Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Sutton Coldfield Literary Arts Festival Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, September 12–13 → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sutton-coldfield-literary-arts-festival-tickets-1989989467065 

Slime City + Sweetpool + special guests Dark Horse, Moseley, September 10 → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Dark-Horse/SLIME-CITY--SWEETPOOL-and-more-at-The-Dark-Horse-Moseley/42585550/ Independent Film

Showcase, The Mockingbird, Custard Factory, September 10, 6:45 PM → https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=732267 

The Eclectic Comedy Club, Harborne, September 10 → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Courtyard-Harborne/The-Eclectic-Comedy-Club-Harborne/42700857/ 

Take Me to Stirch Comedy Club, Stir, September 10 → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Stir-Stores/Take-Me-To-Stirch-Comedy-Club-with-Jenny-Hart-and-more/42287487/ 

Thirsty Thursdays / Connexions Club, Suki10c, September 10 → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/SUKi10C/Thirsty-Thursdays--Suki10c-FREE-TICKETS-AVAILABLE/41964388/ 

National Port Wine Day, United States, September 10 → https://wineinternationalassociation.org/national-port-wine-day-sip-and-savor-on-september-10th-2024/ 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Voce Books is back, open Wed-Sun (The Warehouse in Digbeth) → https://www.instagram.com

The Horse Loom & Spincycle, 9 September (Rock & Roll Brew House) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Donnie Darko, 12 September (Mockingbird Cinema) → https://mockingbirdcinema.com 

Fat Penguin Comedy Club ft. Matt Price, 9 September (The Patrick Kavanagh) → https://fatpenguincomedyclub.weebly.com 

South Staffs Bonsai Show, 13 September (Birmingham Botanical Gardens) → https://birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk  

Arcy Drive, 9 September (The Sunflower Lounge) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

International Sudoku Day, (everywhere) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-sudoku-day  

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

School of Jewellery Building Tour, 11 September (The School of Jewellery) → https://birminghamheritageweek.co.uk 

Devlin, 8 September (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Poetry Palace, 9 September (The Legacy Centre of Excellence) → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-palace-birmingham 

The Reading Table: Celebrating Five Years at the Table, 9 September (Gulp) → https://www.kayewinwood.com 

Shakespeare on the Spot, 12 September (The Crescent) → https://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk 

Dark Horse Sessions: Club Kowalski, 9 September (Dark Horse) → https://darkhorsemoseley.co.uk 

Star Trek Day, (United States) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/star-trek-day  

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Jelly’s Craft Club, 7 September (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Pirate Boat and Pub Crawl, 7 September (Malt House) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Neighbrhood Presents: Girls Don’t Rap?, 7 September (The Night Owl) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

An Evening with Richard Osman, 8 September (The Heath Bookshop) → https://www.theheathbookshop.co.uk

Birmingham Improv Presents: Box of Frogs, 9 September (1000 Trades) → https://1000trades.org.uk 

Shakespeare on the Spot, 12 September (The Crescent) → https://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk 

Rock in Rio, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) → https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com 

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every day, Monday to Friday

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c | Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Repair workshop by the Cafe Repair Team → https://centrala-space.org.uk/events/digbeth-first-friday-community-clothes-swap/ 

Laser light installation in the Curzon Street Canal Tunnel → https://digbethfirstfriday.com/events/more-laser-light-experiments-demo-ii/ 

Sinead Willox album launch at Nortons → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Nortons-Digbeth/Sinad-Willox-Album-Launch-Seoda-Uladh/42621642/ 

Autumn film showing: Brave at Alfred Works → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-cinema-club-autumnal-favourites-tickets-1998947212924 

Black Is Beautiful – The Kwame Brathwaite Story at The MAC → https://macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema/s-o-u-l-festival-black-is-beautiful 

Moseley Folk Fest → https://moseleyfolk.co.uk/ 

Renaissance festival in Waynesville, Ohio → https://renfestival.com/ 

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every day, Monday to Friday

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Crafternoon: at BMAG → https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/crafternoons 

The Line Managers + Ragman Jones Trio at Rock and Roll Brew House Thursday 3rd September, 7 pm → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Rock-N-Roll-Brewhouse/The-Line-Managers-EP-Launch/42643847/ 

EOP Summer Camp Show Launch Night at Eastside Projects Friday 4th September, 6–8 pm → https://eastsideprojects.org/events/eop-summer-camp-show-launch-night/ 

The Link Up at Pan-Pan — Friday 4th September, 9 pm, 21+ → https://www.instagram.com/p/DcT5x5DCL0D/?img_index=1 

Lady at The Mockingbird Thursday 3rd September and Tuesday 8th September → https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=1821738 

The Mousetrap at the Alexandra Theatre — Thursday 3rd September–Saturday 12th September → https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-mousetrap/the-alexandra-theatre-birmingham/ 

National Skyscraper Day Thursday 3rd September → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/skyscraper-day/  

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

The Heath Bookshop Presents: Lally Macbeth, 4 September (Speakers Corner Stage at Moseley Folk and Arts Festival) → https://moseleyfolk.co.uk 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, 5-19 September (The Crescent) → https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk 

The Reading Table: Celebrating 5 years at the Table, 9 September (Gulp) → https://www.kayewinwood.com 

Pub Quizzes, 2 September (Hare and Hounds, Temper and Brown, The Victoria) → H&H, Temper and Brown, The Victoria

A Place to Bury Strangers, 2 September (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Closeup Comedy w Rob Rouse, 2 September (Herbert’s Yard) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

World Coconut Day (Everywhere) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com  

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every day, Monday to Friday

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Digbeth Jazz ft. John Pop Quintet, 1 September (The Night Owl) → 

https://www.eventbrite.com 

Create Your Own Cover Art, 3 September (Old Print Works) → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk 

The Open Sky, 2 September (Stourbridge) → https://www.eventbrite.co.uk 

Fruit Punch, 2 September (The Night Owl) → https://thenightowl.club 

Being Brave, 2 September (The Old Joint Stock) → https://www.oldjointstock.co.uk/whats-on/being-brave 

Candlelight Jazz, 2 September (Fletcher’s) → https://www.fletchersbarandeatery.co.uk/whats-on

Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, (Everywhere) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/ginger-cat-appreciation-day/ 

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Today’s mentions in Outer Circle:

Moseley Folk and Arts Festival, 4-6 September (Moseley Park) → 

https://moseleyfolk.co.uk 

The Space Lady, 31 August (Hare and Hounds) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

CBSO in the City, 31 August (Birmingham Botanical Gardens) → https://birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk

Buzz Bingo, 31 August (Kingsbury Road) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham 

Aston Villa v. Arsenal live, 31 August (The Roadhouse) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sutton-Coldfield

Birmingham Weekender, 31 August (The Hippodrome) → https://www.birminghamhippodrome.com 

International Overdose Awareness Day, (Everywhere) → https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/overdose-awareness-day/  

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every day, Monday to Friday

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

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Your weekday guide to Birmingham’s cultural life - in under five minutes. Handpicked arts and culture highlights, Monday to Friday.

Fresh from the great, confused laboratory of ideas that is Birmingham,* Outer Circle is your weekday shortcut to what’s on. Handpicked highlights of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, film, food and more - in under five minutes. Some of it’s big, some of it’s tucked away, all of it’s worth your time.

*Phrase borrowed from urbanist Jane Jacobs.

COBO Comedy Special at the Glee Club → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Glee-Club-Birmingham%2C-England/COBO--Comedy-Shutdown-Bank-Holiday-Special---Birmingham/42619526/ 

Garage Paradise, Birmingham Summer Day Rave at Drop Inn → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Drop-Inn-Digbeth/Garage-Paradise---The-Birmingham-Summer-Day-Rave--Drop-Inn/42585315/ 

80s, 90s & 00s Disco at Hare and Hounds → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath/Common-People---Bank-Holiday-Afternoon-80s-90s-00s-Indie-Disco/42411012/ 

BrewDog End of Summer Hawaiian Bash → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Brewdog-Birmingham/End-of-Summer-Party/42650702/ 

Lost Scriptures at Midlands Arts Centre → https://macbirmingham.co.uk/events/the-lost-scriptures-birmingham-v-manchester

Usual Suspects at Club Collette → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Club-Colette/Colette-Presents-Usual-Suspects/42659528/ 

“Chillin’” and “As If” double feature at Mockingbird → https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=1822310 

Kiki’s Delivery Service at Mockingbird → https://mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=1749085 

Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland → https://airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/home/ 

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every day, Monday to Friday

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Outer Circle is produced by 11c Media for Brum Radio and is recorded at Birmingham Podcast Studios in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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