Latest news (February 2023) - Visit Birmingham

SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL CANNOT WAIT to celebrate twenty years since its inception. The internationally recognised event will be returning to Digbeth, Birmingham from 1st-3rd September with a lineup of crucial and innovative acts. 

Birmingham-based Propel Dance will perform their contemporary, reimagined version of the fantastical fairy tale at three venues across the Midlands in April.

England Rugby stars James Haskell and Mike Tindall are getting back on the tour bus for a World Cup After Party this autumn as they bring their hit podcast The Good, The Bad & The Rugby back to Birmingham.

Live a wilder life! Take more risks! That’s the advice from TV presenter and author Simon Reeve as he prepares to take audiences To The Ends Of The Earth with his new UK theatre tour – which heads to Birmingham in the autumn.

The much-loved Big Bang Fair is returning for another year to Birmingham’s NEC and registration for free tickets to attend is now open.

Birmingham’s first Michelin Star Chef has opened ‘Plates by Purnell’s’, just one street away from his flagship restaurant in Birmingham’s Colmore Business District.

I know what you’re thinking, how on earth is it almost half term already – didn’t school only just start up again? Don't panic, because Visit Birmingham has rounded up our top picks for the week's activities.

After months of speculation, S Club 7, one of the most successful British pop groups of all time, have today announced they are returning for a reunion tour in celebration of their 25-year legacy.  

Birmingham Rep have announced that the smash-hit production of C.S. Lewis’ classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will roar into The Rep this Christmas direct from London’s West End from Tue 14 Nov 2023 – Sun 28 Jan 2024.

Following a successful run at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, comedian, actress, writer, voiceover artist and podcaster Lucy Porter is set to embark on a national tour of her critically acclaimed show ‘Wake Up Call’.

Birmingham Hippodrome will host a season of poetry and spoken word events this February and March, with the return of three popular events to the city.

Household names Julia Bradbury, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, Aldo Kane and Hamza Yassin will lead talks at the February Show’s Inspiration Theatre

GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy have announced their European dates on their headline tour So Much For (Tour) Dust.   

Birmingham Royal Ballet today announces the world premiere of Black Sabbath - The Ballet with tickets available for the Birmingham Hippodrome 23 - 30 September now.

In a surprise announcement, MADE Festival has revealed it will return to its original inner-city site in Birmingham this summer. The much-loved event will take place on Saturday, July 29th in The Digbeth Triangle.

Following its show-stopping restaurant launch only three months ago, Orelle has unveiled an exclusive Valentine’s Day Menu, for guests to enjoy modern French dining in the sky on the most romantic day of the year.

Plans are being finalised to make Birmingham New Street station the new home of the Commonwealth Games’ Raging Bull.

The neighbourhood pizzeria, Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana, has officially opened its doors at its brand new Brindleyplace pizzeria. Rudy’s Brindleyplace sits inside the former Cielo venue at 6 Oozells Street, BrindleyPlace, Birmingham, B1 2JB.

Roxy Ball Room will host a photo booth pop-up in Birmingham’s Grand Central to mark the arrival of their second site in Victoria Square.

Sampad’s community dance showcase will be entering its 25th year in 2023, welcoming over eighty amateur dancers to the Birmingham Town Hall stage.