Events

The ever changing RBSA Membership is given the opportunity to exhibit current work every year in the Society’s flagship show, the RBSA Annual Exhibition.

In 2025, the Society welcomed 16 new Associates, and four artists were elected to become full Members. This annual growth ensures the survival of the RBSA and means that, not only is this yearly exhibition a showcase of work, it is also a celebration of the continued success of one of the oldest art societies in the country.

An incredible broad spectrum of practices are represented in the show and visitors can expect to see paintings, drawings, textiles, photography, ceramics, prints, and sculpture. All of the work in the exhibition is for sale and pieces by the RBSA Membership are held in both public and private collections around the world.

Since the first Annual Exhibition in 1827, there remain only three years during which the show could not be held, 1940, 1941, and 2020. The RBSA Archive holds copies of exhibition catalogues for the vast majority of these events and recent, full colour, editions continue this tradition.

Exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery at various times throughout the show to talk to visitors.

Private View: Thursday 20 November 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Exhibition closes: Saturday 3 January 2026 5.00pm

Featured image: Bing Shi RBSA, Sunset On Oxford Canal At Thrupp

Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm

Blue Orange Arts and Panto Ever After presents –

St Paul’s Church are pleased to welcome Fever and their Candlelight concert series for this night of Christmas Classics.

Please note this is an external hirer, please contact here https://feverup.com/m/254797 for any more information or queries.

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Birmingham. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Classics at St Paul’s Church (Birmingham) under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: St Paul’s Church (Birmingham)
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible
❓ View the FAQs for this event here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KvuXYi-1LD8eYZwhjEO-e4rJP0IRIlK9kBh7dre3yL8/pub
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here https://candlelightexperience.com/groups/#groups-form
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts https://feverup.com/en/birmingham/candlelight in Birmingham
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here https://feverup.com/m/123266

Programme

• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
• Greensleeves
• Carol of the Bells
• O Holy Night
• O Tannenbaum
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Feliz Navidad – José Feliciano
• Jingle Bells
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
• Love is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Once Upon a December from Anastasia – Stephen Flaherty
• Maestro from The Holiday – Hans Zimmer
• It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Michael Bubblé
• Last Christmas – Wham!

Performers

* String Quartet -The Sekine Quartet

St Paul’s Church are pleased to welcome Fever and their Candlelight concert series for this night of Christmas Classics.

Please note this is an external hirer, please contact here https://feverup.com/m/254797 for any more information or queries.

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Birmingham. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Classics at St Paul’s Church (Birmingham) under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: St Paul’s Church (Birmingham)
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible
❓ View the FAQs for this event here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KvuXYi-1LD8eYZwhjEO-e4rJP0IRIlK9kBh7dre3yL8/pub
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here https://candlelightexperience.com/groups/#groups-form
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts https://feverup.com/en/birmingham/candlelight in Birmingham
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here https://feverup.com/m/123266

Programme

• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
• Greensleeves
• Carol of the Bells
• O Holy Night
• O Tannenbaum
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Feliz Navidad – José Feliciano
• Jingle Bells
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
• Love is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Once Upon a December from Anastasia – Stephen Flaherty
• Maestro from The Holiday – Hans Zimmer
• It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Michael Bubblé
• Last Christmas – Wham!

Performers

* String Quartet -The Sekine Quartet

Birmingham in the 19th-century was hailed as the ‘workshop of the world’. The Jewellery Quarter was its busy hub, producing jewellery, silver and tableware.

About 40% of British jewellery is still made there. Behind a frontage of terraced houses, J.W.Evans Silver Factory is among its most complete surviving historic factories. Crammed with tools and equipment, it’s preserved as if the workers might return at any minute.

Tours

Entry to J.W Evans is through guided tours only and advance booking is essential. Tours will be available every Friday from Friday 7 November to 27 March 2026. This excludes 26 December and 20 February 2026.

Take an evening to escape the festive rush and immerse yourself in a concert of spellbinding music, a quietly beautiful celebration of mystery, wonder and the deep, still heart of the season, performed by candlelight. Expect some of your favourite carols, and discover a treasure trove of gorgeous new – and old – music and readings that explore the magic, humour and peace of Christmas.

Programme includes:

• Away in a manger – WJ Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks
• Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
• Gentle Flame – Liz Dilnot Johnson
• Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten
• In the stillness – Sally Beamish
• O Adonai – Roderick Williams
• Once in royal David’s city – HJ Gauntlett/C F Alexander
• The Long Road – Ēriks Eŝenvalds
• Thus Angels sung – Orlando Gibbons

Plus readings by George Herbert, Ben Okri, Gervase Phinn, and from the Gospel of Luke.

“Ex Cathedra stood out for the way they combine technical excellence with humanity and warmth. They’re seriously professional but also love the music into being, and I don’t think any choir in Britain does that better.” (Michael White, Catholic Herald)

The running time is approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
You are invited to bring your own refreshments for the interval.
Early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment as we are only giving three performances at St Paul’s Church again this year.

Please note the start times carefully. Please also note that the concert on Saturday 20 December is a full-length concert with each half lasting 45-50 minutes. Families are welcome to attend but this is not the “Angels, Stars & Kings” family Christmas concert we have performed in the past.

EX CATHEDRA
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Nicholas Wearne organ

“One of the UK’s very best choirs”

New York Times

Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment

Tickets:

• £48 / £38 / £28 / £21 including per ticket commission
• £15 – aged 18-30, not in full-time education
• £8 – under 18s and students in full-time education

Booking link: click here https://excathedra.co.uk/event/2526-christmas-music-birmingham/

Refreshments will be available to buy during the interval.

Access: Everyone is welcome at our concerts. You may like to note that each half of this concert is performed as an uninterrupted sequence and the atmosphere will be quiet and still for extended periods. Visit Ex Cathedra’s website for full access details.

Running time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Take an evening to escape the festive rush and immerse yourself in a concert of spellbinding music, a quietly beautiful celebration of mystery, wonder and the deep, still heart of the season, performed by candlelight. Expect some of your favourite carols, and discover a treasure trove of gorgeous new – and old – music and readings that explore the magic, humour and peace of Christmas.

Programme includes:

• Away in a manger – WJ Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks
• Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
• Gentle Flame – Liz Dilnot Johnson
• Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten
• In the stillness – Sally Beamish
• O Adonai – Roderick Williams
• Once in royal David’s city – HJ Gauntlett/C F Alexander
• The Long Road – Ēriks Eŝenvalds
• Thus Angels sung – Orlando Gibbons

Plus readings by George Herbert, Ben Okri, Gervase Phinn, and from the Gospel of Luke.

“Ex Cathedra stood out for the way they combine technical excellence with humanity and warmth. They’re seriously professional but also love the music into being, and I don’t think any choir in Britain does that better.” (Michael White, Catholic Herald)

The running time is approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
You are invited to bring your own refreshments for the interval.
Early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment as we are only giving three performances at St Paul’s Church again this year.

Please note the start times carefully. Please also note that the concert on Saturday 20 December is a full-length concert with each half lasting 45-50 minutes. Families are welcome to attend but this is not the “Angels, Stars & Kings” family Christmas concert we have performed in the past.

EX CATHEDRA
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Nicholas Wearne organ

“One of the UK’s very best choirs”

New York Times

Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment

Tickets:

• £48 / £38 / £28 / £21 including per ticket commission
• £15 – aged 18-30, not in full-time education
• £8 – under 18s and students in full-time education

Booking link: click here https://excathedra.co.uk/event/2526-christmas-music-birmingham/

Refreshments will be available to buy during the interval.

Access: Everyone is welcome at our concerts. You may like to note that each half of this concert is performed as an uninterrupted sequence and the atmosphere will be quiet and still for extended periods. Visit Ex Cathedra’s website for full access details.

Running time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Take an evening to escape the festive rush and immerse yourself in a concert of spellbinding music, a quietly beautiful celebration of mystery, wonder and the deep, still heart of the season, performed by candlelight. Expect some of your favourite carols, and discover a treasure trove of gorgeous new – and old – music and readings that explore the magic, humour and peace of Christmas.

Programme includes:

• Away in a manger – WJ Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks
• Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
• Gentle Flame – Liz Dilnot Johnson
• Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten
• In the stillness – Sally Beamish
• O Adonai – Roderick Williams
• Once in royal David’s city – HJ Gauntlett/C F Alexander
• The Long Road – Ēriks Eŝenvalds
• Thus Angels sung – Orlando Gibbons

Plus readings by George Herbert, Ben Okri, Gervase Phinn, and from the Gospel of Luke.

“Ex Cathedra stood out for the way they combine technical excellence with humanity and warmth. They’re seriously professional but also love the music into being, and I don’t think any choir in Britain does that better.” (Michael White, Catholic Herald)

The running time is approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
You are invited to bring your own refreshments for the interval.
Early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment as we are only giving three performances at St Paul’s Church again this year.

Please note the start times carefully. Please also note that the concert on Saturday 20 December is a full-length concert with each half lasting 45-50 minutes. Families are welcome to attend but this is not the “Angels, Stars & Kings” family Christmas concert we have performed in the past.

EX CATHEDRA
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Nicholas Wearne organ

“One of the UK’s very best choirs”

New York Times

Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment

Tickets:

• £48 / £38 / £28 / £21 including per ticket commission
• £15 – aged 18-30, not in full-time education
• £8 – under 18s and students in full-time education

Booking link: click here https://excathedra.co.uk/event/2526-christmas-music-birmingham/

Refreshments will be available to buy during the interval.

Access: Everyone is welcome at our concerts. You may like to note that each half of this concert is performed as an uninterrupted sequence and the atmosphere will be quiet and still for extended periods. Visit Ex Cathedra’s website for full access details.

Running time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Blue Orange Arts presents –

St Paul’s Church are pleased to welcome Fever and their Candlelight concert series for this night of Christmas Classics.

Please note this is an external hirer, please contact here https://feverup.com/m/254797 for any more information or queries.

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Birmingham. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Classics at St Paul’s Church (Birmingham) under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: St Paul’s Church (Birmingham)
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible
❓ View the FAQs for this event here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KvuXYi-1LD8eYZwhjEO-e4rJP0IRIlK9kBh7dre3yL8/pub
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here https://candlelightexperience.com/groups/#groups-form
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts https://feverup.com/en/birmingham/candlelight in Birmingham
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here https://feverup.com/m/123266

Programme

• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
• Greensleeves
• Carol of the Bells
• O Holy Night
• O Tannenbaum
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Feliz Navidad – José Feliciano
• Jingle Bells
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
• Love is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Once Upon a December from Anastasia – Stephen Flaherty
• Maestro from The Holiday – Hans Zimmer
• It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Michael Bubblé
• Last Christmas – Wham!

Performers

• String Quartet -The Sekine Quartet