Birmingham

Want to know what great things are going on in Birmingham? We’ve got some of the top things to see and do.

The Chocolate 5k
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The Chocolate 5k

Sports & Leisure, Park Runs/Fun Runs.
  • Fitness Session
Birmingham Literature Festival
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Birmingham Literature Festival

A weekend of talks, debates and reading with appearances and events featuring Jenni Murray, Alexei Sayle, Sally Vickers, Sathnam Sanghera, Kit De Waal and many more.
  • Talk
  • Book Club
  • Conference
  • Discussion/Panel Event
  • Lecture
  • Poetry
  • Writing Workshop
Pen Museum
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Pen Museum

Based in a former pen factory in the heart of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, the museum documents the evolution of the modern pen and celebrates Birmingham's role in its trade.
  • Museum
  • Family
Young Men On A See-Saw In Handsworth Park by Vanley Burke, 1984
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Vanley Burke: Photographing Birmingham (1968-2011)

Documentary photographs of everyday life in Birmingham by the Jamaican-born photographer, who moved to Birmingham in 1965 at the age of 15.
  • Photography
Langlands & Bell - Internet Giants: Masters Of The Universe
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Langlands & Bell - Internet Giants: Masters Of The Universe

New and recent work by British artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, featuring the iconic new architecture of global technology companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google, the exhibition includes relief sculptures, installations, and portraits exploring the increasingly profound influence these huge companies will have on all our lives as we enter the Information Age.
  • Architecture
  • Installation
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
Clement Cogitore: Assange Dancing
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Clement Cogitore: Assange Dancing

A film loop made using amateur video footage, shot and posted online by a DJ at Reykjavik nightclub Glaumbar in 2011, featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dancing in solitude.
  • Installation
  • Multimedia
Brum's Big Fat Pizza Festival
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Brum's Big Fat Pizza Festival

Food & Drink, Drink & Tastings.
  • Food, Drink & Tastings
Jelly Invaders
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Jelly Invaders

This new exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to marvel at the graceful creatures, and learn more about their mysterious abilities.
  • Tourist Attraction
  • Family
Cadbury World
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Cadbury World

Fourteen different zones recount the history of cocoa and the Cadbury family, starting off in the Aztec Jungle where visitors sample the Emperor of Montezuma's favourite spicy drink, chocolatl. A full-scale reconstruction of the cobbled square where John Cadbury opened his shop leads onto a gentle ride through a chocolate wonderland in one of the Beanmobiles and the world's biggest Cadbury shop.
  • Family Event
  • Food, Drink & Tastings
  • Family
A view of the Courtyard at the Birmingham Back to Backs from an upstairs window
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National Trust: Birmingham Back To Backs

Carefully restored, atmospheric 19th-century courtyard of working people's houses.
  • Historical
  • Over 50s