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:
Nashville Sounds in the Round: The Guitar Show, 26 February (Town & Symphony Hall → https://bmusic.co.uk/events/nashville-sounds-in-the-round
Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle, 27 February (The Old Rep) →
https://www.oldrep.co.uk/event-details/318531APSLHNTNCPNTPGJCRSMDQHTJHST/suzi-ruffell-the-juggle/
Weird on Purpose w/ Mirror Talk, Baudelaire & Corpsewater, 25 February (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath/Weird-On-Purpose-w-Mirrortalk-Baudelaire--Corpsewater/42088752/
Live Jazz, 25 February (Cherry Reds) → https://www.instagram.com/p/DUYBgl8DO0Q/?hl=en
Saaniya Abbas: Hellarious, 25 February (The Glee Club) → https://booking.glee.co.uk/22966
Birmingham Improv Presents: Comedy Jam, 25 February (1000 Trades) →
https://1000trades.org.uk/events/birmingham-improv-presents-comedy-jam-2-2026-02-25/
Brussels International Animation Film Festival, 20 February – 1 March (Brussels, Belgium) → https://animafestival.be/en
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