Events & gigs coming up this month

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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Monday 11th December 2023

THE ACTRESS BIG QUIZ
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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El Fauna + Our Wolrds Collide, powR & Harry Houlton
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Harry Bird - Cafe Kino, Bristol (album Tour) with with special guests Rain of Animals and Gavin McGinty
Cafe Kino, Bristol
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Tuesday 12th December 2023

CONCERT: A Baroque Christmas with The London Handel Players
Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, Herefordshire
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Whistle and I’ll Come to You
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Geno Washington
The Sub Rooms, Stroud
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Wednesday 13th December 2023

Pershore Jazz Club – Dave Browning’s Jazz Cats
Pershore Town Football Club Function Room, WR10 1QU, Pershore

Soul Sessions Xmas Party: Naomi Dawes, Czafari, Raymond Shaw, Gemma Ballam
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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The Lost Notes with Plus Marianne Mills
The Red Lion Kings Heath, Birmingham
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Thursday 14th December 2023

Rosetta's Spoken Word
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
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Last Conspiracy + Sidetracked, Static Brains & KXNKSHXME
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Legendary Folk/Rock Pioneers "Steeleye Span"
Town Hall, Birmingham
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Legendary Folk/Rock Pioneers "Steeleye Span"
Town Hall, Birmingham
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Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
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Music Spoken Here presents: Reed Bass Live
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Spear of Destiny + Derek Forbes & The Dark
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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White Noise Cinema
OCC Malvern, Malvern

Cinderella – Pantomime 2023-24
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Gerry Colvin Band - Christmas Bauble
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Big Dan's Open Mic Night
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham

Friday 15th December 2023

DINO BAPTISTE LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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Elvis Vs Jackson with CELEBRATING THE TWO KINGS
St Anne's Board Mill Social Club, Bristol
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Operation Santa Fundraiser with Shaun Gambowl Walsh, Bedrock Bullets, Kwalia + More!
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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WORLD SPEED RECORD + Honey Factory + Sugar Fix
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun // Charlotte Carpenter
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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Slackrr with With support from Homecoming, In The Front Seat and Carbon Heart
Paradiddles Cafe Music Bar, Worcester
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Mister Wolf
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Dj Jimmy James: The 1960s Christmas Special
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Katey Brooks & Special Guests At The Bristol Folk House
The Folk House, Bristol
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Winter Woo Fest With: Flames / Terry Walls / Polly Edwards band / Vincent Flatts Final Drive
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Drummonds Festive Fridays With Is The Pope with Band to be confirmed - Pre-buy your ticket and get a free drink included
Drummonds, Worcester
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Ricky Cool & the In Crowd
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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IS THE POPE
Drummonds, Worcester
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Spacehoppers At Xmas
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
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Saturday 16th December 2023

Beyond the Barricade
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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THE JAM’D LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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Roving Crows
West Malvern Social Club, West Malvern

Roving Crows
West Malvern Social Club, MALVERN
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Jay & Eli
The Golden Cross, Harvington

Capas With: Pink Taco / Lycio / Sam Redmore DJing
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Ampliyuletide 2023 with Collateral Plus Guests
Guildhall, Gloucester
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LEVI WASHINGTON LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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Luna Kiss
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Screaming Dead's Annual Yuletide Bash! // Ft. Rubella Ballet // The Samples
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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Britmas – a Britpop Christmas Brunch
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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High-falutin Christmas Tootin'!
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Starving Rascals
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
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Vehicle
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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The Beatles Sound (live tribute to The Beatles) Christmas Party at The Night Owl
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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(spunge) The Xmas Bash 2 with support from: 4ft fingers + Johnny Clash
The Watson Hall, Tewkesbury
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Drummonds Xmas Party The Secret Roses with Pre-buy your tickets and get a free drink included.
Drummonds, Worcester
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Kick The Clown - Christmas Show with With Support From: Sak! Sue & Spankbox
Spin The black Circle (STBC), Worcester
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Ironed Maiden - Uk Tribute To Iron Maiden
The Valkyrie Music Venue, Evesham
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Malvern Big Band - All I Want For Christmas is Jazz
Malvern Cube, Malvern WR14 2YF
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Skabucks
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Christmas With Robert Lane And Improv Wolves
Tilt, Birmingham
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Riding The Low + Joseph Hooligan
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Peeping Tom's Final Ceilidh
Massey Ferguson Social Club, Coventry
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Vigilantes + Feelings Mutual
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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THE SECRET ROSES
Drummonds, Worcester
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Woodstock Social Club
The Chestnut Tree, Worcester

Sunday 17th December 2023

Dan Greenaway
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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THE MAZ MITRENKO BAND LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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John Bramwell (i Am Kloot)
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Frog & Giggle: Festive Funnies - A Christmas Comey Spectacular! // Sketches, Songs & Stand-up! with Shirley Halse, James Crawley, Capriella Monique, Alexis Coward - Hosted by Joe Taylor-Mills
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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Merry Hell with With Very Special Guests JESS SILK & EDDY MORTON.
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
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Tea & Carols With Les Filles Sauvages with Come and join us for Tea and Carols - 17th Dec 2023
The Warndon Hub, Worcester
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The Mercians
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Warren James
The Chestnut Tree, Worcester

Andrew Bird: Taken Seriously
The Glee Club, Birmingham
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Monday 18th December 2023

Zubin Paul + Zoe Wilcox, Gray, Paige Lewis & Molly Bethan
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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THE ACTRESS AND BISHOP
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
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John Bramwell (i Am Kloot) with Extra Date Added
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Tuesday 19th December 2023

Redskies With: Fallout / FLOOD
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Ben Hall
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Redskies With: FLOOD / Fallout
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Carols And Choruses with A Christmas Concert by Break Out Voices
St Paul's Church, Bristol
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Dirty Old Folkers Christmas Panto
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Wednesday 20th December 2023

The Loveless ft Marc Almond
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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TWO POUNDS DOWN plus Echo Gecco
Drummonds, Worcester
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The 178 Comedy Club Presents … Jo Enright & Jon Wagstaffe
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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OPEN MIC with Debs & Enzo
Green Dragon, Malvern,

Steve Gibbons
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Mad Jocks & Englishmen Christmas Extravaganza
The Red Lion Kings Heath, Birmingham
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Thursday 21st December 2023

Jamie Knight
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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The Magic Of Christmas With Devon Mayson with Evesham
Town Hall, Evesham
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The Insider + Kid Charlemagne, Owen La Cortar & Monday Nights
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Fury With: US
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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THE DARKNISS
Drummonds, Worcester
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Fury
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Skrood
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Dirty Old Folkers Christmas Panto
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Big Dan's Open Mic Night
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham

Friday 22nd December 2023

The Jamesons
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Ska & Soul Vs Indie Disco
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Soul Stripper (AC/DC tribute) / Dizzy Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Manchester Calling! Live @ Hare & Hounds, Birmingham with The Total Stone Roses & Oaysis
Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
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THE CUGINIS
Drummonds, Worcester
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Drummonds Festive Fridays With Cuginis with Pre-buy your tickets and get a free drink included.
Drummonds, Worcester
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Soul Stripper (AC/DC tribute) / Dizzy Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Yes Princess, Suns of Rest, Duck Thieves, Matt Fisher + Stefano Bellavia
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Singer Songwriter Night With Ruben Seabright And Friends. with December 22nd: Jess Silk / Tom Forbes / Jonathan Bloomfield
Paradiddles Music Cafe Bar, Worcester
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Big Image + Vega Rally
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Common People
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Laurel Canyon
The New Harp Inn, Hoarwithy, Hereford

Jake Byrne & Friends @ The St Patricks Club
St Patricks Club, Leamington Spa
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Vaseline
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Christmas Shenanigans: For The Arc Project with Death Is A Girl, Nervendings,, Kings Alias, Mosaic, Sophie And The Sticks, Not Dave (And Guest Elves)
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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Traditional Syrian Cuisine – Cooked and served by Syrian and Afghan women.
The Left Bank, Hereford
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Saturday 23rd December 2023

Ruben Seabright
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Johnny Kowalski's Christmas Party With: Cain Fox / Skewwhiff / Jake Marsh / Theone Dawes
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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*POSTPONED* Fred Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Christmas Chaos With Elvis Fontenot & Rouge Turpin
Stoke-On-Trent Artisan Tap, Stoke on Trent
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Drummonds Xmas Party - Wired 2 Party with Pre-buy your tickets and get a free drink included.
Drummonds, Worcester
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Discharge
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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JOURNEYMAN
Green Dragon, Malvern

DEBS & ENZO'S Christmas Open Mic
Green Dragon, Malvern

Punk Rock Stars In Their Eyes! - Ft. Charlie Baxter // Nervendings // Birdribs // Plus More!
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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All Out Cheese (dj)
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Laurel Canyon
The Secret Garden, Hereford

Thunder Daze
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Jim Smith
The New Inn, Malvern Link
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The Dekkertones with Village Christmas Party
2 Tone Village, Coventry
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WIRED 2 PARTY
Drummonds, Worcester
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Twisted Heart
The Chestnut Tree, Worcester

Mothers Who Make Coventry x The Tin present: Festive Family Friendly Gig
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Sunday 24th December 2023

Connor Maher
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Jay & Eli
The Keys, Stratford Upon Avon

Jack Read and The Shaders
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Wednesday 27th December 2023

COBO: Kings of Comedy
The Glee Club, Birmingham
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Cobo : Kings Of Comedy - Birmingham Rosies
Rosies, Birmingham
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Taylor Swift vs Harry Styles Club Night
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Cobo : Kings Of Comedy - Birmingham
The Glee Club, Birmingham
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Thursday 28th December 2023

Hot Space
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Alchemy - A Tribute to Dire Straits
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Alchemy - A Tribute To Dire Straits
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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The Bungalow (djs)
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Big Dan's Open Mic Night
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham

Friday 29th December 2023

ULTIMATE RAVE BINGO XMAS SPECIAL
The Left Bank, Hereford
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Kringo Blue
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Totally 80’s
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Take The Fifth (Clash tribute) With: The Big Staceys
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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LUCAS D & THE GROOVE GHETTO
Drummonds, Worcester
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Take The Fifth (Clash tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Paradiddles Goodbye 2023 Quiz December
Paradiddles Music Cafe Bar, Worcester
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Tosh with B2B DJs
Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge
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Desi Central Comedy Show - Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
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Saturday 30th December 2023

Immy and the Boatman
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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Cobo : Kings Of Comedy - Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
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Vincent Flatts Final Drive + support from Indigo Kid
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Brum Punx Xmas Bash + GBH, Drongos For Europe, Dirtbox Disco, Knock Off, Angry Itch
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Vincent Flatts Final Drive - No-nonsense Blues Boogie with With support from Indigo Kid
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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Sovereign + Antidotes / The Mars Lounge  
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Sunday 31st December 2023

Jamie Knight & DJ
The Lamb & Flag, Worcester
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New Years Eve - House Party! @ The Frog And Fiddle - Ft. Kaiju Blue // Avro. // Puck // Doppelgnger
Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
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New Year's Eve Party featuring Rattlesnake Jake
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
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RESIDENT DJ
Drummonds, Worcester
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New Years Eve @ Drummonds
Drummonds, Worcester
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New Year's Eve 2024
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Katie Fitzgerald's Nye Party 2023
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
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New Year’s Eve 2023 at The Left Bank Village
The Left Bank, Hereford
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Fossil Fuel New Years Eve Party
The Valkyrie Music Venue, Evesham
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Jay & Eli
The Keys, Stratford Upon Avon

The Tin & Kitchen Club's NYE PARTY 2023
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Monday 1st January 2024

Edwina Hayes
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Thursday 4th January 2024

Big Dan's Open Mic Night
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham

Friday 5th January 2024

Mentors @ The Flapper
The Flapper, Birmingham
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Kevin Montgomery Plus Special Guest
The Hen and Chicken, Bristol
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Saturday 6th January 2024

Get Political Ii - The Whipjacks with With Bleeding Hearts, The Gathering, and Elvis Legsley
The Valkyrie Bar, Evesham
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CBSO Viennese New Year Gala
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Sink or Swim presents Trupa Trupa + Special Guests
The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry
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Sunday 7th January 2024

An International Christmas With Daria Kulesh
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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Wednesday 10th January 2024

My Comedy
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
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The January Alternative Book Club with Stand-up comedy about books.
The Bottle Of Sauce, Cheltenham
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The January Alternative Book Club with Stand-up comedy about books.
The Bottle Of Sauce, Cheltenham
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Tayz & The Drolls
The Red Lion Kings Heath, Birmingham
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Thursday 11th January 2024

Music Spoken Here presents: FNUK ft. Jason Rebello, Paul & Jeremy Stacey
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Music Spoken Here presents: FNUK ft. Jason Rebello, Paul & Jeremy Stacey
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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One Night in Dublin
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Alice in Wonderland
Norton Parish Hall, Littleworth

Big Dan's Open Mic Night
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham

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