Film: Flight at Journey Film Club
Denzel Washington excels, he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, as the hangdog pilot who goes from being hailed a hero, after miraculously crash landing a plane and saving all those onboard, to pariah when his alcoholism becomes known.
Tue 21 Aug 7.30pm at Birmingham LGBT, 38-40 Holloway Circus, Birmingham B1 1EQ www.journeyfilmclub.co.uk

Gig: God Mother at Subside
Sweden’s God Mother bring their bastardised hardcore to Digbeth with support from Llenkus and When The Wolf Comes Home.
Tue 21 Aug 7pm at Subside, 57 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DA www.facebook.com

Family: Summer Social at Lightwoods Park
We don’t need much of an excuse to go wandering around Bearwood’s beautiful Lightwoods Park and House but if you haven’t enjoyed its charms yet then the pop up Summer Social should be incentive enough. Food, arts, crafts amd plenty of activities for the youngsters.
Fri 24 Aug 12pm at Lightwoods Park, Adkins Ln, Bearwood, Smethwick B67 5DP www.facebook.com

Club: Meditations at 1000 Trades
Any mention of Krautrock instantly pricks our auditory sonic sensors into overdrive, Meditations is hosted by those impeccable arbiters of musical good taste This is Tmrw, which is recommendation enough for us. An evening of sublime tunes drifting through all that is good in several genres from Cosmic to Krautrock.
Fri 24 Aug 8pm at 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE www.facebook.com

Club: Who Needs Pete? at the Hare & Hounds 
Who’d have thought Pete Rock pulling out of a gig two years ago would have engendered such an unmissable hip-hop club night? The show went on without Pete that night and continues to do so with DJ E Double D taking punters on a journey through his extensive vinyl collection.
Fri 24 Aug 10pm at The Hare & Hounds, 106 High St, Birmingham B14 7JZ www.skiddle.com

Sounds From Africa at the Hare & Hounds 
Birmingham party starters Shadow City take us on a musical safari through the best of Africa featuring everything from Bubblegum to Zouk.
Fri 24 Aug 10pm at The Hare & Hounds, 106 High St, Birmingham B14 7JZ skiddletickets.com