Events

From great music to captivating speakers, there's something for everyone on the BCU events calendar.

National Children's Choir of Great Britain

Sat 9 Aug 2025 - 3.30pm
Guest Artists

The Maternity Support Worker Conference

Wed 13 Aug 2025 - 9am

Just Flutes Festival

Fri 15 Aug 2025 - 4pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes 2025: Opening Concert

Fri 15 Aug 2025 - 7.30pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Halit Turgay

Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 10.15am
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Eliza Marshall:

Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 1.45pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Matthias Ziegler

Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 3pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Ian Clarke

Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 4.30pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes 2025: Michael Cox

Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 7.30pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Rachel Brown

Sun 17 Aug 2025 - 10.15am
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes 2025: Young Artist Recital

Sun 17 Aug 2025 - 11.45am
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes: Duo Recital

Sun 17 Aug 2025 - 12.45pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

Just Flutes 2025: Juliette Hurel

Sun 17 Aug 2025 - 3pm
Just Flutes Festival 2025

ESO Youth Symphony Orchestra

Fri 22 Aug 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

The Music of The Lord of The Rings

Sat 23 Aug 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

Fairlight

Sat 30 Aug 2025 - 6pm
RBC Out and About

Peter Donohoe Celebrity Piano Recital

Tue 16 Sep 2025 - 7.30pm
Guest Artists

A Laugh Supreme with Daman Bamrah and Katie Norris

Fri 19 Sep 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

Ludlow Song Young Composers 2025

Sun 21 Sep 2025 - 5.30pm
RBC Musicians

Trish Clowes - MY IRIS

Thu 25 Sep 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble

Sat 27 Sep 2025 - 6pm
Guest Artists

Mela Guitar Quartet

Thu 2 Oct 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

Big Band Monday

Mon 6 Oct 2025 - 6pm
RBC Musicians

Jose Zalba-Smith - ARRIBA CUBA Project

Tue 7 Oct 2025 - 1.05pm
Guest Artists

Paddington Trio

Wed 8 Oct 2025 - 1.45pm
Guest Artists

The Ellington Piano Project

Thu 9 Oct 2025 - 1.05pm
Guest Artists

Clybourne Park

Thu 9 Oct 2025 - 7.15pm
10 - 11 Oct
RBC Actors

The Art of Success

Thu 9 Oct 2025 - 7.30pm
10 - 11 Oct
RBC Actors

The Music of Harry Potter by Mystery Ensemble

Sat 11 Oct 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

BLF: Workshop - Smoke and Mirrors

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 10.30am
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Workshop - Life Writing

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 10.30am
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Poetry on Demand

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 12pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: The Quiet Lives of Working-Class Men

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 12pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Workshop - Creative Non-Fiction

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 1.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Workshop - Writing Grief

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 1.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Boater with Jo Bell

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 1.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Falling Through the Cracks

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 2pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra - From Italy with Love

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 3pm
Guest Artists

BLF: Searching for my Slave Roots

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 3.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Art Under Capitalism

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 4pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Rethinking the Nuclear Family

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 5.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: Verve Open Door x BLF

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 6pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: The Big Payback

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 7.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

BLF: A Guided Journey through The Infernal Garden

Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 8pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

Lunchtime Music: Vaughan Williams, Dvořák

Mon 13 Oct 2025 - 1.05pm
RBC Musicians

Introduction to Professional Studio Recording

Mon 13 Oct 2025 - 6pm
20 Oct - 20 Oct

Ben Elton: What have I done?

Tue 14 Oct 2025 - 7.30pm
Guest Artists

Karine Georgian and John Thwaites

Wed 15 Oct 2025 - 1.45pm
Guest Artists

Jason Palmer (trumpet)

Thu 16 Oct 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

Time and the Conways

Thu 16 Oct 2025 - 7.30pm
17 - 18 Oct
RBC Actors

A Laugh Supreme: Maria Shehata and Hassan Al-Habib

Fri 17 Oct 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

Tim Berne's Capatosta

Thu 23 Oct 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

RBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 24 Oct 2025 - 7.30pm
RBC Musicians

Complete Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues

Tue 28 Oct 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

Chartreuse

Sat 1 Nov 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

Lunchtime Music

Mon 3 Nov 2025 - 1.05pm
RBC Musicians

Big Band Monday

Mon 3 Nov 2025 - 6pm
Guest Artists

Paul Dunmall Invites Steve Swell

Thu 6 Nov 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

Dave Pegg & AJ Clarke + Churchfitters

Sun 9 Nov 2025 - 8pm
Guest Artists

Shostakovich and his World

Mon 10 Nov 2025 - 1pm
Shostakovich and his World

Mike Gibbs, in Celebration

Thu 13 Nov 2025 - 6.30pm

A Laugh Supreme with Francis Keaton and Jacob Nussey

Fri 14 Nov 2025 - 7pm
Guest Artists

City of Birmingham Choir

Sun 16 Nov 2025 - 3pm
Guest Artists

Thallein Ensemble

Fri 21 Nov 2025 - 7pm
RBC Musicians

Lunchtime Music

Mon 24 Nov 2025 - 1.05pm
RBC Musicians

Henry Fairs: Celebrity organ concert

Tue 25 Nov 2025 - 6pm
Guest Artists

Jazz Senior Student Platforms

Thu 27 Nov 2025 - 1.05pm
RBC Musicians

BFCS Oratorio Prize Final

Fri 28 Nov 2025 - 7pm
RBC Musicians

The Christmas Orchestra

Sun 30 Nov 2025 - 6pm
Sun 30 Nov 2025 - 8.30pm
Guest Artists

Big Band Monday: Banda Brasileira

Mon 1 Dec 2025 - 6.30pm
RBC Musicians

Paul Dunmall Invites Nikki Yeoh

Thu 4 Dec 2025 - 6.30pm
Guest Artists

RBC Brass Showcase

Fri 5 Dec 2025 - 7pm
RBC Musicians

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra – Cinderella and other pantomime stories

Sun 7 Dec 2025 - 3pm
Guest Artists

Lunchtime Music

Mon 8 Dec 2025 - 1.05pm
RBC Musicians

RBC Jazz Gala

Thu 11 Dec 2025 - 6.30pm
RBC Musicians

RBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 12 Dec 2025 - 7pm
RBC Musicians

Christmas with The Salvation Army

Sun 14 Dec 2025 - 2.30pm
Guest Artists

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich 10

Sun 15 Feb 2026 - 3pm
Guest Artists