THURSDAY: Birmingham: CBSO Centre - Two String Quartets. Conservatoire - The Banchieri Singers. Symphony Hall - CBSO. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Fred Zeppelin. Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - Finders Keepers. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Gilad Atzmon and the Expanded Orient House Ensemble.

FRIDAY: Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - The Mellstock Band. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Richard Goode. Stourbridge: Rock Cafe 2000 - The Command- ments. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Are You Experienced? Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - Talon.

SATURDAY: Kidderminster: Old Bear - Live Entertainment. Bromsgrove: Spadesbourne Suite - A Night in Old Vienna. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Canoldir Male Choir 37th Anniversary Concert. Halesowen: Conservative Club - Ballroom Glitz. Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - The Wildhearts. Robin R'n'B2 - Talon. Stourbridge: Rock Cafe 2000 - The Selector. Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - Counterfeit Quo. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Black Dyke Band. Yussef Ahmed.

SUNDAY: Kidderminster: Tumbling Sailor - Lunchtime Live Music. Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - The Vines. Wulfrun Hall - Rick Wakeman. Birmingham: Fiddle and Bone - Alcyona Mick Quintet.

MONDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite - The Bill Bailey Band. Bromsgrove: Bromsgrove Rovers Football Ground - Band of the Irish Guards. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Joan Armatrading. Stourbridge: Rock Cafe 2000 - Musicians Jam Night.

TUESDAY: Stourport: Black Star - Howard Sheldon Trio. Bromsgrove: Avoncroft Museum of Buildings - Fiona and John York, Four Hands One Piano.

WEDNESDAY: Kidderminster: Swan - Some Men. Old Bear - Local Music Demo Night. Stourbridge: Rock Cafe 2000 - Noise Pollution Disco and Live Band. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Malvern College Youth Lunchtime Concert. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Alvin "Youngblood" Hart. Birmingham: The Old Railway - Harsh and Last Under The Sun.