Curated · updated weekly
What's on
The markets, craft events, exhibitions and small, lovely things worth your time — hand-picked, never the tourist-trap stuff. If it's here, we'd go ourselves.
Running something lovely? Promote your event with us →
All of the UKLondon · 8South East · 3South West · 3East of England · 3West Midlands · 5East Midlands · 3Yorkshire · 3North West · 2North East · 4Wales · 1Scotland · 3
This month · Exhibition in the West Midlands
ExhibitionUntil 21 Feb · Birmingham
Every Thing Must Go: Joe Lycett
Comedian Joe Lycett's tongue-in-cheek debut painting exhibition turns extinct chocolate bars and lost buildings into art.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DHFree
ExhibitionUntil 21 Feb · Birmingham
Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight
The first major UK survey of painter Balraj Khanna opens at Ikon, tracing six decades of colourful, playful abstraction — free entry.
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HSFree
ExhibitionUntil 22 Nov · Compton Verney
Nancy Cadogan: The Lost Trees
A new tree-themed painting exhibition inside a Grade I Robert Adam house set in 120 acres of parkland.
Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park, Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ£21.95 advance / £23.95 on the day (grounds and gallery)
ExhibitionUntil 10 Jan · Coventry
British Art Show 10
The UK's biggest touring survey of contemporary art opens its landmark 10th edition in Coventry, spanning the Herbert Art Gallery, Mead Gallery and Coventry University.
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QPHerbert general admission £4.50 day pass (£3.00 Go CV+ cardholders), under-16s free
ExhibitionUntil 11 Apr · Walsall
Charmaine Watkiss: The Things We Hold Sacred
A major new solo exhibition of drawing and sculpture opens at the New Art Gallery Walsall, built around a newly commissioned installation.
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LGFree
Get the good stuff, every Thursday
One free email a week with the weekend's best hand-picked days out. No filler, no tourist traps, no selling your attention to the highest bidder.
Join the free newsletter →