Birmingham Royal Conservatoire: Monthly Lunchtime Recitals

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students are playing free lunchtime recitals at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, one on the last Friday of every month. They run for 45 minutes, starting at 1:00pm, in the museum's Industrial Gallery.

The performances come from the Conservatoire, which has been training performers in the city since 1886 and turns out prize-winning concert pianists, folk ensembles and jazz bands. The Industrial Gallery itself is an ornate space with ironwork arches and large glazed roof windows, and the recitals run alongside the museum's exhibitions, so you can easily fit one in around a wander through the galleries.

Because it's a monthly series, it's an easy one to keep in the back of your mind for whenever you find yourself in town on a Friday afternoon. You don't need to book anything—it's free and drop-in, so you can just turn up and listen. The Industrial Gallery is inside the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on Chamberlain Square, B3 3DH. The recitals start at 1:00pm on the last Friday of the month and run for 45 minutes.