WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR THE ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY!

The world’s best cricketers are coming to Birmingham this month as part of the prestigious ICC Champions Trophy tournament – and with our great competition, you could be at one of the matches at Edgbaston Stadium on the during the next week for free!

WIN TICKETS TO SEE BON JOVI ON THE ‘BECAUSE WE CAN’ TOUR

The best just got bigger…. Bringing rock ‘n’ roll back to the people, Bon Jovi will hit the road in 2013 to fill stadiums and arenas worldwide with “BON JOVI Because We Can – The Tour.”  Blazing a trail across the globe Bon Jovi’s tour kicked off in North America in February and is traveling throughout Europe, the Far East, Africa, Latin America and Australia. The band’s return to the road in 2013 will cap an incredible run which has secured Bon Jovi’s status as the essential live rock band – having performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 35 million fans and earning the #1 grossing worldwide tour twice in just three years.

Win tickets to see Il Divo & Katherine Jenkins

Operatic pop superstars Il Divo – Spanish baritone Carlos Marin, French vox populi Sebastien Izambard, US tenor David Miller, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler – and Welsh mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins are coming to the LG Arena in Birmingham on Sat 13th April and you can be there courtesy of Area.

Win a £250 DWELL voucher

Our favorite High Street furniture retailer, dwell, is opening a new store at the Bullring in Birmingham later this month. The new store will become the 24th for the eclectic retailer who already has stores in Solihull and Fort Dunlop.

Area Culture Guide June / July is here

Read the all new and lovely June/July Area Culture Guide here or look out for it in shops, bars, restaurants or Visitor Centres near you.

WIN TICKETS TO THE NATIONAL WEDDING SHOW AT THE NEC

This spring sees the return of The National Wedding Show to the NEC, Birmingham, and we’re giving you the chance to win four tickets to the show, so you can take your husband-to-be, mum or beautiful bridesmaids. Taking place from 16-18 March, the show returns bigger and better than ever, and with a gorgeous new look. 

Lomography Birmingham Pop Up Store in Selfridges

Lomography is coming to Birmingham on the 23rd January and sticking around for four whole months of analogue fun in their newly adopted home at Selfridges and to celebrate the opening of the all new Pop Up Store Area Culture Guide has teamed up with lomo to offer readers the chance to take part in two photography workshops free of charge.

Win tickets to Monster Jam 2011!

Monster Jam 2011 is hitting Derby’s Pride Park Stadium on the 28^th and 29^th May 2011 bringing the scariest, fastest and baddest Monster Trucks with it. To celebrate Area Culture Guide has two exclusive tickets to give away!

Calling All Music Producers

The Midlands-based independent record company Speech Fewapy Records are teaming up with electronic two-piece Waler to offer budding and established music producers, the unique opportunity to remix the Waler track ‘No Excuses’. The winning remixes will be selected to feature on the forth-coming ‘No Excuses – Remix EP’ which is released nationally on digital download and CD  on 2nd May, 2011.

Area Culture Guide – Dec/Jan

Here is the December/January combined edition of Area Culture Guide for your viewing pleasure.

Be sure to pick one up – they are HOT off the presses and we know how fast they move.

This issue is light enough on the Xmas theme but we do have some cracking competitions for you to enter if the thought of spending your hard earned cash on others is too much for you to deal with.