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Welcome to the website of The Arts Society Birmingham Evening

Our objective, through lectures and visits, is to broaden knowledge and enjoyment of the arts and to share the experience with like-minded people in a friendly and sociable setting.

The Arts Society Birmingham Evening ('TASBE') is a friendly group of around 130 members, and we are always pleased to welcome new members. Our talks normally take place on the third Thursday of the month at 7pm.

Our 2026 programme includes 9 illustrated lectures by entertaining speakers who are all experts in their own specialist fields. Subjects can include Painting, Architecture, Gardens, Cultural History, Technology, Design and the Broader Arts at home or abroad.  The Society also organises separate 'Bitesize' visits to local places of interest for its members on a regular basis.

TASBE is a member society of The Arts Society. This is an arts based educational charity with nearly 80,000 members and c330 member societies in the UK. 


LATEST NEWS

Next Lecture  - Banksy - A to Z of Street Artists

Due to illness we have changed the lecturer but not the subject of our next lecture on 3rd September. It will now be Tate Modern Guide Ray Warburton who has been an Arts Society lecturer since 2017 taking us through Banksy's varied artworks from A to Z.

Full details of this lecture and the lecturer in the lectures section of this website.


Bitesize Event - St Martin in the Bull Ring Guided Visit

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A guided visit to St Martin in the Bull Ring has been organised for Wednesday 9th September. A church has been on this site since the 13th century and during this visit you will see Minton tiles, a Burne Jones stained glass window and the oldest monument in Birmingham as well as finding out about its long history and current charitable work. Application form for this visit is now in the Bitesize section of this website. 


Bitesize Event - Cannon Hill Park Guided Walk

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Bookings are now being taken for the October Bitesize event - a guided walk around Cannon Hill Park. The visit is on Tuesday 6th October and all the details can be found in the bitesize section of this website along with a link to the on line application form.


Bitesize Event - Christmas Concert at Symphony Hall

A new bitesize event is now available to book - a lunchtime christmas concert at the symphony hall on monday 7th December. Featuring christmas music from the renowned bIRMINGHAM city Organist Thomas Trotter and the Choir of St Johns College Cambridge. Need to book by end of September. Full detailsin the bitesize section of this website.


Bitesize Event - Morning Walk in Digbeth with Ian Jelf

the previously cancelled Bitesize event has been re-organised for the 20th October.


Christmas Date for Your Diary

You can never plan too early hence please save in your diaries:

4th December Lunch - We have secured the ever popular magical Bertie Pearce as entertainment at a pre Christmas lunch at Moseley Golf Club on Friday 4th December. Full details to follow but for now please put this unmissable event in your diaries as you will not want to miss this.


2026 Membership Applications 

For anyone who has not yet paid their 2026 annual membership subscription.

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 membership subscription has been kept the same as 2025's at only £70. 2026's Programme includes 9 lectures, a complimentary drink before the lecture, and free parking representing great value.

Applications for next years membership will be open soon 

any queries please e mail us


2026 Lectures 

TASBE's full 2026 programme of talks for 2026 has been finalised and is available to view on the lecture section of this website. The full 2026 programme will contain nine evening talks as usual covering the whole range of the performing arts ensuring there is something for everyone in there.


RBSA Gallery

Details on current and future RBSA exhibitions and on the RBSA itself can be found on its website RBSA . For those TASBE members who have never visited the Gallery we would definitely recommend giving it a visit (Admission free).




WHAT'S COMING UP
Tuesday 06 October 2026
Bite Size
Guided Walk around Cannon Hill Park

114


Thursday 15 October 2026
Lecture
Double Vision. The Fabulous Bellini Boys
Ian Cockburn
158


Thursday 12 November 2026
Bite Size
Jewellery Discovery Centre

115