TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony Hall - CBSO Festive Favourites (and Friday, and Monday). CBSO Centre - The Berkeley Salon Ensemble and CBSO Youth Chorus

(lunchtime). NIA Academy - Bootleg Beatles. NEC Arena - UB40. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Live Thru a Lens. Wulfrun Hall - Generation Under 18s Rock Christmas Party. Little Civic - Tin Omen. Stourbridge: The Broadway Inn - Roxy Magic. Rock Caf

2000 - A Kick up the 80s.

FRIDAY: Stourport: The Angel - jazz. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Beat. Little Civic - All Punked Out. Civic Hall - Cheeky Monkey. Wulfrun Hall - Blast Off. Birmingham: Hibernian - Dizzy Lizzy. Stratford - Cox's Yard -

Fred Zeppelin. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - The Jamm and The Paul Weller Connexion.

SATURDAY: Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Christmas Eve Classics. Hibernian - Take the 5th. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Cavern Beatles. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Quill.

SUNDAY: Christmas Day.

l MONDAY:Birmingham: Symphony Hall - CBSO Festive Favourites. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Quill (daytime). Bee Gees Fever. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - The Bon Jovi Experience.

TUESDAY: Wolverhampton: Robin

R'n'B2 - Bootleg Abba. Birmingham:

Symphony Hall - Opera Gala Night. Brierley Hill: Copthorne Hotel - Ballroom Glitz. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Dirty DC.

WEDNESDAY: Birmingham: Symphony Hall - The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan. Mozart by candlelight. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B - Limehouse Lizzy.

Theatre

Swan, Worcester - Jack and the Beanstalk, until Wednesday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - Peter Pan, until January 29.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Christmas with the Rat Pack, until January 7.

MAC, Birmingham - The Emperor's New Clothes, until January 8.

RST, Stratford - Great Expectations, until February 4.

NIA Academy, Birmingham - Cbeebies Live, Tuesday/Wednesday.

Festival, Malvern - Peter Pan, until

January 8.

Forum, Malvern - Round the Horne, until December 31.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Aladdin, until February 5.

Arts Complex, Solihull - Aladdin, until January 8.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Jason and the Argonauts, until December 31. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? until December 31 (day).

Exhibitions

Library, Kidderminster - 75th Anniversary of Kidderminster Art Society, until January 1. Contemporary Crafts, Tuesday until January 4.

Library, Bewdley - Around and About, until Wednesday.

Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham - Art and the 60s, until April 3.

MAC, Birmingham - Membranes and Edges, until January 2. The Wishing Ceremony, until January 8. Self, until January 8. Masquerade, until January 8. Botanical Gardens Gallery, Birmingham - small paintings for Christmas, until January 6.

Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester - Watercolours by Diana Scott, until Saturday. Barrie Cook-A Painter's Journey, Saturday until February 4.

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - Romancing the Landscape, Monday until February 15.

New Art Gallery, Walsall - Contemporary Jewellery, until March 27.

Craft Gallery, Bilston - Craftsense, until December 31.

Hettert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - 1,000 years of Coventry's history, until

December 31.

Library, Pershore - Between Colour and Imagination, Saturday until January 1.

Library, Upton - Paintings by Manse Art Group, until December 30.

Library, Tenbury - recent paintings by Diana Davies, until December 31.

Library, Redditch - Childs Play, Saturday until January 7.