Event listings and gig guide for the coming month in the West Midlands
A what’s on gig guide for live music & arts events in the West Midlands. If you’re looking for live music in Worcestershire, Herefordshire or Gloucestershire, this is your essential list for upcoming gigs & tonight’s live music events. Add your gig and event listings to this guide and for publication in SLAP Magazine.
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Tuesday 23rd December 2025
The Muppets Christmas Carol - Family Film Screening + Festive Disco
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Wednesday 24th December 2025
MARC HAMMOND ERRATIC CABARET XMAS SHOW
Brewery inn, bye street. ledbury, ledbury, hr8 2ag
Jay & Eli
The Brunswick Arms, Worcester
Jingle Bell Rock Xmas Eve with Marc Hammond at Brewery Inn
Brewery Inn, Bye Street, Ledbury
The Works
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Friday 26th December 2025
UBMad4Ska - UB40, Madness & Ska Classics!
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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UBMad4Ska - UB40, Madness & Ska Classics!
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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Tin Drum
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Saturday 27th December 2025
DAYTIME DISCO - CARRY ON CHRISTMAS plus ALL YOUR FAVOURITE HITS FROM ACROSS THE DECADES + FESTIVE FAVOURITES
Drummonds, Worcester
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All Out Cheese with Cheesy pop filth DJ set
Claptrap The Venue, DY8 1EE, Stourbridge
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Daytime Disco - CARRY ON CHRISTMAS with Worcesters Original Daytime Disco - 4pm till 9pm
Drummonds, WR1 2DP, Worcester
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Signing Off (Tribute to UB40)
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Vincent Flatts Final Drive – No-Nonsense Blues Boogie
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Dig? Soul and Retro Club Night
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Vincent Flatts Final Drive No-Nonsense Blues Boogie with Support from Fair Weather Riders
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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GBH + Drongos For Europe, Dirtbox Disco, Criminal Damage, Big Black Eye, Criminal Damage
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Ellie Jones and the Giants
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Winter WooFest With: The Secret Cabaret / Mubba Hubba (Marrs Bar House band) / Izzy Mae / The Whipjacks / The Boatman / DJ LU-C
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Sunday 28th December 2025
Double Trouble : Nabil Abdulrashid & Tommy Sandhu
The Glee Club, B5 4TD, Birmingham
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KlappERRANG! with DJ Set
Claptrap The Venue, DY8 1EE, Stourbridge
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West Coast Eagles - A Tribute to the Eagles
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Double Trouble: Axel Blake & Tommy Sandhu Birmingham
The Glee Club, B5 4TD, Birmingham
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COBO : Kings Of Comedy Birmingham
The Glee Club, B5 4TD, Birmingham
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West Coast Eagles - A Tribute to the Eagles
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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The Fearless Scoundrels
The Troubadour Lounge, Birmingham
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Monday 29th December 2025
THE BUNGALOW (DJs)
Claptrap The Venue, DY8 1EE, Stourbridge
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Wednesday 31st December 2025
New Years Eve with The Dekkertones
2 Tone Village, CV2 4ED, Coventry
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New Years Eve - with Kitchen Club and Freakscene DJs
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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NEW YEAR'S EVE 2025 - HOUSE PARTY: ROUND 3! with Ft. - CULT TREXY SOUNDSYSTEM // NEXBOUND // CHARLIE BAXTER // PUCK // DJ DAMO!
Frog & Fiddle, GL50 3HW, Cheltenham
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Katie Fitzgeralds New Years Eve party 2025 with Not Quite Dead Yet / Matt Johnson / Brian Stone / Shotgun Marmalade/ Joe Zux
Katie Fitzgerald's, DY8 3TB, Stourbridge
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New Years Pre-Party
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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NEW YEAR'S EVE at The Swan Stourport with with BLACK HEART ANGELS + DJ John Casey
The Swan, DY13 8BX, Stourport-on-Severn
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NYE at The Owl
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Joe Joe Jims New Year's Eve Party Featuring Midnight City Soul Band!
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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New Year's Eve Party Featuring Midnight City Soul Band!
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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NEW YEARS EVE - BACK TO THE FUTURE RETRO PARTY plus 80s, 90s, 00s
Drummonds, Worcester
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NEW YEARS EVE - BACK TO THE FUTURE RETRO PARTY with 80s, 90s, 00s
Drummonds, WR1 2DP, Worcester
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KRAZYLEGZ
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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NEW YEAR’S EVE 2025
The Left Bank, Hereford
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Thursday 1st January 2026
COBO : Kings Of Comedy Birmingham
Rosies, B1 2HF, Birmingham
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Edwina Hayes
Kitchen Garden Cafe, B14 7SA, Birmingham
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Jay & Eli - Live at 3pm
The Morgan, Great Malvern
Saturday 3rd January 2026
Bowie Night at The Night Owl
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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The Love Bug - Family Film Screening (U)
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Erratic Cabaret Show with Marc Hammond at New Chequers
New Chequers, Astwood Road, Worcester
Marzy’s 60th Birthday Celebration
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Monday 5th January 2026
Reckless Comedy January 2026
Reckless Comedy @ The Royal Pug, CV32 4NX, Leamington Spa
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Thursday 8th January 2026
A Night with Jaz Delorean (Tankus)
Kitchen Garden Cafe, B14 7SA, Birmingham
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Music Spoken Here presents… Davide Giovannini’s Minas Project
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Friday 9th January 2026
CONCERT: Lodestar Trio
Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, Herefordshire
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Kevan & the Black Country Sons
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Rustwood Trio
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Dig? Soul and Retro Club Night
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Kevan & the Black Country Sons - Blues Rock
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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Saturday 10th January 2026
Tin Dragons - Rock & Pop Classics
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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New Year Showcase
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Erratic Cabaret Show with Marc Hammond at the Feathers
The Feathers, Tything, Worcester
Tin Dragons - Rock & Pop Classics
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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Black Elvis – ’68 Comeback Special
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Dig? Soul and Retro Club Night
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Angels Of Darkness (Gothic Rock tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Sunday 11th January 2026
Tom South And The Lifeline + Split Second + The Mars Lounge
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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An International Christmas with the Firebirds (Daria Kulesh & Marina Osman)
Kitchen Garden Cafe, B14 7SA, Birmingham
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Tuesday 13th January 2026
Weirdshire presents Charlie Beresford and Peter Marsh with One guitar, one lapsteel; shades of blues, exotic drones and pastoral folk
The Jam Factory, HR4 9EP, Hereford
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Digbeth Jazz
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Boogie Tuesday (Student and Industry Club Night)
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
The Molotovs
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Christopher Crompton & Julie Disney
The Red Lion Kings Heath, B14 7LY, Birmingham
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Thursday 15th January 2026
Dom Jolys SpeakeaZy with A live night
The Steam and Whistle, GL51 8NW, Cheltenham
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Friday 16th January 2026
Roadrunner - Rock, Pop and All Sorts In Between!
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Let Me Entertain You - A Tribute to Robbie Williams
Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham
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REVOLT(ING) FOR OMER - FUNDRAISER GIG! Ft. HAWXX // TOAST // DEATH IS A GIRL // ROVING CROWS with RAISING MONEY TO HELP OMER MAKE HIS WAY TO UNIVERSITY!
Frog & Fiddle, GL50 3HW, Cheltenham
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Sink or Swim present Emma Tricca + Pete Greenwood
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Roadrunner - Rock, Pop and All Sorts In Between!
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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Voulez Vous (Guilty Pleasures Club Night)
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Dirty DC (AC/DC tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Saturday 17th January 2026
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
The Chester Tavern, Kidderminster
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Dementia Awarefest Cannock 2026 with A rock festival supporting an amazing charity
The Station, WS11 1LS, Cannock
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Richard Blackwood : Unfiltered - Wolverhampton
Newhampton Arts Centre, WV1 4AN, Wolverhampton
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An Evening with John Bramwell [I Am Kloot] at The Chester Tavern
The Chester Tavern, DY10 1TN, Kidderminster
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Dusk Brothers with Plus Support
Dead Wax Digbeth, B9 4ED, Birmingham
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Who’s Next (The Who tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop with build your own electric cigar box guitar
Gatehouse Tavern, CV1 4AN, Coventry
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Greg Ryan
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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John Richards Band
The Red Lion Kings Heath, B14 7LY, Birmingham
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Thursday 22nd January 2026
The Fezz - homage to Steely Dan
Smokey Joe's Diner, GL50 4ED, Cheltenham
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Emerging Artists Showcase 2 + Sweaty Wednesday + Femme + Step Out
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Detta Kenzie with EP Launch Tour
Kitchen Garden Cafe, B14 7SA, Birmingham
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That 70s Night
Paper Dress Vintage, London
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Music Spoken Here presents… Detroitwich Funk Machine
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Rum Ragged with Celtic folk, with a contemporary edge - not to be missed.
The Hen and Chicken, BS3 1JF, Bristol
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Friday 23rd January 2026
The Consortium - 60s to 90s Mod Classics
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Jeffrey Martin
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Swing That Music with the Down for the Count All-Stars
Number 8, Pershore
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The Consortium - 60s to 90s Mod Classics
Joe Joe Jims, B45 8UU, Birmingham
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