Area Guide Winter 2018

Get the insider guide on Arts & Culture and Food & Drink in the West Midlands in the latest edition of Area Guide.

The current issue features:
Once Upon a Time in Birmingham
Verity Milligan
The Pound Project
The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting
ScreenBrum
Unselfish Lover
Brumpic
Dave Hill
Whisky Club
Brum Beer Babs
Birmingham Cocktail Guide
Super Stirchley
Gift Guides and more…

Cover by Verity Milligan

Read the online issue here or pick it up from the best bars, shops, galleries and coffee shops in the West Midlands.

AREA GUIDE > November-December issue

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Check out the latest edition of AREA GUIDE – if you haven’t managed to pick up a copy yet you can read it online here.

This issue features the usual mix of Art, music, comedy and film previews alongside festive days out and cocktail features, fashion looks for A/w 2015 and our handy gift guide.

CBD Food Festival returns for fourth year, 18-19 July

_DGP3495The annual CBD Food Festival is proving to be a very popular hit with culinary crowds and it is no wonder given Colmore Business District has some of the best eateries in the city on its doorstep. To show them off once more the Festival is back in July to showcase the superb food and drink offering in Birmingham’s business quarter.  Continue reading

COLMORE Area Guide – Out now

Screen shot 2014-06-20 at 14.05.15Here’s our latest special edition guide produced on behalf of Colmore BID – go and take a look at the great businesses and venues they have around the district. There are also some great events coming up including the annual CBD Food Festival, Jazz Festival, Moseley Arts Market and ‘Crossing the Bridge’ Sculpture Trail.

You can read it online here or pick up your copy around the District now.

Celebrate Christmas at Digmas – Saturday 14th Dec

image001Fans of Birmingham’s creative bohemian quarter are in for a treat tomorrow (Saturday December 14th) with the Custard Factory’s DIGMAS event which is teaming up with the famous Digbeth Dining Club to bring the ultimate independent Christmas Fair to Birmingham!
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Area Guide November

November_2013.inddThe latest edition of Area Guide is here and packed with events for November. This month’s beautiful cover is by Ben Javens who is taking part in the Bicycle Basket Bazaar at Eye Candy which is happening on the 2nd November. Read it online here. Continue reading

Area Student Guide 2013

Student_2013.inddIf you are a new student, existing student or not even a student at all but would like to / want to know more about what is going on in Birmingham then you need to check out our latest special edition of Area. PACKED with info on where you should be going, what you should be seeing, clothes shopping, eating and loads more we’ve compiled, with our ace team of contributors, the best little pocket-sized friend you will need this year (and probably next). If you can’t find your printed copy (they go VERY fast) then you can read it online here.

Love Stirchley More, 14-16 February @PlaceProspector

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The South Birmingham suburb of Stirchley has been quietly undergoing something of a cultural revolution over the past few years, thanks to a group of creative and proactive residents with a passion for presenting films in locations like pubs and Balti restaurants, a successful healthy living social enterprise offering courses and produce, a monthly food and craft market as well as live performances and community workshops in and around the locale. Continue reading