TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Library - Simon Deeley

Trio with Ron Hills and Tony Pipkin. Birmingham:

Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony Hall - CBSO

play Mother Goose and Mahler. MAC - Mitch

Benn and The Distractions. Wolverhampton:

Arena Theatre - Kreutzer Quartet. Robin R'n'B2 -

Climax Blues Band. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 -

Dr Feelgood. Malvern: Forum Theatre - Shakin'

Stevens. Worcester Huntingdon Hall -

Worcestershire Young Musicians. Tewkesbury:

Old Plough - Ballroom Glitz.

FRIDAY: Trimpley: Village Hall - The

Kremlinaires. Stourport: The Angel - Jazz.

Birmingham: Alexandra Theatre - Kevin Wilson.

Symphony Hall - Katherine Jenkins. Freddy

Thomas Trio free commuter jazz. NIA - The

Prodigy. MAC - Finbar Furley.Hibernian - Rear

View Mirror. Cathedral - Victoria Green and

Stuart Nicholson free lunchtime recital.

Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Colin Blunstone

and Rod Argent. Wulfrun Hall - Jem. Civic Hall -

Dr David Wells organ concert (morning).

Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - The Blues Band. Art

Gallery and Museum - Nero String Quartet.

Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Ozzmosis.

Malvern: Theatres - ESO plays Mozart and

Beethoven. Phelia Dances by Oliver Knussen.

Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - The Proclaimers.

SATURDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall -

Kidderminster Choral Society sing Britten's War

Requiem. Birmingham: NIA - Birmingham Tattoo

(and Sunday). Symphony Hall - 20th Century

Russian Classics with St Petersburg Philharmonic

Orchestra. Hibernian - Mentallica. MAC - Colvin

Quarmby. Aston Villa Football Club - Abba Now.

Stratford: Cox's Yard - U2 UK. Malvern: Theatres

- English Symphony Orchestra. Wolverhampton:

Robin R'n'B2 - Bill Nelson. Evesham: Arts Centre

- Billy Davis Band and John Big Band (and

Sunday). Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Richard

Digance. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Fred

Zeppelin.

SUNDAY: Worcester: Swan Theatre - Show of

Hands. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Glenn

Tilbrook. Coventry; Warwick Arts Centre -

Warwick University Symphony Orchestra.

Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Black Dyke Band.

MONDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite -

Old Fashioned Love Band. Stourbridge: Rock Caf

2000 - Band showcase night. Wolverhampton:

Robin R'n'B2 - Live Band of the Year semi-final.

TUESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13-17

year-olds disco. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall -

Glenn Tilbrook and The Fluffers. Wolverhampton:

Little Civic - Martin Stephenson. Birmingham:

Symphony Hall - South Pacific (and Wednesday).

WEDNESDAY: Little Witley: Village Hall - Frankly

Sinatra. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Noise

Pollution disco and live band. Birmingham: MAC

- Tony Levin. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall -

Martin Stephenson. Coventry: Warwick Arts

Centre - Philharmonia Orchestra.

December 3.

n Alexandra, Birmingham - Scrooge, Monday until

December 3.

n MAC, Birmingham - The Emperor's New Clothes,

until January 8.

n Swan, Worcester - Educating Rita, until Saturday.

n Grand, Wolverhampton - Pickwick, until

Saturday, Swan Lake, Tuesday.

n Arena, Wolverhampton - Trojan Women,

Tuesday/Wednesday.

Festival, Malvern - The Real Thing, Monday until

December 3.

Forum, Malvern - Snow White on Ice, Tuesday

until December 4.

Theatres, Malvern - It's a Kind of Magic, until

Saturday. The Music of 18th Century London,

Saturday.

Arts Centre, Evesham - Mompesson's Well,

Thursday.

RST, Stratford - Great Expectations, Friday until

February 4.

n Norbury, Droitwich - Mompesson's Well, Friday.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - An Oak Tree,

until Saturday. Jason and the Argonauts,

Saturday until December 31.

Library, Kidderminster - Worcestershire Beaders, until Monday. 75th Anniversary of Kidderminster Art Society, Saturday until January 1. Contemporary Crafts, Tuesday until January 4.

Library, Bewdley - Around and About, Wednesday until December 28.

Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham - Art and the 60s, until April 3.

MAC, Birmingham - Membranes and Edges, until January 2. The Wishing Ceremony, until January 8. Self, Saturday until January 8. Masquerade, Saturday until January 8.

Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester - Worcester Society of Artists, until Saturday. Watercolours by Diana Scott, until December 10.

Library, Bromsgrove - Children's arts clubs, until Friday. Bromsgrove's War, Monday until December 19.

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - The Other Way Works, Wednesday until December 3.

Library, Tenbury Wells - Brushstrokes, until Wednesday.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Real in the World, until December 3.

Library, Upton - Queenhill Art Group, until Wednesday.

New Art Gallery, Walsall - Contemporary Jewellery, until March 27.

Craft Gallery, Bilston - Craftsense, until December 31.

Hettert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - 1000 years of Coventry's history, until December 31.

Library, Pershore - Brushstrokes, Saturday until December 3. Between Colour and Imagination, Saturday until January 1.

Library, Wythall - Paintings by Norma Southwick, Saturday until December 17.