Mad Cow Comedy Club at The Red Lion
Head on down to the Jewelry Quarter and start your week with big laughs courtesy of some of the best local comic talent including soap star Gareth Berliner and Danny Clives, if you’re really lucky Clives may bring some of his cool artwork along. Several other performers on the bill and if you have your dinner from the Cow Club menu there’s free wine too, woo hoo.
Mon 23 Oct 7pm at The Red Lion, 95 Warstone Lane Birmingham B18 6NG www.facebook.com

Duck Thieves, Beau Trap, Catboat Heck Nuns & Greg Smith at The Cuban Embassy
The Catapult Club and Die Das Der join forces to bring this belter of a free gig to downtown Moseley. Four quality performers headed up by Coventry’s extravagant and just a little OTT Duck Thieves. Completing the bill are Brummie rockers Beau Trap, the gloriously monikered Catboat Heck Nuns featuring Narrow Elvis and be prepared for some maudlin acoustic noodlings from Greg Smith.
Wed 25 Oct 8pm at The Cuban Embassy, 23 St Mary’s Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW www.facebook.com

The Hills Have Eyes (dir: Wes Craven, 1977, cert 18) screening at The Mockingbird
The film that made Michael Berryman a horror icon starring as the bug eyed Pluto, demented patriarch of a band of hill dwelling interbred cannibals. Loosely based on the legend of the infamous Scottish muncher of travellers Sawney Bean; Wes Craven’s classic horror film is tense, violent and murderous good fun.
Thu 26 Oct 9pm at The Mockingbird, Custard Factory, Gibb Street. Digbeth, Birmingham B9 4AA veezi.com

Halloween Party at The Old Crown
If there’s one spot in the city likely to have Halloween ghosts lurking about then surely it’s Birmingham’s oldest boozer The Old Crown. Apparently Brummie cavemen used to park their dinosaurs outside before popping in for a neolithic pint or two. The stops are always well and truly pulled out for party nights at The Crown, so expect DJs, fancy dress and plenty of surprises.
Fri 27 Oct 5pm at The Old Crown, 188 High Street, Deritend, Birmingham B12 0LD www.facebook.com

Halloween Stranger Raves Party at Lab 11
Celebrate Halloween and the new series of Stranger Things at Lab 11’s Stranger Raves Party. Five rooms of pumping tunes with surprise DJs, a spooky warehouse transformation and frightening special effects. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance and entry is before 10pm.
Fri 27 Oct 8pm at Lab 11, Trent St, Birmingham B5 5NL www.skiddle.com

Halloween with Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam & Table Scraps at The Dark Horse
Two of Birmingham’s finest guitar thrashing noise merchants face off at The Dark Horse’s hi-octane Halloween party. Expect nuclear level energy and a full on sweat overload as SFL and Table Scraps power through riotous sets, both bands are incredible live. Astonishing that this is free, maybe the Dark Horse bods have been eating too much pumpkin? Whatever the reason we’ll see you there.
Fri 27 Oct 9pm at The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8JP www.facebook.com