TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Library - Simon Deeley Trio with Cormac Loane and Dennis Taylor. Bewdley: Talbot - Gwyn Aston. Birmingham: Marriott Hotel -

Lupa. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Counterfeit Stones (and Friday). Little Civic - Play. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Harvey Andrews.

FRIDAY: Kidderminster: Library - Christopher Langdown. Stourport: The Angel - jazz. Coventry: Hare

and Hounds - Fred Zeppelin Birmingham: Cathedral - Stuart Nicholson free lunchtime organ recital. Symphony Hall - Pearl of Africa children's choir. Tina

Law with her Quarter free commuter jazz. Ramada

Penns Hall Hotel - Abba Now. Malvern: Festival Theatre - The Greatest songs from Porgy and Bess. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Acoustic Strawbs. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000- The Wurzels.

Wolverhampton: Little Civic - Attila The Stockbroker.

SATURDAY: Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - The Jive

Aces. Wolverhampton: Little Civic - Tom Hingley. Wulfrun Hall - Staind. Arena Theatre - Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari and Jesse Bannister. Robin R'n'B2 -

Dirty DC. Varsity - Murmur. Malvern: Festival Theatre -

Beyond the Barricade.

SUNDAY: Birmingham: Conservatoire - Richard van

Allen (daytime). NIA Academy - Daniel O'Donnell. Botanical Gardens - Burton Concert Band (afternoon). Symphony Hall - Joan Armatrading. Wolverhampton:

Robin R'n'B2 - Hatfield and the North. Little Civic - Pure Reason Revolution. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Zephyr Winds.

MONDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite - Tad Newton and Friends. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - band showcase night. Birmingham: Alexandra Theatre

- Porgy and Bess in concert. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Live Band of the Year Competition.

TUESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13 to 17 year olds disco. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 -

Gretchen Peters. Wulfrun Hall - Dead Men Walking. Birmingham: Alexandra Theatre - G2 Definitive

Genesis.

WEDNESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Noise Pollution disco and live band. Worcester: Swan

Theatre - Red Hot Chartbusters. Birmingham: NEC - Donny Osmond. Symphony Hall - Freddy Kempf with CBSO (and October 1). Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 -

Audience. Wulfrun Hall - Arch Enemy. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Alan Barnes Quintet play the music of Horace Silver.

Theatre

Swan, Worcester - Iolanthe, until Saturday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - Rebecca, until Saturday.

Saturday Night Fever, Monday until October 1.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, until Saturday.

Symphony Hall, Birmingham - Carmen (and Saturday).

Repertory, Birmingham - The Bridge, Monday until Wednesday.

Festival, Malvern - Glorious!, Monday until October 1.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Daisy Miller, until Saturday. Anything Goes, Tuesday until October 1.

Arena, Wolverhampton - Vive La 1066:The Best of Enemies!!!, Thursday. Swanky Geezer Nonsense, Wednesday.

Swan, Stratford - Believe What You Will, until November 4.

RST, Stratford - Comedy of Errors, until October 31.

Netherton Arts Centre, Dudley - Showboat, Tuesday until October 1. Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Bront, Tuesday until October 1.

Exhibitions

Library, Kidderminster - Kidderminster Town Hall

Heritage Exhibition, until Saturday.

Library, Bewdley - Two artists are diverted, until Saturday.

MAC, Birmingham - When in Rome IV, until October

23. Avenues, until October 23. Uncertainties, until October 23. Impressions, until October 30.

Porcelain Museum, Worcester - A Feast of Food and Flowers, until October 23.

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - Urban Dreams, Tuesday until November 23. A Collection from King's, Saturday until October 1.

The Courtyard, Hereford - Five Fold, until Saturday.

Cathedral, Hereford - Painting and sculpture by Diana Hoare, until September 30.

Galanthus Gallery, Hereford - Work by three Herefordshire artists, until October 11.

Library, Bromsgrove - From camel girths to contemporary textiles, until Saturday. Back to Nature,

Monday until October 22.

Library, Redditch - Kaleidoscope, until Saturday.

Library, Droitwich - Art from school pupils, Wednesday until October 15.

Library, Evesham - Pattern and Number, until September 29.

Library, Tenbury Wells - Paintings by Mr Green, until September 30.

Library, Pershore - Birlingham Art, until Saturday.

Library, Wythall - Highbury art group, until Saturday.

Library, Upton-on-Severn - We could be heroes, until September 30.

Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye - H.Art 2005, until Monday.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - A Life full of holes: The Strait Project, Monday until October 22.