About The City Brief Halesowen
Your Personal Newsletter For All Local Events in Halesowen
Local events in Halesowen connect residents through regular gatherings across neighbourhoods like Oldbury, Cradley, Illey, Rowley Regis, Hayley Green, Sutton Coldfield, Hasbury, Lapal, Warley-Salop, and Warley-Wigorn. These areas, each with a residential character, are shaped by green spaces such as Jiggins Lane Nature Reserve or the Clent Hills, and historic sites like Gosty Hill Tunnel and Halesowen Abbey Gateway. Their shared rhythm comes through weekly markets, seasonal walks, and informal meetups that anchor daily life.
Halesowen Abbey Gateway stands out in this network, marking the town’s 1086 origins and serving as a site for annual guided tours during summer. These visits help keep awareness alive of Halesowen's history, its time as an exclave of Shropshire, its development through industrial activity, particularly nailmaking and coal mining.
Halesowen Market runs weekly near Old Hill Railway Station, reflecting the town’s long-standing role in community commerce. Complementing this is Real Birmingham’s Free Walking Tour, held every Saturday morning; it traces ancient routes from St Michael's Cathedral through Hasbury into Rowley Regis, highlighting continuity in civic use of space.
Other annual events include Black Sabbath’s 50th anniversary exhibition at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and TILT Festival promoting aerial performance. Both are accessible by public transport such as X10 buses. These gatherings add to a network of participation that doesn’t need hype: showing up is enough to be part of Halesowen’s story.
The City Brief curates updates on such happenings across these areas, ensuring residents stay informed about local openings and events each week.
What we Cover
Each week The City Brief highlights events happening across Halesowen – live music, theatre, food, family activities, markets and more.
Have a look at what's happening this week and this coming weekend.
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About the editor
The City Brief Halesowen is edited by Dean Withey, founder of The City Brief. A former RAF pilot turned founder and investor, Dean has built and sold two technology companies, including ubisend, a conversational AI platform used by the NHS and BAE Systems, and has shipped more than thirty enterprise AI systems over twenty years in tech. He is based in Norwich, England.
Why this site exists, in Dean's words: "In an AI-powered world, you can no longer trust what you see and hear online. The future is local: trusting only what you can see for yourself. The City Brief is the trusted brief for what's happening in your city."
Listings are gathered from venue websites, official box offices and event platforms, then checked and curated before publishing. AI tools assist with drafting; every published page follows our editorial policy.
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