TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Seven Stars - The Lightness. Hartlebury: Castle - Kidderminster Male Choir. Bewdley: The Talbot - The Starving Rascals. Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. NEC Arena - Manic Street Preachers. Symphony Hall - Carols by Candlelight. NIA Academy - Oh!What a Night. Actress and Bishop - Peacock Avenue and The Lines. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Fleetwood Bac. Civic Hall - Kings of Leon. Wulfrun Hall - Paradise Lost. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - The Soroptimist Celebration of Christmas Concert.

FRIDAY: Stourport: The Angel - Jazz. Kidderminster: Rugby Club - Kidderminster Male Choir. Dudley: Town Hall - Handel's "Messiah" by Candlelight. Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - Peter Langford Classical organ concert. Robin R'n'B2 - The Jamm. Little Civic - Earth The Californian Love Dream and The Priory. Birmingham: Actress and Bishop - My Maralyn and Subtonic. Beckett's Restaurant - Ballroom Glitz. NEC: Las Vegas Christmas Party (and Saturday). NEC Arena - Ronan Keating. Symphony Hall - Helen Macdonald free commuter jazz. The Magic of Mozart. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Martyn Joseph.

SATURDAY: Kidderminster: Baxter Church - The Valentines and Russell Painter. Town Hall - Kidderminster Choral Society Gala Christmas Concert. Arley: Station - Kidderminster Male Choir. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Bach's Christmas Oratorio. NEC Arena - Status Quo. Actress and Bishop - Silversuit and Vijay Kishore. Malvern: Theatres - Children's Concert. Staffordshire Band. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Blues Band. Little Civic - Proud Mary. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Malvern Hills District Brass Band.

SUNDAY: Bewdley: Ramada Hotel - Rain. Birmingham: NIA Academy - Bootleg Beatles. Symphony Hall - Christmas Celebration (afternoon). Christmas Gala Concert. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Quill. Little Civic - The Fight. Coventry: Cathedral - Handel's Messiah by Candlelight. Brierley Hill: Civic Hall - Christmas with Cradley Heath Operatic Society.

MONDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Band Showcase Night. Birmingham: Botanical Gardens - Ballroom Glitz. Symphony Hall - White Christmas with the London Concert Orchestra. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Bad Obsession.

TUESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13-17 year-olds Disco. Birmingham: CBSO Centre - Berkeley Salon Ensemble Palm Court Christmas Party (lunchtime). Symphony Hall - Classic Christmas (until December 23). Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Being Jovi. Little Civic - Skindred.

WEDNESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Noise Pollution Disco and Live Band. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Hall - Too Rex and Flamin Slade. Robin R'n'B2 - Ian Parker. Civic Hall - Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Will Young. Great Malvern: Priory - ESO with Handel's Messiah by Candlelight. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - A Country Christmas with Johnny Coppin.

Theatre

Rose, Kidderminster - Christmas Entertainment, until Friday.

Glades Arena, Kidderminster - Mother Goose, Saturday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - Jack and the Beanstalk, Tuesday until January 30. The Snow Queen, until Saturday.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Grease, until January 8.

MAC, Birmingham - The Snow Queen, until January 2.

Repertory, Birmingham - The Witches, until January 8. Behzti (Dishonour), until December 30.

Swan, Worcester - Cinderella, until January 1.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Cinderella, Saturday until February 20.

Arena, Wolverhampton - The Time Machine, until Sunday.

Festival, Malvern - Aladdin, until January 9.

RST, Stratford - Beauty and the Beast, until January 16.

Swan, Stratford - Julius Caesar, until February 26. Two Gentlemen of Verona, until February 26.

The Other Place, Stratford - Venus and Adonis, until Saturday.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - The Jungle Book, until January. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, until January 1.

Belgrade, Coventry - Sleeping Beauty until January 15.

Rose Theatre, Rugeley - Jack ad the Beanstalk, Saturday and Wednesday.

Arts Complex, Solihull - Cinderella, until January 9.

Exhibitions

MAC, Birmingham - Space, until January 2. Silver Scenes and Tin Tableaux, until January 2.