Utilita Arena Birmingham

Opening in 1991 as the National Indoor Arena, this multi-purpose venue was given a £26m redevelopment in 2013--14 and reopened. A variety of events kick off within its walls, from large-scale concerts to business conferences, sporting events and exhibitions. Since opening in 1991, it's been a big-hitting venue for name musicians, with Coldplay, Beyoncé, Prince and Paul McCartney all performing here. It's also a major sporting venue, with several world athletics records being set here since it opened. Being in the middle of Birmingham city centre, Arena Birmingham is easily accessible by car. The nearest train stations are New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill.

What's On @ Utilita Arena Birmingham

Waterloo - The Best of ABBA

25 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2026

The iconic lyrics composed by Benny and Bjorn are sung in wonderful, captivating harmony from the opening refrain to the final sing-along chorus of this two-hour spectacular, featuring a full live cast and band, stunning costumes and breath-taking choreography. From the iconic Waterloo, Mamma Mia and Voulez-Vous and so much more.

Peter Kay

22 Aug 2025 - 6 Jun 2026

Peter Kay is one of Britain's best-loved comedians. His 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time.

Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics

4 Dec 2025 - 13 Dec 2025

DJ, broadcaster and global dance music legend Pete Tong has today announced that his critically acclaimed Ibiza Classics will return for a brand-new show in winter 2024. He will once again be joined by long time collaborator Jules Buckley and The Essential Orchestra. Special guest vocalists will be announced in the new year. Ibiza Classics has firmly cemented itself as part of the live music calendar becoming the world's most iconic orchestral electronic music event. Celebrating the legacy of dance music, the new live show will include a host of special guest DJs and singers showcasing stunning reimagines of timeless classic house tracks. Combining unique orchestration with unparalleled electronic production, ravers rejoice as it is set to be the party of the year reminiscent of the White Isle and its musical history!

Simply Red

23 Sept 2025 - 11 Oct 2025

Simply Red, the seminal British R’n’B band of the 80s and 90s currently on its Big Love World Tour, performs classic hits from across its discography, having celebrated a milestone 30-year anniversary and sold 60 million albums worldwide. Mick Hucknall is joined by his long serving band mates Ian Kirkham (sax), Steve Lewinson (bass), Kenji Suzuki (guitar), Kevin Robinson (trumpet and flute) and Dave Clayton (keyboards) plus new drummer Roman Roth, who will thrill the audience with their canon of hits, including Stars, If You Don’t Know Me By Now and Fairground.

Jason Manford - A Manford All Seasons

4 Sept 2025 - 28 Mar 2026

Born in 1981, it took only 17 years for comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter Jason Manford to make his mark on the live circuit. Working as a glass collector at the Buzz Comedy Club in Manchester's suburban area of Chorlton, Manford stepped in when a scheduled performer failed to turn up. Just six live gigs later he claimed The City Life North West Comedian Of The Year award, launching a career that would cement him as a household name across the United Kingdom. Jason’s been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit.

Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny

10 Sept 2025 - 3 Sept 2026

Jimmy tells jokes, and jokes are like magnets. Jokes attract people, but they can also repel. Some people are repelled by Jimmy's dark brand of comedy. This show is not for them. But if it's the kind of thing you like, then this is the kind of thing you’ll like.

Giants Live: The Strongman Classic

6 Sept 2025 - 7 Feb 2026

Experience the World's Strongest perform impossible feats of strength right before your eyes in this 'live' Arena-based tour!

Katherine Ryan: Battleaxe

24 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Katherine Ryan is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actress, writer and presenter who has gained prominence in the UK. As a speaker, she is sought-after for her ability to engage and entertain audiences while dissecting the intricacies of dating, mental health, and life.

Paul Smith - Pablo

22 Aug 2025 - 13 Nov 2025

Get ready to experience the jaw-aching, laugh out loud comedy that only Smith can deliver. This is Paul Smith’s biggest and funniest tour show yet, and it promises to have you rolling around in laughter with every joke. The show features a mix of his trademark audience interaction and hilarious true stories from his everyday life.

Dude Perfect

19 Sept 2025 - 22 Sept 2025

Michael Starring Ben

5 Sept 2025 - 28 Nov 2026

Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson – the man, the music and the magic. MichaelⓇ Starring Ben is a hit theatre production starring the UK's ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star, Ben Bowman. Not only does he look and sound like the King of Pop, but he's honed his routine so carefully that audiences truly believe they are watching Michael Jackson himself. The show features a live band, dazzling costumes and the performer's iconic dance routines. It also showcases the greatest hits of Michael Jackson and also of The Jackson 5 including Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller and Man in the Mirror.

The Strongman Open

6 Sept 2025 - 6 Sept 2025

Giants Live brings the BIGGEST names in all Strength Sports together for ONE NIGHT ONLY! This is the Strongman Open and the World Deadlift Champtionship, LIVE in Cardiff!

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

28 Aug 2025 - 4 Dec 2025

Considered one of the most influential British comedians since Charlie Chaplin, (he received the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy 2016 BAFTA/LA) Ricky Gervais is returning to stage once again. The creator and star of The Office, Extras & Derek, Ricky Gervais has won countless awards. His hit series The Office is the most successful British comedy of all time, shown in more than 90 countries with seven remakes. Ricky Gervais is an award-winning stand-up comedian, don't miss your chance to see him live!

Ocean Colour Scene

22 Aug 2025 - 9 Jan 2026

Formed in Birmingham in 1989, OCS spent six years fine-tuning their sound before lighting up the Britpop party with three Top 5 albums; 1996’s ‘Moseley Shoals’, 1997’s ‘Marchin’ Already’ and 1999’s ‘One From The Modern’. The band has also achieved seventeen Top 40 singles, including a staggering run of nine successive Top 20 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. As with all the best groups, behind the swagger and style were great songs, with words and melodies that found their way into the public’s hearts. Honing their craft in the spirit of the soul, folk and blues greats who inspired them, Ocean Colour Scene’s celebrated live shows have cemented the relationship between the band and their fiercely loyal fanbase, with each concert serving as a communal outpouring of hope and joy, boasting the most life-affirming singalongs you’re likely to hear anywhere.

Marti Pellow - Pellow Talk: The Lost Chapter

24 Oct 2025 - 2 Nov 2025

Former Wet Wet Wet frontman turned hugely successful solo artist and stage performer Born Mark McLachlan in Clydebank in 1965, Marti Pellow formed Wet Wet Wet when he was only 17. The band went on to score huge hits in the UK and further afield with Wishing I Was Lucky, Goodnight Girl, A Little Help From My Friends, Sweet Little Mystery and more. However, it was their cover of The Troggs Love Is All Around, taken from the soundtrack to Four Weddings And A Funeral, that would etch their names into the record books, staying at No.1 for 15 weeks and selling almost two million copies.

John Bishop: Back At It

21 Sept 2025 - 8 Nov 2025

After years spent TV presenting, stage acting, podcast hosting, dog walking and decorating the spare room, John is getting back to the thing he loves most; standing on stage and making people laugh. John has achieved huge success with a number of his own comedy, entertainment and documentary shows including- John Bishop’s Australia (BBC1), John Bishop’s Britain (BBC1), John Bishop’s Only Joking (Sky1), The John Bishop Show (BBC1), The John Bishop Christmas Show (BBC1) and John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure (ITV1). More recently John Bishop’s Ireland for ITV1 and four mammoth series of the critically acclaimed John Bishop: In Conversation With… which saw him chatting, one to one with some of the World’s biggest household names.

Parkway Drive

4 Oct 2025 - 6 Oct 2025

Heavy metalcore quartet from Byron Bay, Australia.

Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian

12 Sept 2025 - 26 Sept 2025

Following his global smash hit ‘Live Innit’, Star of Taskmaster & the first British-Asian stand-up to sell-out London’s Wembley Arena is back. After barely surviving the pandemic, and with two years of pent up killer material, Paul tackles the UK’s handling of the pandemic, why the rules of six only worked for white people, fame, England football fans and Tom Cruise landing his helicopter in someone’s garden. Don’t miss it.

Busted vs McFly

16 Sept 2025 - 6 Nov 2025

Busted and McFly go head to head Pop rock legends Busted stormed the stage at McFly’s sold out 21st birthday headline show at the iconic O2 Arena in London to announce they will be going head to head on tour together in 2025! The Busted vs McFly Tour will see the two groups visit some of the UK’s biggest and best venues.

Sam Fender

28 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025

Indie from the North Shields singer-songwriter and guitarist. After starting his career as an actor, Fender released a number of singles independently before being named one of the BBC's Sound of 2018.

Darius Rucker

29 Sept 2025 - 5 Oct 2025

Darius Rucker is an American singer-songwriter and lead singer of award-winning rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. Darius Rucker is a renowned performer in many genres, including rock, RnB, and country. His C2C tour promises many well-loved country favourites, as well as hits from his five country albums. In 2017, Rucker was chosen as one of 30 artists to perform on a medley track, Forever Country, to celebrate 50 years of the Country Music Awards. He has also recently released the album When Was the Last Time, which debuted at number 2 on Top Country Albums.

OneRepublic

20 Sept 2025 - 26 Sept 2025

"You're only as good as your worst song," says OneRepublic's front man and chief songwriter Ryan Tedder. Not that he knows anything about writing a dud. The 30-year-old born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has obsessed over the art of pop music for more than a decade. Along the way, he's worked with Rihanna, Beyonc, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Leona Lewis (he shared a 2008 Best Record Grammy nod for her "Bleeding Love"), and other massive stars. And it's all lead him back to his own Denver, Colorado-based band, where he pours out his most heartfelt music.

Katy Perry

4 Oct 2025 - 14 Oct 2025

Today, one the best-selling music artists of all time, Katy Perry announces The Lifetimes Tour is coming to the UK in October 2025. In what will no doubt be a spectacular career-spanning run of live shows, including all the hits from across her multi-million selling albums, The Lifetimes Tour sees the global pop superstar perform in cities across the UK, opening in Glasgow on the 7th of October at the OVO Hydro continuing through to Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, and finally culminating with a date at London’s O2 Arena on 13th October.

Jamiroquai

3 Dec 2025 - 14 Dec 2025

A decade and a half is a long time to be at the top of your game; no matter what that game might be. In music, it's a near impossibility. While many set off as next big things, few stay the distance to arrive as genuine international icons. After 15 years, 159 weeks on the UK singles chart, 232 weeks on the albums chart, more than 20 million album sales and five mammoth world tours - playing to 5 million people in 38 countries - it's fair to sat that Jay Kay, the quick stepping 37 year-old professionally known as Jamiroquai, has finally made it. What's more, he's got the 6 multi-platinum albums, 5 MTV awards, the Grammy, the Ivor Novello and enough lurid tabloid headlines to prove it. And now, just in case there was any doubt, he's got 'High Times - The Singles 1992-2006", a singles collection which rams home the point and tracks the decade and a half journey via his irresistible rare groove and unmistakable barbed disco. A year later, Kay & Co continued to carve their own very distinct niche with second album, 'Return of the Space Cowboy'. Through a haze of drugs and frustration its darker grind and jaded inner-city social commentary established Jamiroquai as the face of British Urban music. Still to this day the song 'Return of the Space Cowboy' is Kiss FM's most played track of all time. Enough said really.

Deacon Blue

19 Sept 2025 - 11 Oct 2025

Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, Raintown, on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988

Brett Young

31 Oct 2025 - 6 Nov 2025

Young has captured the hearts of fans everywhere through his honest lyrics and West Coast-meets-Southern sound, aptly dubbed “Caliville” style with seven consecutive #1 hit songs.

Pierce The Veil

23 Sept 2025 - 27 Sept 2025

Post-hardcore trailblazers igniting a dynamic new era of emotional rock anthems Blending explosive post-hardcore energy with soaring emo melodies, Pierce The Veil have spent almost two decades redefining the emotional edge of modern rock. As they prepare to return to UK stages for their highly anticipated 2025 headline tour, Pierce The Veil are poised to celebrate 19 years of evolution and connection. Their live show defined by its cathartic, unrestrained expression, the trio have become a beacon for fans seeking solace and strength through music, and with a renewed sense of purpose – they’re stepping into an exciting new era as innovators and icons of modern post-hardcore.

PAW Patrol Live

24 Oct 2025 - 24 Oct 2025

Mayor Goodway is getting everything shipshape for a big Pirate Day celebration in Adventure Bay. However, when Cap’n Turbot falls into a dark and mysterious cavern, it’s PAW Patrol to the rescue! Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky and Zuma save Cap'n Turbot and discover a secret pirate treasure map that leads them on an epic adventure. Over land and across the high seas, the pups set out to find the treasure for Mayor Goodway so the celebration can go on. Things get ruff when Mayor Humdinger wants to find the treasure first for Foggy Bottom. The pups need all paws on deck for this pirate adventure, including help from the newest pup who’s all ears…Tracker! Using their heroic rescue skills, problem solving and teamwork, the pups set sail to save the day. No job is too big, no pirate pup is too small.

Tom Grennan

3 Sept 2025 - 19 Sept 2025

Born in Bedford but based in London, singer-songwriter Tom Grennan first found fame as the guest vocalist on Chase & Status’s track “All Goes Wrong”. A Hottest Record on Annie Mac’s Radio 1 Show, the track gave Grennan the chance to cut his teeth in the Radio 1 Live Lounge and on BBC Two’s Later… with Jools Holland. But it might not have turned out that way. As a teenager, he had a promising football career, playing for Luton Town, Northampton Town, Aston Villa and Stevenage. Tom’s first album Lighting Matches was one of the 10 best-selling debuts of 2018. Filled with huge tunes like “Found What I’ve Been Looking For”, “Barbed Wire” and “Something In The Water”, the album showcased Tom’s emotional, careworn voice, a rasp full of devilment and mischief as well as love and solace.

Kane Brown

5 Oct 2025 - 10 Oct 2025

Kane Allen Brown is an American country music singer and songwriter. First garnering a mass following on social media, he released his debut extended play Closer in June 2015, and followed it up with the single, "Used to Love You Sober" in October of that year.

Disturbed

20 Oct 2025 - 28 Oct 2025

Colliding bone-crushing riffs with soaring melodies and one of the most instantly recognisable voices in modern metal, Disturbed have spent over two decades at the forefront of heavy music. Led by commanding frontman David Draiman, whose guttural growls and signature baritone bellows have become spine-tingling markers of the band’s unique sound, the Chicago quartet have made it their mission to redefine what it means to make heavy music. Crafting a legacy built on a foundation of both aggression and vulnerability, their melodic take on the genre has seen them swerve clear of all trends. Their sound flirting with nu-metal, groove-metal, hard rock and industrial influences whilst never fully committing to one lane, a refusal to settle has seen Disturbed cement themselves as one of the most influential forces in the game.

Five

29 Oct 2025 - 30 Nov 2025

The hugely successful British boy band Five hit the road again. Through the late '90s and early '00s the band enjoyed incredible success worldwide, selling over 20 million records and bagging 11 top 10 singles, four top 10 platinum albums in the UK, selling out arena tours, and picking up a host of huge awards along the way, too.

Mumford & Sons

29 Nov 2025 - 11 Dec 2025

Mumford & Sons return with a huge UK arena tour Mumford & Sons are pleased to share details of a huge 19-date arena tour of the UK and Ireland at the tail end of 2025.

Madness

23 Aug 2025 - 20 Dec 2025

Nutty ska-revivalists and 80s pop titans led by the inimitable Suggs. Madness may have been at the forefront of the late ’70s ska revival, but the band quickly moved beyond the constraints of two-tone. By the time the ’80s were in full swing, their embrace of everything from Motown to pure pop had made them one of the biggest British bands of their time. Madness’s earliest days were as ska band The Invaders, formed in 1976 by Lee Thompson, Mike Barson and Chris Foreman. With the addition of Graham McPherson (aka Suggs), Mark Bedford, Dan Woodgate and Chas Smith, the band changed their name to Morris And The Minors before finally settling on Madness in 1978.

JLS

6 Nov 2025 - 29 Nov 2025

Since JLS came second on X Factor in 2008, they have been one of the most successful acts in the show’s history. They are the only act from the show to have had five number one singles. Over the last four years they have sold over six million records. JLS have also racked up a number of impressive awards over the years. They have won two Brit Awards and earlier this month, they took home their fifth MOBO Award, matching Kanye West’s current record and firmly placing them as one of the UKs most successful music groups.

Volbeat

5 Nov 2025 - 13 Nov 2025

Volbeat is a Danish heavy metal band formed in Copenhagen in 2001 by former Dominus vocalist Michael Poulsen. They are known for blending heavy metal with elements of rock and roll, incorporating influences from classic rock and punk.

The World of Hans Zimmer

6 Oct 2026 - 12 Oct 2026

The World of Hans Zimmer, featuring the music of two-time Academy-Award winning composer, will feature a brand new selection from his diverse collection of scores.

Monster Jam

12 Sept 2025 - 21 Sept 2025

Monster Jam is the most action-packed live event on four wheels where world-class drivers compete in front of capacity crowds in both monster truck racing and freestyle competitions. Celebrating 25 years of adrenaline-charged family entertainment, Monster Jam combines spontaneous entertainment with the ultimate off-road, motorsport competition. Monster Jam features the most recognisable trucks in the world Grave Digger®, Max DTM, El Torro®, Monster Mutt® and many more. Monster Jam events leave you on the edge of your seat as these competitors thrill fans with jaw-dropping displays of gravity-defying feats.

Steve Backshall

24 Oct 2025 - 2 Nov 2025

Adventurer, natural history TV Presenter, public speaker and author. Steve’s ever-growing passion for the big wild natural world started as a child and continues to this day, as his adventures into the unexplored continue.

The Kooks

3 Oct 2025 - 11 Oct 2025

Brighton indie rockers with a pop sensibility. The Kooks came bopping out of Brighton at an almost serendipitous moment, catching the mid ’00s guitar band wave at its apex and riding it all the way to considerable commercial success.

Keyshia Cole

23 Sept 2025 - 26 Sept 2025

The Way It Is 20th Anniversary Tour

Lorde

15 Nov 2025 - 20 Nov 2025

Much respected New Zealand vocalist and songwriter.

Jason Derulo

29 Jan 2026 - 7 Feb 2026

Platinum-selling pop and R&B artist responsible for hits such as ‘Talk Dirty’, ‘Whatcha Say’ and ‘Savage Love.’ One of the most successful pop artists of the last two decades, Jason Derulo is well schooled in chart-toppers.

Wolf Alice

28 Nov 2025 - 8 Dec 2025

In order for art to honestly reflect life, the mirror should be multi-dimensional. That’s the way the looking glass works for Wolf Alice. “You go through every single day feeling different things all the time,” asserts vocalist and guitarist Ellie Rowsell. “So, if an album reflects life, shouldn’t it mirror all of those extremes? If you read a collection of short stories, you don’t want them to be simply about the same people or topics. You want to follow sadness with happiness to feel better. It should be the same for music.” That’s a mindset she shares with her bandmates Joff Oddie [guitar], Joel Amey [drums], and Theo Ellis [bass]. The group’s multi-page musical palette embraces everything from ethereal electronics and lithe, lush melodies to buzzing distortion and towering feedback, reaching from the heart to the heavens. It’s a striking sonic patchwork that’s quickly established the London quartet as a vibrant voice.

Dr. Jordan Peterson

13 Feb 2026 - 30 Mar 2026

Dr. Jordan Peterson comes to London’s Eventim Apollo – on his tour 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos – in May. The renowned psychologist’s answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition, with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.

Benson Boone

23 Oct 2025 - 5 Nov 2025

Benson Boone uses his sensitive, intimate music to work through his toughest emotions. He wrote the meditative pop songs on his debut EP, Walk Me Home…, as a way of documenting his hopes, fears, and insecurities as a young artist finding his footing in the music industry, and as a person growing into his own in the public eye.

YUNGBLUD

17 Apr 2026 - 25 Apr 2026

YUNGBLUD has built a huge and devoted following of young people from all corners of the world that he considers a community rather than a fanbase. Bound by a love for his brilliantly outspoken and genre-bending version of 21st Century rock-and-roll music, that community has witnessed YUNGBLUD’s rise from a struggling musician living in a Northern England council flat to a global superstar hailed by Rolling Stone as a “pop-punk rebel on a mission.”

The Prodigy

15 Apr 2026 - 2 May 2026

One of the most successful electronic groups of all time, The Prodigy, was formed in 1990, they’ve had 18 UK Top 40 hits and five number one albums. They’ve won numerous awards, including two Brit Awards and had two Grammy nominations.

A R Rahman: Intimate

16 Oct 2025 - 18 Oct 2025

A R Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won 25 Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammys and two Academy Awards. Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists. Time Magazine has referred to him as the 'Mozart of Madras' and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Music Storm).

A R Rahman

16 Oct 2025 - 18 Oct 2025

Lewis Capaldi

6 Sept 2025 - 27 Sept 2025

Lewis Capaldi is an indie musician from Scotland. From humble beginnings filling pubs to headlining arena tours, sold out in seconds, astonishingly all of which happened before the release of his debut album, ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’.

Stereophonics

3 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025

Welsh four-piece rock band The Stereophonics achieved chart success for the first time in 1996 with Local Boy in the Photograph. Since then they have become one of the most successful alternative rock bands from the UK, with albums Word Gets Around, Performance and Cocktails, Just Enough Education to Perform and You Gotta Go there to Come Back all achieving notable success.

Biffy Clyro

9 Jan 2026 - 21 Jan 2026

Biffy Clyro are a mainstream rock band which formed in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1995 as an alternative rock band. The band consists of Simon Neil (vocals, guitar), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and his twin brother Ben (drums, vocals). Mike Vennart (additional guitar) and Richard A Ingram alias Gambler (Keyboard) both formerly of Oceansize are current touring members of the band.

British Basketball League Playoff Final

1 Feb 2026 - 17 May 2026

BBL is the British Basketball League.

Richard Ashcroft

8 Nov 2025 - 6 Apr 2026

Richard Ashcroft is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band The Verve. The Verve achieved significant success with albums like Urban Hymns, and Ashcroft has also enjoyed a successful solo career.

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