TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony Hall - Tony Christie. CBSO Centre -

Montpelier String Trio (lunchtime). Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - Marillon. Robin

R'n'B2 - Stan Webb's Chicken Shack. Little Civic - Flamingo 50 and Sumo. Stourbridge: Rock

Caf 2000 - Roxy Magic. Bridgnorth: St Mary's Church - Hereford Cathedral Choir. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - John Etheridge and Kit Holmes. Malvern: Forum Theatre -

Szymanowski Quartet. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Mariza. Pembridge Ensemble (lunchtime).

FRIDAY: Kidderminster: Library - Nero String Quartet and John Humphreys. Town Hall -

Wyre Forest Young Voices and Primary Chords. Briars Hotel - Ballroom Glitz. Stourport: The

Angel - Jazz. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Aled Jones and Friends. Sarah Bennett Quartet

free commuter jazz. Hibernian - Roxy Magic NEC Arena - Bob Dylan. NIA - Survivor. Cathedral - String Theory Latin America.

Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Roger Chapman and the Shortlist. Civic Hall - Olivier Charlier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Little Civic - Folkwit Records. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Lura. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - R Cajun and The Zydeco

Brothers. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - The Sweet.

SATURDAY: Hartlebury: Castle - Musical events, workshops etc (and Sunday). Hagley: St

John's Church - Bring and Sing Messiah. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Verdi Requiem.

Hibernian - Green Bay. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Jake and Elwood. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Stoned Again. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Vin Garbutt.

SUNDAY: Hartlebury: Castle - Red Dragon Jazz Band (daytime). Birmingham: Symphony Hall -

Bjorn Again. MAC - Uiscedwr. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.

Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Mentallica.

MONDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Band showcase night. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2

- Midge Ure. Birmingham: Symphony Hill - Days of our Childhood.

TUESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Godsize and Slit. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2

- Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes. Little Civic - Rory McLeod. Civic Hall - Antony

and The Johnsons. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Mozart and Mussorgsky organ concert.

WEDNESDAY: Stourbridge: Noise Pollution disco and live band. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall

- English song recital. Birmingham: NIA Academy - Paul Weller. Symphony Hall - CBSO

play Mother Goose and Mahler (and November 24). Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Live band of the year monthly final featuring Mono and Blue Lightning. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Rick Astley.

Theatre

Rose, Kidderminster - Two Victorian Tales, Friday.

Victory Hall, Clows Top - The Headless Horseman, Friday.

First School, Cookley - The Headless Horseman, Saturday.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Mrs Brown's Last Wedding, until Saturday.

Hippodrome, Birmingham - My Fair Lady, until December 3.

Mac, Birmingham - The Emperor's New Clothes,

Friday until January 8.

Swan, Worcester - The Cemetery Club, until Saturday. Educating Rita, Tuesday until November 26.

Festival, Malvern - The Kingfisher, until Saturday.

Theatres, Malvern - It's a Kind of Magic, Tuesday until November 26.

Grand, Wolverhampton - A Man for all Seasons, until Saturday. Pickwick, Tuesday to November 26.

Arena, Wolverhampton - Great Expectations, Thursday/Friday. Of Mice and Men, Tuesday/Wednesday.

Artrix, Bromsgrove - Mompesson's Well, Tuesday.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - The Birdy and the Eagle, Sunday (afternoon). An Oak Tree,

Wednesday until November 26.

Exhibitions

Library, Kidderminster - Wass Art, until Saturday. Worcestershire Beaders, until November 28.

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

Museum, Bewdley - The Pleasure of Painting, until Monday.

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 November 26.

Watercolours by Diana Scott, until December 10.

Lighthouse, Wolverhampton - Urban Dreams, until Wednesday. Gurdeep Sehmar art, until Friday.

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

Library, Tenbury Wells - Brushstrokes, until November 30.

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

Library, Wythall - Jilly's Paintings, until Saturday.

Library, Upton - Queenhill Art Group, until November 30.

Library, Pershore - Local scenes by Gerald Womack, until Saturday.

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.