Gig/Arts/Club: Bad Girls Bulldog Gin Summer Festival at The Old Crown
Bad Girls have forged a deserved reputation for curating edgy events dripping, nay pouring, with cultural flair as the city’s finest bands, artists, fashion, spoken word peddlars, DJs and a kitchen sink of unpredictable entertainment, there probably isn’t enough space in your brains to take it all in, maybe bring an extra pair of eyeballs. In addition to this overloading culture fix bring along your unwanted clothes and exchange them for new ones at the Swap Shop for a couple of quid. Oh, there’s also a hundred free gin and tonics up for grabs courtesy of Bulldog Gin. New wardrobe, new experiences and free drinks, three o’clock on the dot kids.
Sat 25 Aug 3pm – 12am at The Old Crown, High St, Birmingham B12 0LD 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

Club: 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

Club: The Surrenders DJ Set at The Sunflower Lounge
Local gritty rock and rollers The Surrenders hang their raging bluesey guitars up for the weekend and light up the Sunflower Lounge with a special guest DJ slot.
Sat 25 Aug 9pm at The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EG www.facebook.com

Club: Disco Pussy at The Hare & Hounds
Wall to wall disco anthems with the funkiest groove kittens in Birmingham to strut your way through the bank holiday weekend, your dance pilots for the evening are the delicious Danny Kane and Adam Regan, free entry all night but make sure you get a ticket.
Sat 25 Aug 10pm at The Hare & Hounds, 106 High St, Birmingham B14 7JZ www.skiddle.com

Art/Party: Drink & Draw at The Old Crown
Drink & Draw comes to The Old Crown to scribble and scrawl its declarations of funky creativity and social high jinks all over your heart. Self-confessed doodle-addicts, casual cartoonists and quick/slow-draw aficionados, let both your creativity and the good-times flow. Perhaps dabble with a little alcoholic inspiration while you free-flow express yourself all over the page, bring your posh pens and creative spirit, but paper and pens are also provided.
Sun 26 Aug 3.30pm – 10pm at The Old Crown, High St, Birmingham B12 0LD www.facebook.com