Funny Beeseness comedy night with Milton Jones
After a fantastic debut show, Funny Beeseness return to Walsall Arena with another Sunday stonker of a line-up, featuring Milton Jones, Tom Wrigglesworth and Ian Crawford.
Senior Citizens Orchestra Concert
The Senior Citizens Orchestra perform bi-monthly concerts at Walsall Arena and Arts Centre. Their programmes offer a great mix of fabulous music and feature a whole range of popular classics and favourite show tunes.
The Ultimate 70’s Show
A live tribute to the rock and pop idols of the 1970s, featuring the music of Slade, T.Rex, The Sweet, David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper, Mott the Hoople and Queen.
Mothers without Hands
Mothers without Hands presents outcomes from an international project initiated and developed by Birmingham-based artist Tereza Bušková, which involved diverse communities in Folkestone, Prague, Brno, Erdington and Walsall in creative workshops and public processions to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
The exhibition takes its title from The Girl Without Hands, a 1200-year-old fairy tale collected and revised by the Brothers Grimm. Featuring a girl whose hands are cut off and magically restored, it is a story not only about patriarchal oppression, persecution, violation and trauma, but also survival, strength and healing.
Face Value, Contemporary Portraits from the Collections
Inspired by the strong focus on portraits in the Garman Ryan Collection, this temporary exhibition brings together a selection of artworks from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection. These artworks demonstrate how different themes and ideas can be conveyed and presented through portraiture. The works also vary in scale and media.
What Grows In Between
A group exhibition of newly commissioned work made during the third iteration of Assembly, a development programme for local artists held in partnership with arts organisation Multistory. Through painting, sculpture and installation, the artists explore connection and transformation as ways of navigating uncertain times.
Ten.8 afterimage
Ten.8 afterimage explores the legacy and enduring impact of Ten.8 (1979–1992), a photography journal that emerged from the Midlands’ radical cultural and political landscape. Ten.8 played a key role in shaping critical debates about representation and the politics of photography.
Curated by Pelumi Odubanjo.
Sunday Art Club
Weekly art clubs for children and young people, aged 4+. Meet artists and creatives and learn to paint, print, sculpt, craft and more!
Turn a collection of scrap papers into a usable sketchbook.
Make and take home a colourful summer sun catcher using pva glue.
Roll, plait and make squashy shapes with traditional salt dough. (Allergens: Contains wheat)
Collage and colour a whole outfit for a paper doll.
Create bold still lifes using black paper and white drawing materials
Stitchety Workshops with artist Kate Tilley
Learn techniques in sewing, knitting, crochet and embroidery in this new, informal, monthly workshop for adults. This session’s theme is ‘Crochet flowers’.
Walk and Draw
Make speedy sketches of artworks in the Collections and temporary exhibitions, the Gallery’s architecture, the magnificent views from the Gallery’s windows, and the local area, including the wildlife along the canal, public sculptures and historical buildings along the high street.
Baby & Me
Multi-sensory sessions for parents, carers and their babies, aged 0-2.
Butterflies, Bugs & Moths
Get creative making a colourful bug using simple paper craft. All ages welcome.
Art Library
Located on the mezzanine of The New Art Gallery Walsall, the Art Library is calm, welcoming space for reading, research and inspiration. The collection includes around 5,000 books, exhibition catalogues and art magazines, alongside the gallery’s own collection of Artists’ Publications.
Stitchers and Skivers with Walsall Leather Museum
Enjoy a relaxing group craft session and explore a variety of creative techniques. All materials are provided, and refreshments are included.
Dive into six weeks of family fun at Walsall's leisure centres this summer. From pool inflatables and family swim sessions to roller skating, football camps, gymnastics and trampolining, there's a packed programme of activities for all ages to enjoy throughout the school holidays.
View the full activity programme here: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/events?category=245&venue=All&search_param=&dates=All
Full swimming timetables can be found at: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/sport-and-leisure/centres
Get creative this summer with a series of free, family-friendly Hippo Trail workshops and events delivered by Walsall Council, in partnership with Urban Hax CIC and RicNic. From arts and crafts to storytelling and script writing, these fun, hands-on activities give children and young people the chance to help shape Walsall's exciting Hippo Trail project while developing their creativity and imagination.
Walsall Hippo Trail Family Fun Day
Join RicNic at the Walsall Hippo Trail Family Fun Day for games, crafts, storytelling and giveaways! A free event for all the family to enjoy.
Hip Hip Hooray – Nature Art
Next summer, Walsall will be filled with giant Hippo statues for the 'Hippo Herd' art trail. This year, we are visiting venues across the borough to gather ideas for designs to go on these statues. Can you help our team create some wild ideas through this fun nature-art workshop? Suitable for ages 2-5 years. Siblings welcome. Parent/Guardian supervision required throughout.
Walsall Hippo Trail Script-writing & Storyboards
Aspiring authors, actors and artists aged 10-16: Walsall needs you! Can you help us create the stories for the Walsall Hippo Trail? Join RicNic for a free script writing and storyboard session.
Walsall Hippo Trail Celebration Event
Save the date! The Hippo Trail fun will continue beyond the summer holidays with a special celebration event at The New Art Gallery Walsall on Saturday, 12 September. Further details will be announced soon, so keep an eye on Walsall Council’s social media channels for updates.
The free Ready to Learn Summer Adventure Passport is back for 2026, offering families with children aged two to five a summer of fun activities designed to support learning, development and preparation for starting school.
Families can collect a passport from participating libraries and Family Hubs and take part in a range of indoor and outdoor activities, including story and rhyme sessions, sensory activities, Tiny Rangers and Mini Kickers sessions with Walsall FC Foundation.
Every passport also includes a free swimming pass, a Ready to Learn pack with useful resources, a Best Start in Life Family Hubs Hippo toy, oral health resources and learning activities. Families who collect stamps in their passports can also enter a prize draw.
Discover a packed programme of free and low-cost activities taking place in Walsall's parks and green spaces throughout the summer holidays. From nature discovery and family adventures to outdoor fitness and wellbeing sessions, there's something for all ages to enjoy.
View the full activity programme here: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/parks-and-green-spaces
Activities can be booked for free here: https://www.ticketsource.com/healthyspaces
