TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Alexandra Theatre - Shakin' Stevens. Symphony

Hall - Three Cities Orchestra. Sutton Coldfield: Ramada Penns Hotel - Ballroom Glitz. Worcester:

Huntingdon Hall - Mike Sanchez Band. Malvern: Festival Theatre - The Night Fever Party (and

Friday). Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Dr Feelgood. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - No Comply. Stratford: Cox's Yard - Green Bay.

FRIDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall - Kidderminster Male Choir (and Saturday). Stourport: The Angel -

jazz. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Handel's Messiah. Hibernian - Fred Zeppelin. MAC - Martyn

Joseph. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Killer Queen. Wulfrun Hall - Skindred. Civic Hall - Cheeky

Monkey. Little Civic - Sub-under 18 bands night. Cradley Heath: Spring Meadow Social Club -

Ballroom Glitz. Lichfield: Cathedral - 18th century concert orchestra and choir perform the Messiah. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - local bands. Evesham: Arts Centre - Dante Quartet.

SATURDAY: Kidderminster: St John's Church - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra. Pound Green: village hall - Kidderminster Valentines. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Hall - Wasted at Xmas.

Civic Hall - Robert Wolfe organ concert (afternoon). Blast Off alternative/Indie club night. Little Civic - The Yo Yos. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Status Quo.

Symphony Hall - British Police Symphony Orchester Mambo (afternoon). British Police

Symphony Orchestra's Last Night of the Proms. Hibernian - The Jam Collective. Wolverhampton:

Robin R'n'B2 - Talon. Worcester: Marrs Bar - Fred Zeppelin. Bridgnorth: Saint Mary Magdalene

Church - Handel's Messiah from scratch. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Rod Stewart and The

Facez. Droitwich: Norbury Theatre - Salvation Army Christmas Celebration. Evesham: Arts Centre

- Christmas Carol Concert.

SUNDAY: Bewdley: Ramada Hotel - Ballroom Glitz. Hartlebury: Castle - Kidderminster Valentines

(daytime). Birmingham: Christianne Stotijn coffee concert (morning). Symphony Hall - Andras Schiff plays Beethoven. NIA Academy - Jools Holland. NEC Arena - Foo Fighters. Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - The Saw Doctors. Wulfrun Hall - Magnum. Little Civic - Agent Blue. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. Evesham: Arts Centre - Bretforton Band.

MONDAY: Kinver: Whittington Inn - NC Big Band. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - band showcase

night. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n.B2 - Live Band of the Year competition grand final. Civic Hall -

Robert Plant (and Tuesday). Birmingham: NIA Academy - Ben Folds. Symphony Hall - Midlands

Hospitals Choir Christmas concert.

TUESDAY: Kidderminster: Baxter Church - Kidderminster Valentines and St John's Middle School Choir. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13-17 year-olds disco. Malvern: Forum Theatre - Bjorn Again Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Lunchtime organ Christmas music and carols. Handel's Messiah.

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

Huntingdon Hall - Carols and Capers with Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. Birmingham: NIA -

Joss Stone. Symphony Hall - Make the Yuletide Gay. Mac - Fires, Sleet and Candlelight.

Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Slade and Ballroom Glitz. Wulfrun Hall - Bjorn Again. Tewkesbury: Abbey - Handel's Messiah with

candlelight. Telford: International Convention Centre - Status Quo.

Theatre

Rose, Kidderminster - Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, until Saturday. Christmas

entertainment, Wednesday until December 17.

Edgecliff High School, Kinver - Cinderella, until Saturday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - Beauty and the Beast (ballet), until December 15.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Christmas with the Rat Pack, Monday until January 7.

MAC, Birmingham - The Emperor's New Clothes, until January 8. A Christmas Carol, until Saturday.

Swan, Worcester - Jack and the Beanstalk, until December 28.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Aladdin, Saturday until February 5.

Arena, Wolverhampton - Wild Wild West, the Panto, Saturday until December 18.

Malvern Theatres - Pinocchio, Saturday (day).

RST, Stratford - Great Expectations, until February 4.

Arts Complex, Solihull - Aladdin, Friday until January 8.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Jason and the Argonauts, until December 31. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? until December 31 (day).

Exhibitions

Library, Kidderminster - 75th Anniversary of Kidderminster Art Society, until January 1.

Contemporary Crafts, Tuesday until January 4.

Library, Bewdley - Around and About, 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, until January 8. Masquerade, until January 8.

Botanical Gardens Gallery, Birmingham - small paintings for Christmas, until January 6.

Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester - Watercolours by Diana Scott, until Saturday. Barrie Cook-A Painter's Journey, Saturday until February 4.

Library, Bromsgrove - Bromsgrove's War, until

December 19.

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - Romancing the Landscape, Monday until February 15.

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

Craft Gallery, Bilston - Craftsense, until December 31.

Hettert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - 1,000 years of Coventry's history, until December 31.

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

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

Library, Upton - Paintings by Manse Art Group, until December 30.

Library, Tenbury - recent paintings by Diana Davies, until December 31.

Library, Redditch - Childs Play, Saturday until January 7.