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.
Forward Film Festival, Alfred Works, Saturday → https://www.tickettailor.com/events/forwardfilmfestival/2401778
New Queer Futures exhibition/talk, Centrala, Friday 2nd October to 12th December → https://centrala-space.org.uk/events/queerfutures-artist-talk-2026/ & https://centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/queer-futures-exhibition/
Real Deal Comedy Jam International Special, Rosies, Sunday → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Rosies---Birmingham%2C-UK/Real-Deal-Comedy-Jam-International-Special/42643840/
Sustainable Fashion Showcase, The Old Printworks, Saturday from 1pm → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/sustainable-fashion-week-2026-birmingham-hub-4848843/
Declan Welsh and the Decadent West, Hare & Hounds, Friday night → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath/Declan-Welsh--The-Decadent-West/42321633/
Silent Disco, Birmingham Council House, Saturday afternoon → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Banqueting-Suite-At-The-Council-House/Daytime-Party---Silent-Disco-for-Grown-Ups/42566951/
Zurich Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland, this week → https://zff.com/en
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