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Concerts in Birmingham Tonight
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Best Shows in Birmingham Next Week
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Sold-Out Birmingham Shows This Month
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Birmingham Tickets & Sports This Week
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Top Birmingham Concert Venues — Capacity, Parking, Tips
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Birmingham Concert Calendar — Upcoming Months
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Live Concerts in Birmingham — 199 Upcoming Shows on Sale
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People Also Ask — Birmingham Live Events
What concerts are in Birmingham tonight?
2 live shows are happening in Birmingham tonight, including Sea Life Birmingham - Standard Entry and Manilow - The Last Last Concert. See the full list at the top of this page.
When is the next undefined game in Birmingham?
Check the Sports filter above for the next undefined home game at Utilita Arena Birmingham. The Ticketmaster feed refreshes every 6 hours so the schedule is always current.
How much are Birmingham concert tickets?
Birmingham concert tickets typically range from $35 (upper-level) to $300+ (floor / VIP). Mid-week shows often run 15–30% lower than weekend headliners.
Where can I buy cheap Birmingham tickets?
Every event card on this page links directly to Ticketmaster's primary checkout — face-value pricing, no resale markup. Use the "Cheapest" section above to find lowest-priced shows.
What time do Birmingham concerts start?
Most Birmingham concerts start between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM local, with doors opening 60–90 minutes earlier. undefined home games typically start 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Are Birmingham shows sold out?
1 Birmingham show is marked sold out right now. The "Sold Out" section above shows resale-only listings via Ticketmaster Fan-to-Fan.
What's the best venue for concerts in Birmingham?
Utilita Arena Birmingham hosts the biggest tours, but NEC has the most variety this month with 108 shows confirmed.
Can I get last-minute Birmingham tickets?
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Inside Birmingham
Birmingham is the largest city in the UK Midlands and the second-largest in the country, and on most nights of the week the live-events grid here runs deeper than people outside the West Midlands realise. The Utilita Arena Birmingham — the old National Indoor Arena, sat right on the canal at Brindleyplace — handles 15,800 for the touring arena slate, and the bp pulse LIVE arena out at the NEC campus (formerly Resorts World Arena) brings another 15,700 seats on the eastern edge of the city next to Birmingham International. Between the two of them, Birmingham books a touring calendar that rivals anywhere outside London. The classical and listening-room scene runs through Symphony Hall in the ICC complex on Broad Street — home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and routinely rated among the top acoustic concert halls in Europe. Town Hall, the Grade I-listed neoclassical room a few minutes' walk away on Victoria Square, picks up the chamber, folk, and intimate-tour bookings. Birmingham Hippodrome on Hurst Street is the West End touring house for the city, running musicals, ballet, opera, and pantomime through the year. Smaller and mid-size rock and indie tours land at the O2 Academy Birmingham on Bristol Street and the O2 Institute over in Digbeth. This is also Black Sabbath's hometown — the birthplace of heavy metal — along with Duran Duran, UB40, ELO, and a long roll-call of Midlands bands. Aston Villa play at Villa Park, Birmingham City sit across the city at St Andrew's, and Edgbaston hosts England Test cricket every summer. The NEC complex out by the airport runs Crufts, the Clothes Show, and a year-round exhibitions calendar that pulls hundreds of thousands of visitors into the city for any given week.
What's happening in Birmingham right now
The event grid on this page pulls live listings for every confirmed Birmingham show, fixture, and festival on sale right now, sorted by date with the soonest at the top. Use the category filters to narrow down to concerts, sports, comedy, or theatre, or scroll the full week if you are open. Each card links straight through to ticket availability. Birmingham runs on a Midlands-typical weekly rhythm. Monday and Tuesday lean quieter, which is when you will find the smaller indie tours at the O2 Institute, comedy try-out nights at the Glee Club on Hurst Street, and discounted theatre previews at the Hippodrome and the Rep. Wednesday and Thursday pick up sharply, especially around the NEC when a major exhibition is on. Friday and Saturday is the heaviest run of the week, often with three or four major shows stacked between Utilita Arena Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE, Symphony Hall, and the Hippodrome — plus whatever is on at Villa Park or St Andrew's. Where you base yourself matters. Broad Street and Brindleyplace cover the city-centre arena and Symphony Hall crowd, with restaurants, canal-side bars, and the Mailbox a few minutes' walk away. Digbeth, the creative quarter south of the Bullring, runs the indie venues, late-night music rooms, and street-food spots. For bp pulse LIVE and NEC shows, you are out at the airport edge, so the train into Birmingham International station is the standard move. Pick a corridor and you can hop between two or three things in a single evening.
Birmingham events this weekend
Birmingham weekends start early. Friday after-work crowds fill the Brindleyplace canalside bars and the Mailbox terraces by 5 pm, and the first comedy and theatre curtains go up around 7. Most arena shows at Utilita Arena Birmingham and bp pulse LIVE start between 7:30 and 8, with the O2 Academy and the O2 Institute running doors at 7 and headliners around 9. Saturdays are the heaviest night — every major venue booked, often with multiple shows running across the city centre and the NEC. Sunday afternoons skew toward matinees at the Hippodrome and the Rep, family programming at the Sea Life Centre and Cadbury World, and home fixtures at Villa Park or St Andrew's. Free outdoor events run on a strong seasonal cycle. From late May through September, Centenary Square and Victoria Square host free music, dance, and cultural festivals on most weekends. In winter, the Frankfurt Christmas Market — the largest authentic German market outside Germany itself — takes over Victoria Square, New Street, and Centenary Square from mid-November through Christmas Eve, free to walk through. The festival calendar is the easiest way to map a weekend. Birmingham Pride takes over the Gay Village on the late May bank holiday. Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival runs in Moseley Park across a July weekend. Bear & Billet and the smaller Digbeth all-dayers fill the alternative end of summer. Crufts at the NEC in early March is the biggest spring exhibition weekend. Pick the weekend you are visiting and build the rest of the trip around it.
Things to do in Birmingham today
The fastest way to see what is on in Birmingham today is to scroll the event list above, which auto-sorts by start time. Same-day tickets are usually available for theatre, comedy, and most mid-size concert venues outside of the biggest arena tours — the Hippodrome, Symphony Hall, and the Rep all release rush or held seats a few hours before curtain. For Aston Villa or Birmingham City fixtures, verified resale is the most reliable route since marquee Premier League weekends rarely have walk-up availability. Birmingham runs later than people give it credit for. The Glee Club on Hurst Street and the Comedy Loft on Pinfold Street typically have a 10 pm second show on Friday and Saturday. Live music spills out of Digbeth rooms like Mama Roux's, The Mill, and the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath past midnight. Broad Street keeps bars and late-night venues open into the small hours every weekend. The Midland Metro tram runs until just before midnight, with night buses on the major routes after. Midweek nights are noticeably calmer. Monday and Tuesday are when you can usually walk up to a small indie show at the O2 Institute, grab a last-minute seat at a Hippodrome preview, or catch a comedy try-out for under fifteen pounds. If you want a quieter Birmingham, aim Monday or Tuesday. For the full energy, target Thursday through Saturday.
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Concerts
Birmingham is on every major arena tour that comes through the UK. Utilita Arena Birmingham — the canal-side 15,800-seat room next to the ICC — handles the city-centre arena slate, while bp pulse LIVE arena out at the NEC campus brings another 15,700 capacity for the biggest touring acts. Symphony Hall on Broad Street runs the classical, jazz, and listening-room schedule, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in residence. Mid-size touring acts hit the O2 Academy Birmingham on Bristol Street or the O2 Institute in Digbeth, both running shows several nights a week. For indie, alt-rock, and emerging tours, the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath and the Castle & Falcon in Balsall Heath book strong week-to-week schedules. Genre coverage is broad — rock, metal, pop, hip hop, country, and classical all see major touring acts every month.
Comedy shows
Birmingham has one of the strongest comedy circuits outside London. The Glee Club on Hurst Street is the long-running headline room — touring stand-up Wednesday through Sunday with weekend club nights that run two shows. The Comedy Loft on Pinfold Street books a mix of touring acts and new-material nights through the week. The O2 Academy and the Hippodrome host the biggest touring stand-up tours when they come through on national runs. Birmingham Comedy Festival in October programmes more than 100 shows across two weeks at venues right across the city. Tickets for established headliners book up days in advance on weekends, but midweek and new-material nights are usually walk-up friendly and run between eight and fifteen pounds.
Theatre
Birmingham Hippodrome on Hurst Street is the main West End touring house for the Midlands — running musicals, ballet, opera, and the legendary Hippodrome panto through December and January. The Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Centenary Square has been programming new writing and contemporary plays since 1913 and runs three stages. The Alexandra Theatre on Suffolk Street covers a second West End touring slate, with classic musicals and dramas on a rolling national tour schedule. Smaller stages at the Old Joint Stock on Temple Row West and the Crescent Theatre in Brindleyplace keep the fringe and amateur scene active year-round. Preview pricing earlier in a run is usually significantly cheaper than opening week, especially at the Hippodrome and the Alexandra.
Sports
Birmingham is a major sports city. Aston Villa play Premier League football at Villa Park in the Aston district — one of the oldest football grounds in the world, capacity around 42,000. Birmingham City play across the city at St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in Bordesley Green. Edgbaston Stadium in Edgbaston hosts England Test cricket, ODIs, and T20 internationals through the summer, alongside Warwickshire County Cricket Club home fixtures from April through September. The NEC and Utilita Arena Birmingham both host major boxing nights and the World Indoor Athletics Championships when they land in the city. Single-game tickets for Villa Premier League fixtures move quickly and command secondary premiums on every home weekend; Birmingham City and Edgbaston Tests are easier walk-ups outside of marquee opponents.
Festivals
Birmingham's festival calendar is one of the busiest in the Midlands. Birmingham Pride takes over the Gay Village around Hurst Street and Lower Essex Street on the late May bank holiday weekend with a parade, street stage, and headliner concerts. Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival runs across a July weekend in Moseley Park, with a strong international booking lineup. Bear & Billet, the Digbeth Arts Festival, and the smaller Custard Factory all-dayers fill the alternative summer slate. Birmingham Comedy Festival in October programmes across multiple venues over two weeks. The Frankfurt Christmas Market — the largest authentic German market outside Germany — takes over Victoria Square, New Street, and Centenary Square from mid-November through Christmas Eve.
Free events
Free programming runs all year in Birmingham if you know where to look. Centenary Square and Victoria Square host free outdoor music, festivals, and seasonal events through the summer. The Frankfurt Christmas Market in November and December is free to walk through across multiple city-centre squares. The Library of Birmingham — the second-largest public library in Europe — runs free author talks, exhibitions, and family programming year-round. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Chamberlain Square is free entry. Free open-house events at the Custard Factory in Digbeth run on rotating weekends through the year. Birmingham Pride's street fair and most of the Mostly Jazz outdoor stages also have free perimeter access.
Live music
Outside the arena circuit, Birmingham has a thick layer of small and mid-size live music venues running shows almost every night. The O2 Institute Birmingham on Digbeth High Street books rock, indie, and electronic across four rooms in one venue. The O2 Academy on Bristol Street covers the same mid-size tour slate. The Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath is a legendary indie pub venue with two stages, and Mama Roux's, The Mill, and the Castle & Falcon all keep the Digbeth and Balsall Heath circuits active. The Jam House in the Jewellery Quarter runs nightly live jazz and soul. Cover charges range from free to around twenty pounds depending on the room and the headliner.
Nightlife
Birmingham's nightlife clusters in two main corridors. Broad Street — running from the ICC and Symphony Hall out toward Five Ways — is the traditional late-night strip with big-room bars, hen-and-stag party venues, and clubs that run until 3 am on weekends. Digbeth, the creative quarter south of the Bullring, runs the alternative end with indie clubs, late-night music rooms, and street-food venues, especially around the Custard Factory and the Bond. The Gay Village on Hurst Street and Lower Essex Street covers the LGBTQ+ club scene year-round. Hurst Street and Stephenson Place also have a strong cocktail-bar run for pre-club drinks. Most clubs open at 10 pm and run until 2 or 3 am.
Top neighborhoods
Centenary Square / Brindleyplace
Centenary Square and Brindleyplace form the cultural heart of central Birmingham — Symphony Hall and the ICC sit on the square, with Utilita Arena Birmingham right next door on the canal. The Library of Birmingham, the Rep theatre, and the Hall of Memory all face onto Centenary Square. Brindleyplace, the canal-side development just west, runs restaurants, hotels, and bars across the towpaths and central plaza. On event nights the area fills early — dinner reservations on Brindleyplace book up by 6 pm. New Street station is a ten-minute walk away through the Mailbox, and the Midland Metro stops at Library station directly on the square.
Digbeth
Digbeth is Birmingham's creative quarter, a short walk south of the Bullring through the city's industrial heritage corridor. The Custard Factory complex anchors the area with workshops, bars, street-food venues, and the Mockingbird Cinema. The O2 Institute, Mama Roux's, The Mill, and the Mama Roux's-adjacent Night Owl all cluster within a few blocks for indie, rock, and electronic shows. Digbeth Dining Club runs as a permanent street-food market with rotating traders. The area runs late on weekends — many venues open until 3 am. The Coach Station sits on the eastern edge of the quarter for regional connections, with New Street station fifteen minutes' walk back through Bullring.
Jewellery Quarter
The Jewellery Quarter, north-west of the city centre, is a historic district packed with independent jewellers, small galleries, and increasingly a strong live-music and bar scene. The Hare & Hounds — not to be confused with the Kings Heath room of the same name — and the Actress & Bishop both run indie and rock bookings several nights a week. The Jam House programmes nightly live jazz, soul, and blues in a converted Georgian building on St Paul's Square. The area is on the Midland Metro tram line with Jewellery Quarter station directly in the middle of the quarter, and it is a short walk from Birmingham Snow Hill station for regional rail connections.
NEC / Resorts World
The NEC campus sits on the eastern edge of Birmingham next to Birmingham International Airport, about eight miles from the city centre. bp pulse LIVE arena — the 15,700-seat venue formerly branded Resorts World Arena — handles arena tours, and the NEC's exhibition halls host Crufts, the Clothes Show, BBC Good Food Show, and a year-round trade and consumer exhibition calendar. The Resorts World leisure complex next door runs the casino, cinema, restaurants, and Genting Hotel. Birmingham International station sits directly on the campus with frequent trains from New Street (10 minutes) and London Euston (just over an hour), making it the easiest way to reach bp pulse LIVE for any concert.
Birmingham Hippodrome / Chinatown
The Birmingham Hippodrome on Hurst Street is the city's main West End touring theatre, running musicals, ballet, opera, and the long-running Christmas panto. The area around the Hippodrome runs the Gay Village to the east and the Chinatown district to the west, with both pulling strong evening crowds. The Glee Club, Birmingham's main comedy room, sits a few doors down from the Hippodrome. Restaurants along Hurst Street and the surrounding streets handle the pre-show crowd, with most kitchens open until 11 pm or later. New Street station is a five-minute walk north, making the Hippodrome one of the easiest major venues to reach by train.
Aston / Villa Park
Aston, a couple of miles north-east of the city centre, is home to Aston Villa Football Club and Villa Park — one of the oldest grounds in English football, with a capacity around 42,000 and Premier League fixtures from August through May. The area runs traditional matchday pubs including the Yew Tree, the Adventurers' Rest, and the Holte Pub on the corner of the Holte End. Aston station on the Cross-City line connects directly to New Street in five minutes, and Witton station is the closer walk-up for the ground itself. Outside of matchdays the area is quieter, with most evening activity moving back into the city centre.
What's on by month
January
January is cold and relatively quiet, which is exactly when the Hippodrome panto is in its final run through the first two weeks of the month. Aston Villa and Birmingham City home fixtures are in full Premier League and Championship swing on weekends. The Rep at Centenary Square runs its winter season. Symphony Hall programmes the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's January slate, and the smaller indie circuit in Digbeth keeps booking through the new year.
February
Half-term in mid-February brings extra family programming at the ThinkTank science museum at Millennium Point, Cadbury World in Bournville, and the Sea Life Centre on Brindleyplace. Touring stand-up arrives at the Glee Club for the start of the spring run. Aston Villa and Birmingham City continue their season's home stretch. The Rep's spring repertory programme opens. Symphony Hall books a strong international classical and jazz slate.
March
Crufts — the world's largest dog show — runs four days at the NEC in early March, pulling around 150,000 visitors into the city for one weekend. The Birmingham St Patrick's Day Parade (the third-largest in the world) takes over Digbeth on the Sunday nearest 17 March. Edgbaston starts its county cricket pre-season. Six Nations rugby is on at pubs across the city. The Cheltenham Festival is an hour south by train and pulls a strong crowd from Birmingham.
April
Edgbaston opens the county cricket season in early April with Warwickshire fixtures. Aston Villa and Birmingham City close out their league seasons through April and into May. The World Snooker Championship begins at the Crucible in Sheffield (90 minutes by train) and draws a Midlands audience. Touring musicals open at the Hippodrome and the Alexandra. The Frankfurt Christmas Market team begins planning for November.
May
Birmingham Pride takes over the Gay Village around Hurst Street on the late May bank holiday weekend, with a parade, three street stages, and headliner concerts. The football season closes — Aston Villa's final home game falls in mid-May. The World Snooker Championship final lands at the start of May. Edgbaston Test cricket fixtures begin in late May, with England Tests and ODIs running through the summer. Touring arena concerts at Utilita Arena Birmingham and bp pulse LIVE start to ramp up.
June
The summer concert season is in full swing at Utilita Arena Birmingham and bp pulse LIVE. Edgbaston hosts Test cricket and ODI internationals across the month — book early, England Tests sell out months ahead. Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival programmes its line-up reveal. Birmingham International Marathon and the Great Birmingham Run schedule their training and warm-up events. Symphony Hall's summer classical slate opens.
July
Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival runs across a July weekend in Moseley Park with an international booking line-up. Edgbaston hosts England Test and ODI cricket through the month — these weekends fill central Birmingham hotels months ahead. The British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone (an hour south of Birmingham by car) is the biggest motorsport weekend on the calendar. Centenary Square runs free outdoor concerts and family events. Arena tours stack at Utilita and bp pulse LIVE.
August
Summer holidays bring strong family programming at Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre, ThinkTank, and the Library of Birmingham. The new Premier League and Championship football seasons start in mid-August — Aston Villa's opening home fixture is one of the biggest weekends of the year. The Birmingham International Caribbean Carnival runs late summer. Edgbaston's T20 Blast finishes its group stage. Outdoor concerts at Cannon Hill Park and Moseley Park continue.
September
The football season is in full league swing — Aston Villa and Birmingham City home matches every other weekend. The Great Birmingham Run, the city's half-marathon, takes over central Birmingham on a Sunday in early autumn. Edgbaston hosts the T20 Blast Finals Day in the middle of September — one of the biggest single days in English cricket. Touring musicals at the Hippodrome and the Alexandra start their autumn runs. Symphony Hall's CBSO new season opens.
October
Birmingham Comedy Festival programmes more than 100 shows across two weeks at venues right across the city. The football season is at its midweek and weekend peak. Touring autumn arena tours fill Utilita Arena Birmingham and bp pulse LIVE every weekend. Half-term family programming returns to ThinkTank, Cadbury World, and the Sea Life Centre. The Hippodrome panto begins its early publicity and casting reveal for the December run.
November
The Frankfurt Christmas Market — the largest authentic German market outside Germany itself — opens in mid-November and runs across Victoria Square, New Street, and Centenary Square through Christmas Eve. Free to walk through. The Hippodrome panto opens in late November. Aston Villa and Birmingham City are in mid-season form. Touring arena tours fill both major arenas every weekend. The CBSO Christmas season at Symphony Hall begins.
December
The Frankfurt Christmas Market runs through to Christmas Eve, with the city centre packed every weekend. The Hippodrome panto plays daily through December and into early January — one of the biggest commercial theatre runs in the UK. CBSO Christmas concerts at Symphony Hall sell out fast. Boxing Day and the New Year's Day football fixtures at Villa Park or St Andrew's are the biggest league weekends of the calendar. New Year's Eve fills Broad Street, Digbeth, and the Gay Village.