TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Town Hall - Marcus Huxley Organ Recital (daytime). Bewdley: The

Talbot - Uncommon. Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony Hall - Polish National Radio

Orchestra. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Wild Child. Little Civic - Chris Mills. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Paul Lamb and the King Snakes. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Susannah

Teufel and Victor Sangiorgio lunchtime concert.

FRIDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall - Music for You (and Saturday). Bewdley: Ramada Hotel -

Acker Bilk and the Paramount Jazzmen. George Hotel - Eddie Morton and The Bushburys.

Stourport: The Angel - jazz night. Boat Club - Murmur. Birmingham: Cathedral - Sian Carys Allen and Joan Taylor (lunchtime). CBSO Centre - Leo Quartet (lunchtime). Symphony Hall - The Destroyers free commuter jazz. Jon Anderson. Wolverhampton: Little Civic - Winterville. Wulfrun

Hall - A and Capdown. Robin R'n'B2 - Kick up the 80s and Live Thru a Lens. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Ray Davies and band. Radio Soulwax. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Newvana and

Times Like These. Droitwich: Norbury Theatre - Just Krazy country music fun show. Malvern:

Theatres - Nocturnes from the Io Passion, by Birtwistle. English Symphony Orchestra play

Beethoven Symphonies five and six.

SATURDAY: Bewdley: George Hotel - Ridge Top Mountain Boys. Birmingham: Symphony Hall -

Ray Davies and band. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Hall - Magic Numbers. Robin R'n'B2 - Bob Geldof and his band. St John's in the Square - David

Saint organ concert (morning). Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Alvin Stardust. Cathedral -

Haydn's Creation. Malvern: Forum Theatre - Jacques Loussier Trio. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Dirty DC.

SUNDAY: Bewdley: Ramada Hotel - Mark Bebbington (afternoon). George Hotel - Viva Finito. Kidderminster: Rising Sun - Folk/Roots Session. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Aldo

Ciccolini (afternoon). Alexandra Theatre - Joe Brown and Marty Wilde. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Hall - Anti Nowhere League. Worcester: Swan Theatre - Songbook. Coventry: Warwick

Arts Centre - Tom Baxter. Ariwa. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Statetrooper.

MONDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite - Barbara and All That Jazz. Bewdley: St Anne's

Church - Castradiva. Kinver: Whittington Inn - NC Big Band. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - band showcase night. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 -

Live Band of the Year Competition. Wulfrun Hall -

Brendan Benson. Little Civic - The Fight. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Coull Quartet.

Tuesday: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13 to 17 year olds disco. Birmingham: Symphony Hall -

Alexander Melnikov with the CBSO. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Focus. Wulfrun Hall - Deadzone.

WEDNESDAY: Kidderminster: Library - Duncan

Honeybourne (lunchtime). Bewdley: The Talbot -

Amoeba. Wood Colliers Arms - Folk Music. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Noise Pollution

disco and live band. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun

Hall - Disturbed. Robin R'n'B2 - Roy Harper. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Steve Harley and

Cockney Rebel. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham - Kurt Schwitters Usonate.

Theatre

Rose, Kidderminster - Spider's Web, until Saturday.

Ramada Hotel, Bewdley - Completely Hollywood (abridged) all the great movies, Tuesday.

High School, Bewdley - Shakers, Thursday until Saturday. Subitango, Wednesday.

Edgecliffe High School, Kinver - 'Allo, 'Allo, until Saturday.

Swan, Worcester - See How They Run, until Saturday. The Mysterious Mr Love, Monday/Tuesday. Dream Boys, Wednesday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - Birmingham Royal Ballet

triple bill, until Saturday. Hobson's Choice (ballet) Wednesday until October 15.

MAC, Birmingham - Perfect dance), Tuesday and Wednesday.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Saturday Night Fever, until Saturday. Marrying the Mistress, Monday until October 15.

Arena, Wolverhampton - Real Ace Dance and Music, Friday. Beyond Midnight, Tuesday/Wednesday.

Festival, Malvern - The Mikado, until Saturday. Hamlet, Tuesday until October 15.

Theatres, Malvern - The Snow Dragon, Saturday (daytime). A Joshua Tree, Tuesday (daytime).

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

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

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry!, until Saturday. Baba Yaga Boney Legs, Sunday (afternoon). Tristan and Yseult,

Tuesday until October 15. Hysteria, Wednesday until

October 15.

Exhibitions

Library, Kidderminster - New Colour, until October 22.

Quay Gallery, Bewdley - work by idderminster Art Society, Monday until October 15.

Black Boy Hotel, Bewdley - Paintings by Barret Hadley, Friday until Sunday.

MAC, Birmingham - When in Rome IV, until October 23. Avenues, until October 23. Uncertainties, until

October 23. Impressions, until October 30.

Symphony Hall, Birmingham - Movers and Shakers, until October 28.

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham - Weather Guitar, until November 13. Works by Rita Donagh, until November 13.

City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester - In All Directions, until October 15.

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

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - Urban Dreams, until November 23. Exhibits in wood and stone, Friday until October 21.

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

Library, Bromsgrove - Back to Nature, until October 22.

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