Wednesday, October 8

Film: Girls Can't Swim, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 6pm.

Tribute: A Kind of Queen, Alexandra Theatre, Station Road, Birmingham, 7.30pm.

Comedy: An Audience with Mrs Barbara Nice, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8pm.

Folk: Eliza Carthy, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 8pm.

Comedy: Jimmy Carr, The Glee Club, Arcadian Centre, Birmingham.

Dance: Stomp, Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street, Birmingham. Until Saturday.

Disco: Noise Pollution Disco, Rock Caf 200, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge.

Show: The Cemetery Club, Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry. Until Saturday.

Thursday, October 9

Film: Camp, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 6pm.

Comedy: An Evening with Fred Dibnah, Alexandra Theatre, Station Road, Birmingham, 7.30pm.

Music: From Punjab to Pit Top, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8pm.

Rock: Steve Hackett, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 8pm.

Friday, October 10

Film: El Bola, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 6pm.

Opera: Madama Butterfly, Alexandra Theatre, Station Road, Birmingham, 7.30pm. Also on Saturday.

Show: Hannah and Hanna, Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, 7.30pm.

Show: Love and Marriage and New York City, Palace Theatre, Alcester Street, Redditch, 7.30pm. Also on Saturday.

Show: Peeling, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8pm.

Rock: Rock 'n Roll Legends, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 8pm.

Saturday, October 11

Film: Swimming Pool, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 6pm.

Music: One-Two, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8pm.

Music: The Bushburys, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 8pm.

Tribute: Dirty DC, Rock Caf 200, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge.

Sunday, October 12

Children: The Three Bananas, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 11am and 2.30pm.

Classical: The Rosamund Trio, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 3pm.

Music: Sabha, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 7pm.

Comedy: Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden Unplugged, The Glee Club, Arcadian Centre, Birmingham.

Monday, October 13

Show: The Hollow Crown, Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry. Until October 18.

Show: Tonight We Fly, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8pm. Also on Tuesday.

Film: Clay Bird, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 8.30pm.

Tuesday, October 14

Film: The Bad and the Beautiful, Cinemac, mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 1pm.

Lecture: The Sounds of Music: Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester, 7.30pm.