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.
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Thursday 9th December 2021
Lost in Music – One Night at The Disco
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
MILK +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
RAW Comedy
Evesham Town Hall, Evesham
RAW Comedy
Evesham Town Hall, Evesham
Quo aka The Four Rossis’
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Birmingham Music Awards Christmas Party +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Friday 10th December 2021
Paradiddles Christmas Music Quiz
Paradiddles Music Cafe bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
The Payback (funk night) with Steve ‘Jools’ Belgium
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
The Payback (funk night) with Steve ‘Jools’ Belgium
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Christmas Jumper Day Family Sing-a-long with Mark the Pianoman
The Old Badger Inn, Eastington
The Reflections
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Remi Harris
The Bonded Warehouse, Stourbridge
UnCover: Time Of The Mouth
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
The Delray Rockets
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
4OZ OF GROOVE LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Black Foxxes + Emily Isherwood / Sue
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Saturday 11th December 2021
Project Vintage
The Black Star, Stourport
4th anniversary ALL DAYER! The Arboretum /Land Captains /Tyler Massey Trio /Redwood /Rusty Knives /Strangebrew /Ruben Seabright / Former Rivals /Tor
Paradiddles Music Cafe bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Sonic Wave 2021 +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Kickback live from 9pm
The Old Badger Inn, Eastington
Memoriam +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Krazylegz
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Guns Or Roses (Guns ‘n’ Roses)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Paradiddles 4th anniversary all dayer!
Paradiddles Music cafe bar, Worcester
Sax Appeal
Green Dragon, Malvern
Dave small of Arcadia Roots party night tickets £10 includes wood Fired pizza tex 07875380148 reserve tikets door open 7 10 30
The Barn, Ledbury
The Specialz: Ultimate Tribute to The Specials
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Guns Or Roses (Guns N Roses tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Guns Or Roses (Guns N Roses tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Sunday 12th December 2021
Callum Shaw + LORENKA, Floodgate St & Lily Clarke
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Stan Terry – A Tribute to Rod Stewart
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Uncover Presents: Howard James Kenny / Riche / James Chatfield
Drummonds, Worcester
Info & Tickets
THE DEADSHOTS: WILD, 21ST CENTURY ROCKABILLY
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Chickenbone John (live) + Learn to Play Cigarbox Guitar Taster Session
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Chickenbone John (live) + Learn to Play Cigarbox Guitar Taster Session
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Monday 13th December 2021
Kate B'mand + The Teals, Harley Harrison & astralprojection!
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
PUB QUIZ
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Tuesday 14th December 2021
Kaleidoscope Presents: The Psychotic Monks
The Night Owl, Birmingham
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Kaleidoscope Presents: The Psychotic Monks
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Wednesday 15th December 2021
Soul Sessions At The Night Owl IV
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Soul Sessions At The Night Owl IV
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
ASH SHEEHAN LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
River Water + Oddly Specific, Bri & BlondeboY
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
The Blockheads + The Humdrum Express
The Robin 2, Bilston
ASH SHEEHAN – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Thursday 16th December 2021
Big AC Records 1st Anniversary – LIVE REVUE feat. Abi Farrell, Carmy Love, Nick Corbin & Emma Noble
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Big AC Records 1st Anniversary – LIVE REVUE feat. Abi Farrell, Carmy Love, Nick Corbin & Emma Noble
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Mini Milk and The Kraves + Kodama, Blue Blue Blue and The Resolutions
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Cabbage + The Novus / Twelve Twelve / Baudelaire
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band "Carols & Capers"
The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
Uncover Presents: Kiddpink / DyeThunder
Drummonds, Worcester
Info & Tickets
TBC
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Kate Rusby at Christmas
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Friday 17th December 2021
Project Vintage
Bar Severn, Upton upon Severn
Tasting Notes + Melts The Band, When Tigers Used To Smoke & Thea Watson
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Small Fakers (Live Small Faces tribute)
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Dig? with DJs Sonny & Spare
The Night Owl, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
The DayBreakers live from 9pm
The Old Badger Inn, Eastington
Beyond the Barricade at Christmas
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
The Utopiates + The Mood / Five O Fives / Jay Tennant
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
The Other Covers Trio
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Rattlesnake Jake
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
John Lennon Tribute - Lennon Retrospective
Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Mister Wolf
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
JAKE HENRY LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Saturday 18th December 2021
Woodstock Social Club
Chestnut Tree Inn, Worcester
Woodstock Social Club
Chestnut Tree Inn, Worcester
Christmas Party with Funky Junky Monkeys
West Malvern Social Club, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Woofest
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Journeyman
Green Dragon, Malvern
The Pink Dimond Revue
Return of the Berlin nightclub
Ticket £10 tex 0787380148 for reservations includes wood Fired pizza door open 7 - 10 30
The Barn, Ledbury
AMPLIYULETIDE Christmas All Dayer
Guildhall, Gloucester
Legend
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Sunday 19th December 2021
Open Mic
The Vaults @ The Golden Farm Inn, Cirencester
Kwalia + Issy Winstanley , Lucy Hill & Rebeka Elwell
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
The Covasettes +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
UnCover: Hey You Guys
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Christmas with HEY YOU GUYS!, Masca & Hipflask Virgins
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Vaseline
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Monday 20th December 2021
PUB QUIZ
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Tuesday 21st December 2021
PEARCE MACCA LIVE
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Mind at Large + KiNG RiZZ , Body Water & Owen La Cortar
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Wednesday 22nd December 2021
VITAL POWERS +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
OPEN MIC NIGHT
The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Open Mic with Andy & Debs...Christmas Special!!
Green Dragon, Malvern
Thursday 23rd December 2021
Eleven Fifteen + Alice-Lily, Ezrae & Erica Jean
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Handel’s Messiah
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Dr Cornelious
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Friday 24th December 2021
Free Spirit Sounds
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Free Spirit Sounds
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Sunday 26th December 2021
Northern Soul and Motown Vinyl Night
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Northern Soul and Motown Vinyl Night
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
Boxing Day Special! +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Monday 27th December 2021
Take The Fifth (Clash tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Take The Fifth (Clash tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
TAKE THE 5TH
CLASH APPRECIATION
MARRS BAR, worcester
Info & Tickets
The U2 Experience - A Tribute to U2
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Tuesday 28th December 2021
Oa-sis +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Thursday 30th December 2021
Christmas Presence 2021 +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Xmas Punks Party +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Fred Zeppelin
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Friday 31st December 2021
Uncle Jim
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
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Uncle Jim
The Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove
Info & Tickets
NYE Extravaganza +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
New Years Eve at the Left Bank Village
The Left Bank, Hereford
Info & Tickets
Behind the Bike Sheds
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Satellite Down
Valkyrie Music Venue, Evesham
Saturday 1st January 2022
Jay & Eli
The Morgan, Great Malvern
Sunday 2nd January 2022
Toby Rocks
The Star N Garter, Droitwich
Tara Chinn
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
SOS Sounds of Soul
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Friday 7th January 2022
Overpass + Rookie and Lloyd Ballard
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Gaz Brookfield
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Marduk & Vader +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Gaz Brookfield
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Gaz Brookfield
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Saturday 8th January 2022
Wrong Jovi (Bon Jovi tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Wrong Jovi (Bon Jovi tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
Info & Tickets
Toby Rocks
The Nags Head, Darlaston
CBSO Viennese New Year Gala
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Thursday 13th January 2022
Revive Live: Abbie McCarthy’s Good Karma Club +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Friday 14th January 2022
Renaissance
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
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Renaissance
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
Info & Tickets
CPW 3: The River, At War With The Sun, Abraxian
Paradiddles, Worcester
Midnight Train to Georgia
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Good Future +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Saturday 15th January 2022
Noahfinnce +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Coach Party + Special Guests
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Sunday 16th January 2022
Ada Lea + Sun June
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Wednesday 19th January 2022
Childcare +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Friday 21st January 2022
The Classic Rock Show
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Revive Live: The Kut +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Saturday 22nd January 2022
Rejects Re-Union
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Official idles after party with joe talbot (idles) +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Johnny Cash Roadshow – From the Ashes Tour
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Info & Tickets
Sunday 23rd January 2022
Music Venues Trust, Revive Live: LibraLibra / Queen Cult + Support
Paradiddles Music Cafe bar, Worcester
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m60 + The Motive
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Bronnie +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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Wednesday 26th January 2022
Donnay Soldier + LEGS
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Friday 28th January 2022
Daz Blocksidge presents...
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Daz Blocksidge presents...
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Miguel Montalban
Joe Joe Jims, Birmingham
Revive Live: Becky Hill +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
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Saturday 29th January 2022
Soul Stripper (AC/DC tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Monday 31st January 2022
George O'Hanlon +
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Tuesday 1st February 2022
Pearl Charles + Fitzroy Holt
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Thursday 3rd February 2022
Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute)
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Friday 4th February 2022
Nova Twins +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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IVW X So Young presents + Deep Tan / Priestgate / DEADLETTER
The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Info & Tickets
Saturday 5th February 2022
The film Orchestra presents: Happy Birthday John Williams
The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6HE
Armonico Consort with Rachel Podger
Malvern Theatres, Malvern
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Duran Duran ish
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Sunday 6th February 2022
Amy Wadge
The Marrs Bar, Worcester
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Wednesday 9th February 2022
Smoke Fairies +
Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
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