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:

Birmingham Wing Festival at Hockley Social Club

https://www.wingfest.co.uk/birmingham/

B-Town at the Rainbow

https://therainbowpub.com/event/b-town-indie-night-2/

West Side Story - Twenty Twenty-Five Stage Experience at The Alexandra

https://www.westsidestory.com/calendar/2025/8/14/the-alexandra-birmingham-west-midlands-united-kingdom

Jewellery Quarter Artisan Market:

https://www.birminghamartisanmarkets.com/events/jewellery- quarter-artisan-market

The Elle-J Walters Band at the Jam House

https://thejamhouse.com/shop/event/elle-j-walters-band-20/

Boston Tea Party’s Summer Fayre

https://bostonteaparty.co.uk/cafes/birmingham-corporation-st reet/summer-fayre/?date=16-Aug-25

International Bathtub Regatta

https://visitwallonia.com/en-gb/content/international-bathtub-regatta-dinant

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