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.

Shaving the Surface → https://www.instagram.com/p/DbTsTIKCC_O/?img_index=1

Canals Prism Photography Network exhibition at Centrala for Digbeth First Friday → https://centrala-space.org.uk/events/prism-exhibition-launch-digbeth-first-friday/

Second Saturday Festival at The Old Printworks → https://www.secondsaturday.org.uk/

Family-Friendly Baby Rave at Blow Water → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath/Baby-and-the-Beats-by-Blow-Water-330PM/42458706/

Tiny Beer Fest → https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ7XRoToOcO/

Eternal Groovin Summer Showcase at Mama Roux’s → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Mama-Roux%27s/Eternal-Groovin-Summer-Showcase--Mama-Rouxs/42566950/

Helsinki Metal Festival → https://hellsinkimetalfestival.fi/en/

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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.

Summertime Garden → https://birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/bbg-event/summertime-garden-26/

Tiny Beer Fest → https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ7XRoToOcO/

Bournville & Weoley Castle Youth Fest → https://sellymanormuseum.org.uk/events/2026-08-09/bournville-weoley-castle-youth-festival

Fold/Unfold at the Nook Gallery → https://www.nook-gallery.co.uk/pages/exhibitions

Fresh at SUKI10C → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/SUKi10C/Lumina-presents-FRESH-6th-August/42258764/

Andrea Von Kampen at the Kitchen Garden Café → https://www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk/event/andrea-von-kampen/

La Strada Graz, Austria → https://www.lastrada.at/program

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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.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Museum of BAM, 7-30 August (nook Gallery) → https://www.instagram.com

Fire + Rice Residency, Wed-Fri in August (Deadbeat Bar) → https://www.instagram.com

Piece of Work Open Mic, 6 August (Museum of the Jewellery Quarter) → https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/piece-of-work-open-mic

Quiz Night, 4 Wednesdays (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham

Birmingham Improv Presents: Spaghetti Junction, 5 August (1000 Trades) → https://1000trades.org.uk/events/birmingham-improv-presents-spaghetti-junction-2026-08-05/

James Aaron, 5 August (The Sunflower Lounge) → http://thesunflowerlounge.com

Bansko Jazz Festival, until 9 August (Bansko, Bulgaria) → https://banskojazzfest.bg/

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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.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Cosy Craft Club: Needle Felting, 5 August (Quinto Lounge) → https://www.instagram.com/p/Da3ZgOrMdvT/

Sunset Kind Slow Flow Yoga & Meditation, 4 August (Sutton Park) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sutton-Coldfield

The Listening Room, 6 August (The Edge) → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk

An Afternoon of Rock & Roll, 4 August (Stone Cross Library) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/West-Bromwich

Pakistanis in the House: A Night of Standup Comedy, 7 August (The Mac) → https://macbirmingham.co.uk

Jesse Royal, 4 August (The Jam House) → https://thejamhouse.com

International Owl Awareness Day, 4 August (Everywhere) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-owl-awareness-day

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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.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

NBHD Open Jam Afro Summer Party, 3 August (The Night Owl) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham

Tiny Beer Fest, 8 August (Dead Beat, Else, Stir, The Den) → https://www.instagram.com

Digbeth First Friday: PRISM “Canals,” 7 August (Centrala) → https://centrala-space.org.uk

One Piece Store Tournament, Mondays in August (Game Guru Utilita) → https://www.instagram.com

Jelly’s Craft Club Drink N’ Draw, Mondays (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham

Jam Jah Mondays, Every Monday (The Station Pub) → https://jamjahsound.com

Thjodhatid, 31 July - 3 August (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland) → https://www.whatson.is/guide-to-verslunarmannahelgi-and-thjodhatid

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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.

Hot 8 Brass Band at Hare and Hounds → https://www.instagram.com/p/DbIVFq3o_jv/?hl=en

Vive Le Punk documentary screening at Mockingbird Cinema → https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=1663885

Cinema Fouad screening and discussion at Pan-Pan → https://www.pan--pan.com/product/pfi-takeover-bedtime-stories-x-falasteen-on-film-cinema-fouad

Sip and Paint at Herbert’s Yard → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-

on/Birmingham/Herberts-Yard/Herberts-Yard-Sip-and-Paint/42589918/

Thursday LGBTQ+ Club Night at Nightingale → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Nightingale-Club/Nightingale-Club-Thursdays/42424148/

Jazz Jam Session at Plonk → https://www.instagram.com/p/DbIVFq3o_jv/?hl=en

National Cheesecake Day → https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-cheesecake-day-july-30

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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.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Everything Must Go exhibit, 29 July 2026 - 21 February 2027 (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) → birminghammuseums.org.uk

Weird on Purpose, 29 (Hare and Hounds) → skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham

A Simple Tale of Love, 31 July - 2 August (The Crescent Theatre) → crescent-theatre.co.uk

Comedy Night at Zindiya, 29 July (Zindiya) → skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham

Quiz Nights, Wednesdays (Hare and Hounds & Temper and Brown) → Hare and Hounds | Temper and Brown

Chincoteague Pony Swim, 29 July (Chincoteague, Virginia) → chincoteague.com/pony-swim

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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