Home of Metal Black Country Weekender
01.09.2011 — 04.09.2011
Home of Metal Black Country Weekender
Roll up and rock on as the Home of Metal Black Country Weekender comes to your town. Join in the festivities from 1-4 September as Home of Metal lets loose across the Black Country to continue our celebration of the music that was born here. Join in the fun with great Heavy Metal related family activities, film screenings, exhibitions and live music. The weekend is bursting with events all inspired by Heavy Metal and its unique birthplace.
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Thursday 1st September
11am–3pm | Really Heavy Family Activities | The Public | Free
3-8pm | Vintage Mobile Cinema | Wolverhampton's Queen Square | Free
5.30pm –8pm | Home of Metal Weekender Launch & Chris Coekin Book Launch | Wolverhampton Art Gallery | Free
8pm | Heavy Heads | Walkabout pub, Wolverhampton | Free
Friday 2nd September
10am-4pm | Dudley Rocks! | Dudley Museum & Art Gallery | Free
11am – 3pm | Really Heavy Family Activities | The Public | Free
12am-5pm | Roots of Metal | The Public | Free
2pm-3pm | An Insight Into Music Journalism Panel | University of Wolverhampton | £5
6pm-9pm | Between the Hammer and the Anvil | The New Art Gallery Walsall | Free
6.30pm | Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey | Light House | £5.80/£4.40,
7.30 - 9.30pm | Bat Walk | Haden Hill House | Booking essential £3.50 per person under 12s £2
7.30pm | Blaze Bayley and Jase Edwards | The Public | £8 adv/£10 otd
9.15pm | Dream Deceivers | Light House | £5.80/£4.40
11pm | tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath) | Light House | £5.80/£4.40
Saturday 3rd September
10am-1pm | Saturday Art Club: Heavy Metal Madness | The Public | £2
11am – 3pm | Really Heavy Family Activities | The Public | Free
11am-5pm | Roots of Metal | Black Country Living Museum | Free (2 for 1 offer)
10.30am - 3.30pm | Metal Mayhem | Walsall Leather Museum | Free
11am – 4pm | Juneau Projects Attack! with Vintage Mobile Cinema | The New Art Gallery Walsall | Free
11.30am-3pm | Family Fun Day: Bilston Does Metal | Bilston Craft Gallery | Free
11am – 1pm | Art 4 Kids: Junk Rock | Wolverhampton Art Gallery | Free
11am – 5pm | 1940s Weekend | Bantock House Museum, Wolverhampton | Free
12-4pm | Musical Chairs | Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery | Free
2-3pm | Curator Tour: You Should be Living | Wolverhampton Art Gallery | Free
2pm | Promised Land of Heavy Metal | The Public | Free
4pm | Sound it out + Q&A Jeanie Findlay | The Public | Free
4.30 - 5.30pm | In Conversation With Nicholas Bullen, Mark Titchner & Damien Deroubaix | £5 otd
6pm | Screening/Q&A tbc FILM | Light House | £5.80/£4.40
7:30pm | Sack Sabbath & Motorkill | The Slade Rooms | £10
6pm - 9pm | In Bed with Chris Needham + Q&A + More Bad News | Light House | £5.80/£4.40
8.30pm - 11pm | Heavy Metal Parking Lot - Silver Jubilee | Light House | Free
11pm | The Beyond as selected by Shane Enbury (Napalm Death) | Light House | £5.80/£4.40
SUNDAY 4th September
10am-5pm | Roots of Metal | Black Country Museum | Free with museum entrance (2 for 1 offer)
11am – 3pm | Capture the Action: The Public Photo Studio | The Public | Free
11am – 6pm | The Sound of Metal + Vintage Mobile Cinema + Juneau Projects | Haden Hill House | Free
11am – 5pm | 1940s Weekend | Bantock House Museum | Free
12pm | Arena: Heavy Metal | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
1.30pm | Joe the Chainsmith + The Saturday Men | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
3.30pm | Metal Till I Die | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
3.30pm | Cathy Come Home + Tony Garnett Q&A | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
6pm | Film: Heavy Metal In Baghdad | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
8.30pm | This is Spinal Tap | Light House | £4.70/£4.20
OR, You can search for what's on near you by selecting a place below:
Bilston (Bilston Craft Gallery)
Cradley Heath (Haden Hill House)
Dudley (Dudley Museum and Art Gallery)
Tipton (Black Country Museum)
Walsall (The New Art Gallery Walsall and Walsall Leather Museum)
Wednesbury (Wednesburuy Museum and Art Gallery)
West Bromwich (The Public)
Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Light House)
OR you can choose by type of event!
