary Celebration (CBSO & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) → https://account.cbso.co.uk/2564/2617
Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough Tour (Hare & Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath/Stygian-Bough-Tour-feat-Bell-Witch--Aerial-Ruin--40-Watt-Sun/41381846/
Box of frogs improv at 1000 trades → https://1000trades.org.uk/events/birmingham-improv-presents-box-of-frogs-2-2026-02-11/
Unplugged at the Vic with Nancy Davis → https://thevictoriabirmingham.seetickets.com/event/unplugged-at-the-vic-nancy-davis/the-victoria/3594688
Outside the city: Mardi Gras in Galveston, Texas → https://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/
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