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Monday 6 - Sunday 12 February

Classical Music

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

ORCHESTRA Featuring Nikolaj SzepsZnaider (conductor/violin).

Programme includes works by Bruch & Strauss, Mon 6 Feb, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN: EARTHCYCLE

Featuring David Gordon (keyboard), Jackie Oates (vocals) & David Le Page (director). Programme includes works by Vivaldi, David Gordon & Trad, Tues 7 Feb, Stratford Play House, Stratford-upon-Avon

Comedy

TOM WARD Wed 8 Feb, The Glee Club, Birmingham

CHRIS MCCAUSLAND Thurs 9 Feb, The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury

BABATUNDE ALÉSHÉ Fri 10 Feb, The Glee Club, Birmingham

CATHERINE COHEN Fri 10 Feb, The Old Rep, Birmingham

BURT WILLIAMSON, JACK TOPHER, DAVE FLYNN & ALEXIS COWARD Fri 10 Feb, Evesham Town Hall

Gigs

THE LEGENDS OF AMERICAN COUNTRY

SHOW Mon 6 Feb, The Core Theatre, Solihull

MARK HUMMEL BLUES

BAND Mon 6 Feb, Temperance, Leamington Spa

CLINTON KANE Tues 7 Feb, O2 Institute, Birmingham

JULIAN SIEGEL JAZZ

ORCHESTRA Tues 7 Feb, Symphony Hall, B’ham

SUNBIRDS Tues 7 Feb, Temperance, Leamington Spa

THE DIANA ROSS STORY Tues 7 Feb, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

REBECCA BLACK Wed 8 Feb, O2 Academy, Birmingham

THE BIG COUNTRY MUSIC

SHOW Wed 8 Feb, Swan Theatre, Worcester

REVEREND AND THE MAKERS Thurs 9 Feb, O2 Institute, B’ham

TRANSATLANTIC

SESSIONS Thurs 9 Feb, Symphony Hall, B’ham

MAIR THOMAS Thurs 9 Feb, Bromsgrove Folk Club

DAVID GORDON Thurs 9 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

JAMES YORKSTON & NINA PERSSON + AMY

MAY ELLIS Thurs 9 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY Thurs 9 Feb, Marrs Bar, Worcester

KARNIVOOL + THE OCEAN Fri 10 Feb, O2 Institute, Birmingham

11 Feb, O2 Academy, Birmingham

JOHN CALE Sat 11 Feb, Birmingham Town Hall

THE ADELE SONGBOOK

Sat 11 Feb, The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury

STEVE AJAO BLUES

GIANTS Sat 11 Feb, Temperance, Leamington Spa

SAINTÉ Fri 10 Feb, O2 Institute, Birmingham

THE UPBEAT BEATLES Fri 10 Feb, The Core Theatre, Solihull

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Fri 10 Feb, The Assembly, Leamington Spa

SHANADE Fri 10 Feb, Temperance, Leamington Spa

DARREN ALBONI - THE MUSIC OF SIMPLY RED Fri 10 Feb, The Rialto, Coventry

DEPT OF MISINFORMATION + FUTUMCHE + TRUST CLUB + PUSH Fri 10 Feb, hmv Empire, Coventry

RIOPY + ADAM NAAS Fri 10 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

XPOSURE Fri 10 Feb, Queens Hall, Nuneaton

THE LIQUID ENGINEERSGARY NUMAN TRIBUTE

Fri 10 Feb, Marrs Bar, Worcester

MOM JEANS Sat 11 Feb, O2 Institute, B’ham

CARLY RAE JEPSEN + LEWIS OFMAN Sat 11 Feb, O2 Institute, Birmingham

HAMMERFEST XIV Sat

FACE UP + SEPTIC & THE TANKS + GRAIL GUARD

Sat 11 Feb, Arches Venue, Coventry

FERGUS MCCREADIE Sat 11 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

THE RONNIE SCOTT’S ALL STARS Sat 11 Feb, Number 8, Pershore

VISIBLE TOUCHGENESIS TRIBUTE Sat 11 Feb, Queens Hall, Nuneaton

STIPE - R.E.M. TRIBUTE

Sat 11 Feb, Marrs Bar, Worcester

THE PONTIACS Sat 11 Feb, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

THE HISTORY OF ROCK Sat 11 Feb, Swan Theatre, Worcester

A BEAUTIFUL NOISENEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE

Sat 11 Feb, Palace

Theatre, Redditch

MAET LIVE AND THE NEVER NEVERLAND EXPRESS Sat 11 Feb, The River Rooms, Stourbridge

THE GIGSPANNER BIG BAND Sun 12 Feb, Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa

THINK FLOYD Sun 12 Feb, Swan Theatre, Worcester

CBSO RUSH HOUR CONCERT Featuring Lee Reynolds (conductor), Tom Redmond (presenter) & the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Programme includes works by Brahms, Silvestri, Elgar, Dani Howard, Hindson & Gabriela Smith, Wed 8 Feb, Symphony Hall, B’ham

CBSO: LICENCED TO THRILL Featuring Michael Seal (conductor), Lance Ellington & Anna-Jane Casey (vocalists) & the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Programme includes iconic James Bond theme tunes, Fri 10 Feb, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

FÉLICITÉ PIANO TRIO Featuring Ricardo Brown Roger (violin), Lucy Samuels (cello) & Lucy Eccleshall (piano). Programme includes works by Beamish, Schumann, Mendelssohn & Boulanger, Fri 10 Feb, The Hall at Kingsley School, Leamington Spa

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN: EARTHCYCLE Featuring David Gordon (keyboard), Jackie Oates (vocals) & David Le Page (director). Programme includes works by Vivaldi, David Gordon & Trad, Fri 10 Feb, Number 8, Pershore

SOUTH BIRMINGHAM SINFONIA

Programme includes works by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov, Sat 11 Feb, Shirley Methodist Church, Solihull

ELISABETH BRAUSS PIANO CONCERT

Programme includes works by Bach/Marcello, Mendelssohn, Hindemith & Schumann, Sun 12 Feb, Malvern Theatres

SOPHIE DUKER Fri 10 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

CARL HUTCHINSON Sat 11 Feb, The Albany Theatre, Coventry

FIN TAYLOR, DANNY MCLOUGHLIN, THOMAS GREEN & JAMIE HUTCHINSON

Sat 11 Feb, The Rialto, Coventry

ROBIN MORGAN Sun 12 Feb, The Glee Club, Birmingham

URZILA CARLSON Sun 12 Feb, The Glee Club, Birmingham

STEWART LEE Sun 12 Feb, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

MAISIE ADAM Sun 12 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

Theatre

DIA-BEAT-ES Join Paul, a type-one diabetic, as he drops beats on the past 26 years of his drug-filled life, mixing in the highs & lows of being a lifelong diabetic and part-time DJ, Tues 7 - Wed 8 Feb, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY The music of Bob Dylan provides the soundtrack to Conor McPherson’s universal story about family and love, Tues 7 - Sat 11 Feb, The Alexandra, Birmingham

HUMBLE BOY Charlotte Jones’ comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of beekeeping, Tues 7 - Sat 11 Feb, The Bear Pitt Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) A ‘unique and audacious’ retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story, Tues 7 - Sat 11 Feb, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry