Lip Syncin’ Christmas at Cafe Ort
Put the hairbrush away and step back from the mirror, it’s time to take your lip syncing to the next level. Cafe Ort have got the tunes you just need to bring the moves and some fake vocal pizazz. Fancy dress, as your favourite pop star of course,  is a must and if you can’t find anything at home have a rummage in the Ort dressing up box. It’s free entry but please leave a nice donation in the charity box, it is Christmas.
Fri 15 Dec 8pm at Cafe Ort, 500-504 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9AH Free www.facebook.com

Secret Liquor Party launch of new Harborne speakeasy & cocktail bar The Drunken Tiger
See our full preview of The Drunken Tiger here. Originally a ticket only Taste & Liquor event in Digbeth, the whole clandestine caboodle has been moved to Harborne’s newest speakeasy joint and is now entirely free. In a Victorian schoolyard off the High Street celebrate the end of prohibition with cocktails, New York themed street food served up by The Smoking Joint and get those flappers swinging to a stunning roster of DJs including Cut Throat Tony, Danny Kane and more. We like their (opening) style.
Sat 16 Dec 5pm at The Drunken Tiger, School Yard, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9NJ www.facebook.com

Frost Fair at The Hippodrome
An incredible day of free family fun featuring free craft workshops, performance, stalls with seasonal trinkets and food & drink. Kids can create their own baubles to take home, transform into a little elf with the help of a splash of festive face paint or even travel to far away lands at one of the free storytelling sessions. There will also be pop up performances, a gospel choirs and the City of Birmingham Brass Band. Sat 16 Dec. See our full preview www.birminghamwire.co.uk

Disco Sucks at 1000 Trades
Immerse yourselves in the spiritual holiness of disco under glitter balls and in the funky mist of the smoke machine as the Disco Sucks crew take over the 1000 Trades. DJs Nige and Rosco take disco very seriously and so should you, bust some moves and remember, ‘disco is emancipation’.
Sat 16 Dec 8pm at 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE www.facebook.com

Songwall Live at The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Songwall host regular events giving local musical talent an opportunity to engage with fans, the curious and just about anybody else, through performance and Q & A’s. On Saturday two of the city’s finest singer songwriters are on board; Lucy-Rose Garnish delivers sweet pop melancholia with a hint of Ellie Goulding whilst Andrew Souter‘s alt-folk style has a darker edge, check them out on the links and buy their music. Whilst you’re there check out the excellent museum.
Sat 16 Dec 12pm at The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Vyse Street, Birmingham B18 6HA www.facebook.com

Disc Selecta’s Christmas Special at Fletcher’s Bar
You know the drill. Wannabe superstar DJs bring along your own vinyl and go wild for ten minutes spinning the wheels of steel and whipping onlookers into a frenzy as you drop the beats or befuddle the masses with your eclectically unique musical taste, it’s all good. This time dig out those Christmas vinyl classics as Disc Selecta goes all festive, rumour has it some Birm Wire crew may even be there getting festively jiggy. Now where did we put that 12″ disco remix of Mistletoe and Wine?
Sun 17 Dec 6pm at Fletcher’s Bar, 7 York Rd, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA www.facebook.com

Digbeth Dining Club December
A fully festive showdown from the finest street food purveyors from across the UK serving up freshly cooked delectables and mouth-watering pre-Xmas feasting in friendly surrounds with plenty of mulled stuff & DJs. Expect eats, beats and a side of sub-cultural Xmas treats. Traders include The Gravy Train Poutine, Urban Cheesecake and sumptuous stuffed Bao from Wallace & Sons. Make like Santa and fill your boots.
Spotlight, Unit 2, Lower Trinity Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B9 4AG. 5.30pm – late. Free www.digbethdiningclub.com

Festive Food Market at mac Birmingham
All the usual fun of the fayre in the festively hospitable surrounds. Support your local indie artisans, fill a stocking or 3, eat, drink and step-up the Xmas cheer.
Sun 17 Dec mac Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park. 10.30am – 4.30pm. Free www.macbirmingham.co.uk

Also see our preview of Shanty Town & Shelter’s PAYF charitable live music & spoken word event Make Your Own Family Xmas at The Edge. Sun 17 Dec.