Coventry Rhythm Festival
25 May
Previously the Coventry Jazz Festival, the Coventry Rhythm Festival has been expanded to include soul, blues, funk, Latin and other world music. Performances take place at venues throughout the city, including the Belgrade Theatre and St Mary's Hall.
Birmingham Gay Pride
02 Jun
Gay awareness is given an extra boost this May Bank Holiday with colourful events in Birmingham's Gay Village. The festival kicks off with Saturday's parade which makes its way from Victoria Square to the party in the Gay Village.
Dirty
08 Jun
Dirty brings the best in progressive house to the newly refurbished Code every month with a top DJ line-up including Steve Lawler, Sasha, X-Press 2 and John Digweed.
BIAD Graduate Shows
11 Jun
BIAD Graduate Shows exhibit and promote the best emerging talent from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. Held at venues throughout Birmingham University sites, it showcases mixed-media work from students who are taking their first steps towards becoming professional artists.
BBC Summer Good Food Show
13 Jun
The rise of celebrity chefs has led to a number of major exhibitions exploring the best in food and drink. Here at Birmingham's NEC, the BBC Summer Good Food Show is the only one that dedicates itself to summer gastronomy.
Twenty20 Cup: Warwickshire Bears
13 Jun
The Friends Life T20 begins with a group format in June, before quarter finals in July and Finals Day at Southampton's Rose Bowl in August. Warwickshire Royals play their home games at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
BBC Gardeners' World Live
13 Jun
BBC Gardeners' World Live returns to the NEC with displays of plants, inspirational show gardens by Britain's leading designers and top TV celebrity entertainment. Highlights include the Floristry Masterclass, which should ensure that anyone can create a beautiful bouquet.
Stratford Regatta
15 Jun
Since its first appearance in 1874, Stratford-upon-Avon has held a summer regatta for over 120 years. This annual sporting event sees rowers take to the river while spectators enjoy picnics, barbeques and a fun day out.
Twenty20 Cup: Worcestershire Royals
15 Jun
The Friends Life T20 begins with a group format in June, before quarter finals in July and Finals Day at Southampton's Rose Bowl in August. Worcestershire Royals play their home games at the County Ground in Worcester.
Godiva Festival
29 Jun
Every July, Coventry's War Memorial Park hosts a lavish festival of free entertainment to celebrate the city's historic connection with Lady Godiva. There's live music and a procession of a scantily clad Godiva, riding through the streets to the park.
BASS Music Festival
05 Jul
A celebration of Black music and art, the British Arts and Street Sounds festival takes place at venues across Birmingham. Events range from UK hip-hop dancing and sound system nights to critical debates on race and cultural identity.
Taste of Birmingham
16 Jul
Improve your culinary skills, watch experts in action and educate your palate with a range of tasting sessions at Taste of Birmingham in Edgbaston's Cannon Hill Park. Celebrated guest chefs show off their skills at cooking demos.
Antiques for Everyone
19 Jul
The past has never been so popular, and antiques are big business, as the three-times-a-year Antiques for Everyone fair at Birmingham's NEC proves. Up to 30,000 visitors attend each time in the hope of snapping up a bargain.
Wolvestock Country Music Festival
21 Jul
Wolvestock, in East Park, is Wolverhampton's annual country music hoedown with live performances from international and UK artists on two stages. Line-dancing sessions are on hand should you feel inspired to move your feet, a funfair provides further on-site entertainment.
Living Shakespeare
24 Jul
Anyone wishing for a special experience of Shakespeare's plays and the environment that inspired him can take a short break in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Each year, the two Living Shakespeare courses include visits to Royal Shakespeare Company productions.
Global Gathering
26 Jul
Global Gathering brings GodsKitchen's unique brand of midsummer madness to Long Marston Airfield. Their take on the festival format brings a new dimension to the club calendar, hijacking every aspect of dance music and combining it with some spectacular entertainment.
Warwick Folk Festival
26 Jul
Warwick Folk Festival attracts an impressive line-up of singers, bands, street performers and Morris dancers to the leafy grounds of Warwick School. Always well attended, it's one of the most popular folk events in the country.
Coughton Court
25 May
Since 1409, Warwickshire's majestic Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton family. With close connections to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, the house holds a special place in English history, and stands in 25 acres of splendid grounds.
Wightwick Manor
25 May
Wightwick Manor is a Victorian masterpiece and one of the finest examples of the influence of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in England. Its vast gardens are also protected and worth a visit in their own right.
St Mary's Guildhall
25 May
Coventry's St Mary's Guildhall, one of the finest surviving medieval guildhalls in England, was built in the 1340s for the merchant guild of St Mary. It became the headquarters for the mayor and corporation of Coventry until the early 1900s.
Hanbury Hall
25 May
The William and Mary-style Hanbury Hall is set in 395 acres of parkland, with a beautifully restored 18th-century garden. The impressive interior, with its superb painted ceilings, holds a fine porcelain collection and an exhibition about the Hall's past.
Birmingham Back to Backs
25 May
Back to Backs, Birmingham's last remaining city-centre National Trust-restored back-to-back housing, reflects four periods from 1840 to 1977. Experience the lives of its residents and stock up at the 1930s sweetshop for nostalgia's sake. Visiting is by guided tour only and advance booking is essential.
Elgar Birthplace Museum
25 May
One of England's most celebrated composers, Sir Edward Elgar, composer of Pomp and Circumstance, is remembered in Worcester's Elgar Birthplace Museum. A curiously small place given his great legacy, this cosy museum is actually the house he was born in.
Spring Sounds International Music Festival
25 May
Stratford-upon-Avon hosts three days of classical music at the Spring Sounds International Music Festival. Featuring the compositions of Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn and more, the festival brings cherished classics and new commissions to the Warwickshire town.
Compton Verney
25 May
Compton Verney is an art gallery situated in a Grade I-listed 18th-century Robert Adam mansion near Warwick, with 120 acres of stunning Capability Brown-designed gardens. It houses six permanent collections and has a regular programme of temporary exhibitions.

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