Thursday, May 1

Alvechurch Dramatic Society: A Warwickshire Testimony, Alvechurch Village Hall. Until May 3. Tickets from Alvechurch Post Office or 0121 445 1174.

Studley Operatic Society: High Society, Palace Theatre. Until May 3. Tickets from 65203.

Royal Shakespeare Company: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Until May 3. Tickets from 0121 236 4455.

Official Tribute to The Blues Brothers, Birmingham Hippodrome. Until May 3. Tickets from 0870 730 1234.

Simply Red, Birmingham NEC Arena. Tickets from 0870 909 4133.

Filter: Faster (theatre), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Until May 3. Tickets from 024 7652 4524.

The Gotan Project (music) plus The Quantic Soul Orchestra featuring Alice Russell, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Tickets from 024 7652 4524.

Kali Theatre Company: Sock 'em With Honey, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 440 3838.

Friday, May 2

English Symphony Orchestra - Children's Concert: A Zoological Fantasy, Forum Theatre, Malvern. Tickets from 01684 892277.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Saturday, May 3

Redditch Music Society: Diabolus in Musica, Ecumenical Centre, 8pm. Tickets cost £7 (£6 concessions) with free entry for accompanied children.

Tom Jones, Birmingham NEC Arena. And May 4. Tickets from 0870 909 4133.

Maddy Prior and Friends, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Tickets from 01905 611427.

Springtime Serenade, Roman Catholic Church, Coughton Court, Coughton. Tickets from 01789 400777.

Sunday, May 4

The Chippendales, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. Tickets from 0870 607 7544.

Dynamic New Animation: The Enormous Turnip, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 440 3838.

National Vintage Communications Fair, Birmingham NEC. Tickets from 0870 909 4133.

Monday, May 5

Sound & Fury: The Watery Part of the World (theatre), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Until May 7. Tickets from 024 7652 4524.

Tuesday, May 6

Camille, Festival Theatre, Malvern. Until May 10. Tickets from 01684 892277.

Adam Bloom (comedian), Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 440 3838.

Hollywood and Broadway - The Musicals in Concert, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. Until May 10. Tickets from 0870 607 7533.

Focus, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Tickets from 01905 611427.

Quicksilver Theatre Company: Upstairs in the Sky, Solihull Arts Complex, 11am and 1.30pm. Tickets from 0121 704 6962.

Wednesday, May 7

Julian Clary, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Ragamuffin, Main House, Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Until May 10. Tickets from 0121 236 4455.

Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Tickets from 024 7652 4524.