Thursday September 13

l Music: Northern Soul Night, Robin RnB Club 2, Mount Pleasant, Bilston, 7.30pm.

l Elvis: Love Me Tender by Liberty Mounten and his orchestra, Cheltenham Town Hall.

l Comedy: Rabbi Lionel Blue, Huntington Hall, CrownGate, Worcester, 8pm.

l Comedy: Ken Dodd, Alexandra Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham, 7.30pm. Until Saturday September 15.

l Comedy: Andy Robinson plus others, The Comedy Kav, Moseley Village, Birmingham, 8.30pm.

Friday September 14

l Music: Paul Lamb and The King Snakes, Huntington Hall, CrownGate, Worcester, 8pm.

l Rock: 69 The Bryan Adams Tribute, The Robin RnB Club, Merry Hill, near Dudley.

l Cinema: Sense and Sensibility, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, 6.30pm.

Saturday September 15

l Music: 149th British Open Brass Band Championships, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, 10.30am.

l Music: MAGIC -- A Kind of Queen, Palace Theatre, Alcester Street, Redditch, 8pm.

l Music: Al Stewart, Huntington Hall, CrownGate, Worcester, 8pm.

l Show: KOBA Man of Steel, Alexandra Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham, 7.30pm.

l Family: Walsall Illuminations, Walsall Arboretum. Until October 28.

l Folk: The Yetties and Hearts of Oak, Catshill Middle School, Meadow Road, Catshilll, 7.30pm.

l Music: The Bournville Phoenix Male Choir, Friends' Meeting House, Bournville Green, 7.30pm.

Sunday September 16

l Music: Best of British Brass, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, 1pm.

Monday September 17

l Comedy: The Nonentities present Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, Studio, The Rose, Chester Road North, Kidderminster.

Until September 22.

l Festival: Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe Festival, The Other Place and The Swan Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon. Until September 30.

l Talk: Wythall Forum: Trips around the Midlands by Dr Tony Bradshaw, Wythall Library, May Lane, Hollywood, 8pm.

Tuesday September 18

l Show: Spend Spend Spend, The Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry. Until Saturday September 29.

l Opera: Carmen, Alexandra Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham, 7.30pm. Also Wednesday 19 and Saturday September 22.

Wednesday September 19

l Talk: AGM and Hagley Hall, Belbroughton History Society, Belbroughton Church Hall, Church Road, 8pm.