B:Music unveils 2023 summer season
B:Music, the Birmingham music charity responsible for Symphony Hall and Town Hall, has launched its new Summer programme for 2023 which includes comedy, live music, dance and spoken word on its two world-famous stages.
The new season showcases an array of performances at Town Hall and Symphony Hall.
Alyssa Edwards on Tour: Becoming Alyssa (2 May) is an epic, must-see-tell-all dance-all story about Alyssa 's life growing up, her extraordinary drag career and incredible journey to finding love. From Mesquite Texas to the global stage, Alyssa Edwards ' life is a spectacle.
For Strictly Come Dancing fans, the Ballroom King and the Jive Master Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice join forces to bring their spectacular show Him and Me to Symphony Hall (29 July).
B:Music is providing the laughs this Summer with a plethora of comedy A-listers to choose from. Stand-up stars including Phil Wang: Wang in there, Baby! (4 May), Jonathan Van Ness (2 Jun) and Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny (11 June) will be taking to the Symphony Hall and Town Hall stages for the ultimate feelgood night out.
Love live music? Experience two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi at Town Hall (13 May).
Expect pieces from the Great American Songbook, excerpts from Porgy and Bess and a selection of Sinatra numbers in An Unforgettable Evening with Sir Willard White and the Brodsky Quartet (14 May).
Join Black Voices on a musical journey through the musical icons of Black Britain at Symphony Hall in June.
The Birmingham-based female a cappella quintet, accompanied by a live band of talented musicians, take a trip down memory lane performing hit songs by Mica Paris, Soul II Soul, Eternal, Five Star, Aswad, Jamelia and many more (4 Jun).
Witness Austrian band Mnozil Brass as they perform an exclusive UK date of their stage show Gold at Symphony Hall (16 June).
Celebrate the 70th anniversary of Elvis ' first recording date in Sun Records, The Concert: 70th Anniversary, the official concert show that takes you back to the birthplace of rock'n'roll (4 June).
And experience epic and inspirational music from Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Game of Thrones and beyond as the worlds of TV, film and fantasy are brought to life by the London Concert Orchestra and a stunning choir in an unmissable concert featuring the greatest movie music of all time (19 May).
Looking for family fun? Bring the whole family for an afternoon out to Symphony Hall in July to experience Encanto in Concert: The Film with Live Orchestra (31 Jul).
Or join Toscana Strings for Monkey Puzzle and Peter and the Wolf (18 Jun) to encounter the classic characters and stories accompanied by music and dance, while learning new moves along the way.
B:Music is bringing some world-class speakers with plenty of stories to its stages. Expect a chilling and thrilling talk from David Swindle, the detective who brought serial killer Peter Tobin to justice, in The Makings of a Murderer (15 Jun), and Canadian astronaut and ex-commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield, will host a mind-expanding evening of exploration, imagery, stories, and music (23 Jun).
To see the full programme and to book tickets, visit their website