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:

Big In 2026 - Birmingham, 20 February (Dead Wax) → https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Dead-Wax/Big-In-2026---Birmingham/41645641/

EMOM: Electronic Music Open Mic Night, 19 February (Centrala) → https://centrala-space.org.uk/events/emom-electronic-music-open-mic-2/

Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer, 21 February (Centrala) →

https://www.seetickets.com/event/sam-nicoresti-baby-doomer/centrala/3518055

Feverup: Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings, 20 February (St. Paul’s Church) → https://tockify.com/stpaulsjqevents/detail/261/1771612200000

Good Things Comedy Club, 19 February (1000 Trades) →

https://1000trades.org.uk/events/good-things-comedy-club-2026-02-19/

Rob Copland standup, 19 February (Cherry Reds) →

https://www.instagram.com/p/DU02KgJCGpA/?hl=en&img_index=1

Ment Festival, 18-21 February (Ljubljana, Slovenia) → https://ment.si/en/

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