City of the Dead with Ben Waddington

Opposite Five Ways Station Islington Row Middleway, Birmingham

City of the Dead first ran during A Matter of Life and Death Festival in 2017 and we are delighted to see that Ben is bringing it back, although you'll […]

£5

Gallery Workshop | Let’s Explore: Dying Matters

The Barber Institute of Fine Art University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

About this event Artists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, group discussion and […]

Free

Meet the Undertakers

A Natural Undertaking 290 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham

Kings Heath undertakers A Natural Undertaking will be holding an open evening at their premises on Tuesday May 7th. The event will give visitors a chance to discover how undertakers help, to hear stories of inspirational funerals and to ask questions.

Death Café at The Coffin Works

The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

A death café with refreshments and including a taster tour of the courtyard and Stamp Shop at The Coffin Works.

Discover the Birmingham Catacombs walking tour

Jewellery Quarter Station Vyse Street, Birmingham

Join the popular guide Kevin Thomas on this walking tour, in association with Brum YODO, to discover one of the city’s best-kept secrets, From the druid burial that should be at Stonehenge; the graves of Alfred Bird of Birds custard, the man who invented tennis and the inventor of the lightbulb to the Jewellery Quarter’s connection with the Titanic and the printer whose embalmed body was moved around Birmingham.

£15