Digmas Christmas Fair at the Custard Factory
The Custard Factory has a great knack for hosting off key events that offer something different from the mundane. Digmas is just such an event. An independent Christmas fair with an astonishing array of fun family orientated activities. The kids can visit Santa in his grotto, listen to storytelling, join in craft workshops and get their faces painted. Quality presents can be bought at the gift market with gorgeous hand-crafted wares from the fabulous Paperdolls crew and hungry bellies can get their fill from some of Birmingham’s top street food vendors. See our full preview here.
Sat 25 Nov 11am – 5pm at The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, B9 4AA Birmingham. Free www.facebook.com

SPARK South Asian Arts Fest Launch Party at Ort Cafe
Street Beat, a Bollywood and Sufi music event with local artists, an interactive mural and lots more, this festival promises to spice up your life good and proper and this launch event kicks it all off with free activities for families, music, art & Ort Café selling a variety of low cost South Asian treats. 1pm – 3pm, See here for more details.

Moseley Arts & Farmers Market
We love Moseley on market day – a proper bustling community vibe complete with gorgeous coffee shops and hand-crafted curios. The excellent arts market is always worth a mooch with a wide range of locally produced arts and crafts and along with the monthly farmer’s market opposite you can bag up tasty treats unavailable anywhere on the High Street.
Sat 25 Nov 9am – 3pm at Moseley Village, Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8JR www.facebook.com

Heducation Presents DJ Sparra at The Dark Horse
The Heducation crew have laid on a real doozy of an event tonight, not only will your heads be filled with the usual high end beats, breaks and bleeps, but the legendary two times DMC Technics UK Champ DJ Sparra will be thrashing your senses within an inch of their lives. Sparra has supported the likes of EPMD, House of Pain and MC Duke in the past, his sets are blistering.
Sat 25 Nov 10pm at The Dark Horse, at The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8JP Free  www.darkhorsemoseley.co.uk

Sunday Xpress at Centrala
The fine arts mash up of music, spoken word, visuals and unexpected tasteful shenanigans brings to an end a fine series of Sunday evening happenings throughout 2017 with their end of year bash. Birmingham musical royalty and ex Duran Duraner Andy Wickett is launching new material, patrons will also get to worship at The Church of Elvis and psych rockers Dogmess will be a leaving a riot of punk rock noise for you to step in. There’s loads more to be confirmed, maybe Santa* will turn up. Worth skipping another mundane Sunday dinner for don’t you think?
*No Santa guarantee’s given or implied.
Sun 26 Nov 5pm at Centrala, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, Digbeth B5 5RS www.facebook.com

Book now for the highly spiced South Asian Film Festival‘s line-up of film + regionally themed food at GAP Arts Project, starts Sunday. See here for details.