Alex Claridge's rock and roll restaurant in a restored Jewellery Quarter factory earned its first Michelin star in February 2026, a long-awaited moment for one of Birmingham's boldest kitchens.
Aktar Islam's Summer Row restaurant held on to both its Michelin stars in 2026, cementing Opheem's place as one of the finest Indian restaurants anywhere in the world.
Birmingham's Attic Brew Co has bought the 56,000 sq ft Stirchley site that houses its brewery and taproom, backed by a seven-figure funding package and a 60 per cent rise in trade sales.
Kazuki Yamada leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra through a 2026-27 season that celebrates the CBSO Chorus's 1,000th performance and all nine Beethoven symphonies.
Opened in 2021 as part of Symphony Hall's £13 million redevelopment, the Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space has spent five years filling the foyer with free jazz, country, dance and poetry.
From Mendelssohn and Dickens to Miles Davis and Black Sabbath, a new online archive celebrates almost two centuries of history at Birmingham Town Hall, the city's oldest events venue.
Saved by volunteers in 1997, Martineau Gardens in Edgbaston offers free entry, therapeutic horticulture and school visits, and is now raising funds for a new eco community building.
Sixth-generation family business Thomas Fattorini has been crafting medals, badges and trophies in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter for more than a century, with a story stretching back to 1827.
Founded by George Cadbury in 1900, Bournville Village Trust marked its 125th anniversary with a Museum of Us exhibition, heritage days and a new future for the much-loved Rest House.
In a historic arcade off New Street, owner Milad Yousifi's Medivine Salon has built a loyal following for hair, nails, lashes and bridal make-up, with more than a thousand glowing Google reviews.
Since 2012, Faye Fenton's welcoming Harborne studio has grown into a hub for classes, retreats and teacher training, with a non-profit arm offering free yoga to the city's family carers.
Owned by Karine Annick and Jay Coates, the small independent studio on Pershore Road has won Best Yoga & Pilates Studio for the West Midlands and Warwickshire for a second time.
Lines of Flight brings together 40 paintings spanning six decades by the British-Indian artist Balraj Khanna, free to visit at Ikon in Brindleyplace until February 2027.
The Newman Brothers coffin furniture factory, now a much-loved museum, has received an Engineering Heritage Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Digbeth's independent community cinema is hosting a screening and panel to celebrate the landmark Black Audio Film Collective documentary, first shown in Birmingham in October 1986.
A £9.27m Heritage Fund grant completes the funding for the next phase of work at Balsall Heath's Grade II* listed Edwardian baths, with the Gala Pool set to be restored for swimmers.
Founded in 1877, Birchfield Harriers saw Europe's best athletes come to their Perry Barr home in 2026, with a stand named after club star Matthew Hudson-Smith.
With roots in a lawn tennis club founded in 1875, Edgbaston Priory Club is a leafy sporting haven that still hosts top-class grass-court tennis every summer.
Built by Isaac Horton in the 1870s and reopened in 2021 after a £45 million restoration, The Grand Hotel on Colmore Row is one of Birmingham's most characterful places to stay.
Rebuilt brick by brick, Woodside Library opened in March 2026 as the final piece of Black Country Living Museum's 1940s-60s high street, alongside new Peaky Blinders filming location tours.
Built in 1904 for the Nettlefold family, Winterbourne's house and seven-acre garden offer a peaceful day out, with work now under way to plan the future of its much-loved Japanese Bridge.
A family business on Vyse Street since 1968, Sonny's Jewellers was a UK Jewellery Awards winner in both 2024 and 2025, and still makes and repairs everything in-house.
Founded in 1786 and still working from the same Jewellery Quarter building, Deakin & Francis is celebrating its 240th year with a special edition signet ring for Parkinson's UK.
Since 1773 the Birmingham Assay Office has tested and hallmarked precious metals, and today it is described as the largest assay office in the world.