AREA GUIDE – Latest edition

Our annual festival edition is out now and is packed with competitions to win tickets to the best UK & European summer festivals. Read it online here or pick it up at venues throughout the West Midlands.

Whatever your taste in music we have it covered. The competitions are going live daily on our sister site fusedmagazine.com and we announce them over on our twitter feed so make sure you are following us over there too.

There is also the usual fine mix of upcoming art exhibitions, gigs and events.

Festival Finder

Click image to open interactive version (via thetrainline.com).
Yes there are too many festivals to wade through and find your favourite bands this year BUT if you want an easy way to follow who is playing where then check out this handy little site that will do all the hard work for you…

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.

@thenowweare This Weekend (7-8 April) @_the_public

The NOW WE ARE WEEKENDER is the latest event in the UK to celebrate all that is brilliant in indie-pop n’ roll thrills, spills and bellyaches! Organised by those people at Funny Looking Cat (who’ve had past fingers in such pies as Indietracks and The Little Hellfire Club) this debut mini-festival will be a fast-paced musical mash-up for all the family.

THE DESTROYERS SUMMER GYPSY BALL

The Destroyers by Pete Ashton

It looks like The Destroyers will be one of the hardest working bands this summer with a host of festival appearances to keep them busy. To kick it all off they launch their 2010 UK and Ireland tour with a night of fiery bohemian revelry at brand new Digbeth venue The Crossing on 4 June.