Pitney stop

A little less than 24 hours from Tulsa, 1960s singer Gene Pitney is at Birmingham's Symphony Hall next week.

· January 30. £16.50, £18.50, £20.50. 0121-780 3333, necgroup.co.uk.

Magnificent seven

Art treasures from the seven historic properties known as the Great Houses of Scotland, among them Glamis, Blair and Dunrobin Castles, go on view today in Edinburgh.

· Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street. Until April 21, 10am-5pm, Monday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. Free. 0131-624 6200, natgalscot.ac.uk.

Not street legal

Racing motorbikes are on show at London's Alexandra Palace. Star riders are expected. Plus spectacular daily stunt riding and stands selling accessories and clothes.

· Road Racing and Superbike Show. Today until February 3. In advance/at door: £9 adults/£12 weekends, £10 weekdays. £4 seniors and 9-16 year olds/£6 or £5. 01440 704774.

Wizards remembered

Wales may not have made it to this year's World Cup finals but there have been better days. Recall them at The Welsh Wizards, whose memorabilia includes the shirt worn by John Charles on his international debut.

· Wrexham County Borough Museum, County Buildings, Regent Street. Until March 4. 10.30am-5pm Monday-Friday, 10.30am-3pm Saturday. Free. 01978 317970.

American heritage

The 1920s and 30s are recalled at Leeds Castle this weekend. Actors in period dress will evoke the time when Lady Baillie, then Olive Wilson Filmer and daughter of American socialite Pauline Whitney, bought the Kent pile and restored it. Her life is also the subject of a longer-running exhibition there.

· Exhibition runs until February 28. Admission included in castle tickets: £9.50 adults, £6 children 4-15, £8 concessions, £29 families. 01622 765400, leeds-castle.com.

Art of the 50s

With work by David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Peter Blake and others, the London art scene in the 1950s is the theme of an exhibition opening at the Barbican on Thursday.

· Gallery floor, level 3. January 31- April 14. 10am-6pm (closes 9pm Wednesdays), noon-6pm Sundays, Bank Holidays. £7. 020-7638 8891, barbican.org.uk.

Take these chains

All manner of things to do with cycling - new and second-hand - will be on sale tomorrow in Manchester.

· Velodrome National Cycling

Caught on film

Around 100 award-winning photographs of wildlife from urban garden creatures to endangered species are on show in Kent as the BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition goes on tour from London's Natural History Museum.

· Whitstable Museum. Until March 2. 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday. Free. 01227 276998, whitstable-museum.co.uk.