Concerts & Events This Weekend in Birmingham
25 September – 27 September · Find concerts, games and shows. Choose an event to explore available tickets.
Concerts & Events This Weekend in Birmingham
Plan your weekend in Birmingham
Find concerts, sports, comedy and theatre in Birmingham for 25 September – 27 September. Listings use the venue’s local date and are ordered by start time. Choose an event to review available tickets on CatchMovement, then continue with your selected seller. Prices and availability may change before checkout.
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.
What's on by month
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.