Thursday August 16

l Art: Painting exhibition, Bromsgrove Library, Stratford Road. Until August 25.

l Cinema: Billy Elliot, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.

l Blues: Parkers Alibi, The Fiddle and Bone, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, 8pm.

Friday August 17

l Cinema: Spy Kids, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.

l Blues: Tubby Stubbs and The Big Fat Blues Band, The Fiddle and Bone, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, 8pm.

Saturday August 18

l Music: Bands in the Park, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, 11am.

l Exhibition: Adesh: Photographs by Andrew McDermid, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 9am-11pm. Until September 30

l Art: Pointing Man: Drawings by Simon Lewty, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 9am-11pm. Until September 30.

l Music: Summer Recital, Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue, 7.30pm.

Sunday August 19

l Family: Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue Charity Fair and Exemption Dog Show, Danemere Petotel, Tibberton, near Droitwich, 10am.

l Exhibition: A Still Point, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 12noon-8pm. Until September 23.

l Art: Riverside Artists Market, Butts Parade, Worcester, 11am-4pm.

l Music: Elkie Brooks, Oakengates Theatre, Telford.

Monday August 20

l Cinema: Le Boucher, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.

l Irish: Paul and Glen Elliot, The Fiddle and Bone, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, 8pm.

l Art: Midland Painting Group annual exhibition, RBSA Galleries, Brook Street, St Paul's Square, Birmingham. Until September 1.

Tuesday August 21

l Cinema: Tea With Mussolini, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. Until Thursday.

l Music: Fiddle and Bone Folk Club, The Fiddle and Bone, Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, 8pm.

Wednesday August 22

l Drama: Copenhagen, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern, 8pm. Until September 1.

l Cinema: Blood Feast, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.

l Drama: Warehouse Hill, The Ladybird Inn, Finstall Road, Aston Field, 7.30pn.