Culture News & Updates
- 25th September 2026
There is just over two weeks to go until Diwali, and the festival of lights will be celebrated in a free City of Wolverhampton Council event at Phoenix Park on Saturday 10 October.
The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to announce the forthcoming opening of The things we hold sacred, a major new solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Charmaine Watkiss.
- 25th September 2026
Shropshire Oktoberfest returns to Shrewsbury’s Quarry on October 2nd and 3rd, 2026. Ticket prices are set to increase to gate prices on Monday, September 28th.
- 22nd September 2026
The Birmingham Rep has confirmed productions for its Spring 2027 season, including unmissable award-winning drama, world premieres, the return of hit shows, and work made right here in Birmingham.
The New Art Gallery Walsall, in partnership with Coventry University, is delighted to announce a £71,226 grant through Jerwood Art Fund Commissions. This funding will support British artist Charmaine Watkiss
Wolverhampton Art Gallery will present Palingenesis, the first institutional solo exhibition by Wolverhampton-based artist and writer Rachel Magdeburg, from 10 October 2026 - 21 February 2027.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery presents a major exhibition by British artist Permindar Kaur this autumn. Dread Naught, opening 24 October 2026, is Kaur’s largest show of new work to date, and features newly commissioned monumental figures formed from copper
- 15th September 2026
Birmingham-based Propel Dance, the UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company, has announced a new autumn tour of Momentum.
- 10th September 2026
Fabric, a dance development organisation based in the Midlands, has announced four performances this autumn, presented as part of THIS IS DANCE.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery has been announced as one of the first winners of a major new £1.5million awards scheme run by Freelands Foundation recognising and celebrating visual art education in the UK over the next five years.