Please do pop along 👇🏻

Beyond The Tracks Festival comes back to Birmingham.

Haçienda Classical, The Charlatans , Sleaford Mods + Billy Nomates, Inner City Live, BC CAMPLIGHT , TODD TERRY and more all feature over two days.

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Thrilled to see that my latest travel feature has made the front cover

Hey Dudley and Black Country folk. Share your pictures and memories 👇🏻

Feeling festive 🎄😂🎄

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FREE event @WLV_Arts 'Joking about Race, Politics and Your Lovelife without Offending People...' 16/10/20
Booking : tinyurl.com/y3nz9hzg
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Can’t wait to see this!

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Loads of fab Funny Things performers here👇

This lovely Funny Roots event is happening as part of University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton arts fest at the end of the month.

You can book your tix here eventbrite.co.uk/e/artsfest-onl…

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The Black Country dialect has given many comedians the tools to perform some great jokes and sketches and here Dave Pitt 🐀 @[email protected] of Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists finds out more.

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So we've found out where the Black Country actually is.

We know who the key comedians are, but what is it that makes them so funny?

Is it dialect, is is sounding 'saft', or it down to the 'Black Humour' and 'Self depreciation' style?

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Join @doingindudley for their 9th Creative Conversations THIS TUESDAY at 12.30pm when we'll be joining them to talk about FINDING OUR FUNNY ROOTS with Josiane Boutonnet & steve pottinger

FREE tickets here: bit.ly/36rEKLg

Come on now! This is great 🤣

WHO are the key players of the Black Country comedy scene from 1950 through to 2000.

Lenny Henry, Frank Skinner, Josie Lawrence, Harry Harrison, Tommy Mundon, The Fizzogs, Meera Syal, Lizzy Wiggins, Dolly Allen and Aynuk and Ayli all make an appearance.

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