WIN TICKETS to the > BBC Good Food Show Summer

Be in with a chance to attend the culinary event of the season! The BBC Good Food Show Summer will take place from 11 -14 June at the NEC in Birmingham.

You’ll get to see great cooking demonstrations from top chefs such as Mary Berry, James Martin, Tom Kerridge and John Torode in the Supertheatre and get inspired. Learn something new at the Summer Kitchen Stage, with extra sessions from cooking experts and explore the art of baking. You can also discover new flavours whilst tasting dishes from the BBC Good Food Magazine.

WIN TICKETS to > BBC Gardener’s World Live Show

We’re giving you the chance to win tickets for the BBC Gardener’s World Live Show in association with The Royal Horticultural Society.

At the NEC in Birmingham from 11-14  June, you can visit the RHS Floral Marquee and view some new varieties in one of the largest floral marquees in the country. Gardening experts including Monty Don, Carol Klein and Joe Swift will be at the BBC Gardeners’ World Theatre to share their knowledge.

Win an Elvis Presley Birthday Zippo Lighter

To celebrate Elvis Presley’s 80th Birthday (8 January), we have four Zippo Windproof Lighters that feature the King of rock and roll.

The partnership with Elvis Presley (to use his likeness on lighters) was in fact the very first artist collaboration Zippo embarked on and the brand has since gone on to see designs featuring the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Marley.

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A MILLION – COMPETITION

NOW That’s What I Call A Million features 61 tracks from the NOW compilation series of the best million selling hits. Featuring tracks from Queen, Wings, Take That & Boney M, through to digital success from Pharrell, Gotye and Passenger and we’ve got 3 x copies to giveaway.

Area Guide – Festival Edition

Check out our latest edition to win one of a pair of 50 festival tickets. We’ve got giveaways for Reading, Hop Farm, The big Feastival, Festival No6, Beat-Herder, Sonisphere, Parklife Weekender, Isle of Wight, Lounge on the Farm and many more. See the edition here.

Area Guide November

The 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.

Win tickets to the 25th Anniversary of the Birmingham International Tattoo

Britain’s biggest military spectacular, with over 1,200 performers, will celebrate its silver anniversary this year by bringing together marching bands, gymnasts, dog display teams, field gun and many other performers to the NIA in Birmingham.  They will all join forces for this year’s 25 Birmingham International Tattoo on Saturday 30 November at 6pm and Sunday 1 December at 2pm.

Area Student Guide 2013

If 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.

Win tickets to Horse of the Year Show

Each October, thousands of spectators at Birmingham’s NEC are thrilled by top-class entertainment, awesome displays, unbeatable shopping and world-class equestrian competition as Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) settles in for five jam-packed days. 

Win a pair tickets to BAMMA – British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, 14.9.13

BAMMA TICKETS- 14 September, NIA: The UK’s Premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, is back and we have a pair of tickets to giveaway.