TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Library - Guy Rowland. Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Symphony Hall - Edgar Macias Quintet free commuter jazz. CBSO play music by Bartok and Beethoven. MAC - Fernhill. NEC Arena - X Factor Live. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Jools Holland. Reel Big Fish. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. Little Civic - Gojo Music and Paul Murphy. Civic Hall - Ministry of Power.

FRIDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite - Worcestershire Jazz Orchestra. Shrawley: The New Inn - jazz. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Gary Williams as Ol' Blue Eyes. Alexandra Theatre - Singalonga Sound of Music. Wolverhampton: Civic Hall - Peter Morris organ concert (morning). Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Afrian Soul Rebels. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Hall - Alkaline Trio. Little Civic - Larrikin Love. Robin R'n'B2 - Beyond Belief. Malvern: Forum Theatre - Noise Ensemble. Bromsgrove: Lickey End Workmen's Club - Fred Zeppelin. Sedgley: Dormston Mill Theatre - Exalt and Good Question.

SATURDAY: Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - La Vida Santana. Birmingham: NEC Arena - A Passionata. Sympony Hall - Birmingham Bach Choir sing Handel's "Samson". Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Steve Gibbons Band. Little Civic - Closer to Closure and Katharsis.

SUNDAY: Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (afternoon). Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Jerusalem Quartet morning coffee concert. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Doors Alive.

MONDAY: Kidderminster: Aggborough Suite - Barry Martyn's Young Bloods. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - band showcase night. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Kelly Clarkson. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Wind Orchestra of the University of Warwick. Sedgley: Dormston Mill Theatre - Swing 'n' Sinatra. Wolverhampton: Little Civic - Buddy Miller.

TUESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13-17 year-olds disco. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Kanye West. Symphony Hall - CBSO Love Story.

WEDNESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Noise Pollution disco and live band. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Jack Johnson. Symphony Hall - CBSO play music by Beethoven and Prokofiev. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Philharmonia Orchestra. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Snowy White and the White Flames. Civic Hall - James Blunt. Little Civic - Jont. Sedgley: Dormston Mill Theatre - At the Hop.

Theatre

Rose, Kidderminster - Frozen, until Saturday.

Swan, Worcester - Role Play, until March 4.

Kings School, Worcester - The Winter's Tale, Wednesday.

Hippodrome, B I - Birmingham Royal Ballet in The Seasons and Carmina Burana, until Saturday. Sleeping Beauty, Tuesday

until March 5.

Repertory, Birmingham - Fair, Thursday. Three Sisters, Friday until March 4. Go My Man, Tuesday until March 4.

Alexandra, Birmingham - Engie Benjy,

Saturday (afternoon). Horrible Histories,

Tuesday until March 4.

MAC, Birmingham - The Steppe Brothers,

Friday. Fijis, Urge and O Lungo Drom (dance),

Saturday. The Premature Burial,

Saturday/Sunday. My Friend Show - Sunday

(daytime). I Wish I were a Cat, Wednesday.

Grand, Wolverhampton - Shakespeare 4 Kidz

Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet, until Friday.

Circus Hilarilus, Saturday. This is Elvis,

Monday until March 4.

Arena, Wolverhampton - Fold Your Own,

Tuesday. The Bolt Hole, Wednesday and

March 2.

Festival, Malvern - Jane Eyre, until Saturday.

The Old Country, Tuesday until March 4.

RST, Stratford - The Crucible, until March 18.

Swan, Stratford - Women Beware Women,

until April 1.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Improbable

Fiction, until Saturday. Yellowman, until

Saturday. Two Thousand Years, Tuesday until

March 4. To the End of the World, Wednesday

until March 4.

Exhibitions

Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham - Art

and the 60s, until April 3.

MAC, Birmingham - Counterpoint by James

Lumsden, until March 19. Walker Evans

Photographs from 1935-36, until March 19.

Depth of Field, until March 19.

Botanical Gardens Gallery, Birmingham -

Taken Root, until March 31.

City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester -

Young at Art, until March 11.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry - Works by DJ