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THIS WEEK’S GIGS: Thursday 1st October – Thursday 8th October (Click on day)
* Thursday * Friday * Saturday * Sunday * Monday * Tuesday * Wednesday * Thursday *
Other links: * Venue locations * Promoters * Other gig lists * BBC WM Introducing *
The gig list is compiled from venue gig listings, promoters’ gig listings, bands’ gig listings on their respective myspace pages and from messages from bands and promoters. Sometimes, there appears to be a conflict between who a promoter or venue states is playing and which bands say they are playing. If I can’t resolve the conflict via myspace messages then I leave the gig off the list to avoid confusion.
The gig list is featured on BBC WM Introducing presented by Brett Birks and Louise Brierley: 8pm Thursdays 95.6FM and online: BBC WM Introducing (BBC page).
Venue locations
(click on name)
Academy/Bar Academy
Actress And Bishop
Adam And Eve
Atticus
Barfly/Sanctuary
Bull’s Head
Canal Club
Chestnut Tree
Civic Hall/Wulfrun Hall/Little Civic
Factory Bar/Custard Factory
Flapper
Fox And Goose
Glee Club
Golden Cross
Hare And Hounds
Island Bar
Katie Fitzgerald's
Midlands Arts Centre
Mono
NEC Arena
Planet
Roadhouse
Scruffy Murphy’s
Soak
Sound Bar
Spotted Dog
Sunflower Lounge
Symphony Hall/NIA
Taylor John’s/Tin Angel
Varsity
Wharf 10
Other West Midlands gig lists and resources (Click name):
The Birmingham Gig Guide
Gig list for Birmingham. (Several weeks and months ahead where gigs are known.)
Live Brum
Events lists for Birmingham. (Gigs, theatre, clubs, etc.)
Coming Up Birmingham
Weekly gig list for Birmingham (Monday - Sunday).
Surge Music
Gig list for West Midlands, including Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
Birminghamusic
General resource for music in Birmingham.
What’s On In Coventry
Gig list for some Coventry venues.
Cov Scene
Forum for discussing music in Coventry
Wolverhampton Rocks
Birmingham Nightlife
Gig and club nights resource and information for Birmingham.
Birmingham Live
Gig reviews.
Birmingham Rocks
West Midlands promoters (Click name):
N.B. For bands: Please check promoters' respective Terms And Conditions carefully: Some promoters operate a minimum ticket sales policy that may result in pay-to-play if the minimum total sold isn't attained by the band.
Central Birmingham
444
Barfly, Yardbird, Sound Bar and Rainbow, Birmingham. Several gigs each week
Arc
Sound Bar and Swinging Sporran, Birmingham. Every Tuesday at Sound Bar, every Wedensday at Swinging Sporran.
The Autumn Store
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Bandsamungus
Island, Birmingham and Flannigan’s, Wolverhampton
Birmingham Jazz
Jazz. Symphony Hall Foyer and Bar and Yardbird, Birmingham.
Birmingham New Music Scene
Occasional gigs.
Black Scorpion
Old Wharf, Digbeth.
Bon-Fire
The Institute, Digbeth.
Burn The Jukebox
C And J
Actress And Bishop, Birmingham. Every Wednesday at Actress And Bishop.
Capsule
Factory Club, Custard Factory, Digbeth and Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath.
The Catapult Club
Bar Academy, Birmingham, Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath and elsewhere. Several gigs each week.
Chicks Dig Jerks
Various venues in Birmingham.
Club Bomb
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham. Every Wednesday and every second and fourth Friday of the month.
Club NME
The Place I Love, Birmingham. Every Thursday.
Club Uncooked
Cobweb Collective
Yardbird, Birmingham. Jazz.
Cool Katz
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham. Fourth Thursday of the month.
Connect Four
Island Bar, Birmingham. Second Thursday of each month. Electronica.
Duck's Bath Philharmonics
Island Bar, Birmingham
Emma Scott Presents
Various venues in Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Freakin' Legend
Island, Birmingham. Once a month.
FV Live
Various venues in Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Go! Club
Old Wharf, Digbeth. Three gigs a week
Goo
Woom Gallery, Jewellery Quarter.
Gran And Pop
Island Bar and Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Humbucker
Sound Bar, Birmingham. Every Tuesday.
The Icons Present
Mono Bar, The Arcadian, Birmingham.
Improvisation Birmingham
Improv. Hexagon Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, The Victoria and Lamp Tavern, Birmingham. Quarterly at Midlands Arts Centre, every other Tuesday at Lamp Tavern and once a month at The Victoria.
Indie-Go!
Sound Bar, Birmingham.
It’s Just Noise
Rainbow, Digbeth One gig a month.
Likely Lads
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Live Box
Drum, Birmingham. Jazz and Hip-Hop.
Loop
Adam And Eve, Digbeth, Actress And Bishop, Birmingham and Old Moseley Arms, Balsall Heath.
Media Assassin
Actress And Bishop, Birmingham. Every Saturday.
Millennium Of Blood
Various venues in Birmingham. Metal.
Mob Monday
On Dry Land
Occasional gigs
One Night Stand
Island Bar, Birmingham. Once a week, acoustic.
Pandora
Scruffy Murphy's, Birmingham.
Pink Flamingo
Sound Bar, Birmingham. Most Wednesdays.
Platform
Sound Bar, Island Bar and Spotted Dog, Birmingham and Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath. Two or three gigs a week.
Project X
Occasional gigs at various venues in Birmingham.
Radio Black Forest
Occasional gigs.
Rehab
Black Horse, Aston. Every Saturday.
Rehab 2
Swinging Sporran, Birmingham. Every Saturday.
Rehab Records
(no connection to Rehab, above) Various venues in Birmingham. Two or three gigs a week. Jazz
Robot Professor
Concrete. Last Friday of every month.
Robot Vs. Dinosaur
Island, Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Second City
Various venues in central Birmingham. Occasional gigs.
Secret Music Club
Nicole's, Hockley. Every Wednesday.
Skeleton Crew
Actress And Bishop, Birmingham. One Friday a month.
Slam Dunk
Punk.
The Soul Food Cafe
Jazz and Funk. Yardbird, Centenary Square, Birmingham. Every Saturday.
Spotted Dog Gigs
Sound Bar, Birmingham.
Stop Scratching
Rooty's, Custard Factory and Rainbow, Birmingham.
Sunflower Sessions
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham. Mainly acoustic. Usually, once a month on Sunday, late afternoon/early evening
10 Lives
Flapper, Birmingham.
This City Has An Offering
Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham.
This Is Tomorrow
Yardbird, Birmingham. Mainly acoustic. Usually, a gig a week
Wooden Shed
Island, Birmingham. Every Wednesday.
Birmingham suburbs
A Slice Of The Pie
Bull's Head, Moseley
Bazaar
Various venues in Moseley and Kings Heath. Cabaret. Occasional gigs.
The Beat Club
Ceol Castle, Balsall Heath.
Bohemian Jukebox
Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath. Every other Tuesday.
Clifton Sessions
Clifton Road Youth Centre, Sutton Coldfield.
Cold Rice
Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath.
Crossroads Blues Club
Tower Of Song, Cotteridge. Every Thursday. Blues.
Curate's Egg
Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath. One or two gigs a month.
Dirty Laundry
Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath. Last Saturday of every month.
DNA
Chestnut Tree, Sheldon. Two gigs a week.
Flatout
Schofield’s, Great Barr.
Kite
Chestnut Tree, Sheldon. Two or three gigs each week
Rea River Roots
Tower Of Song, Cotteridge. Every Wednesday. Folk.
Sheepromotions
Chestnut Tree, Sheldon.
World Unlimited
Midlands Arts Centre, Moseley, and other venues. Folk music from around the world.
Coventry
Acoustic Escape
Acoustic. Escpae Bar, Coventry. Every Wednesday.
Acoustic Rooms
Acoustic. Phoenix, Coventry and Soak, Selly Oak. Every Monday at Phoenix, every Thursday at Soak.
Break On Through
Rockin' Horse, Coventry. Every Saturday.
Ditch the TV
Albany, Earlsdon. Every last Friday of the month. Acoustic.
Ghost Town
Taylor John’s, Coventry. One or two gigs a week.
Jam
Escape, Coventry. Every Tuesday.
Kapow
Phoenix, Coventry. Every Thursday.
Six30Nine
Tuns, Coventry. Every Monday.
Stourbridge
Acoustic Brew
Acoustic. Atticus, Bearwood and Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge. Every Wednesday at Katie Fitzgerald's, every Sunday at Atticus.
The Dark Blue Boogaloo
Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge. One gig a week on Friday
Get Heard
Rock Cafe, Stourbridge and Little Civic, Wolverhampton.
KFFM
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge. Last Monday of each month.
Wolverhampton
Live At The Planet
Planet, Wolverhampton. Every Friday.
Monday's Don't Mean Anything
Moscow Bar, Wolverhampton. Every Friday.
Neon Empire
Canal Club, Wolverhampton.
Pop
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton.
Revolution
Little Civic, Wolverhampton.
West Midlands venues (Click name):
Barfly, Digbeth
Gigs most nights.
Academy, Birmingham
Three venues: Academy, Academy 2 and Bar Academy. Gigs most nights at Bar Academy and at one of Academy and Academy 2.
Adam And Eve, Digbeth.
Several gigs a week.
Black Horse, Aston
Civic Hall and Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
Earlsdon Cottage, Coventry
One or two gigs each week.
Flapper
Every Friday And Saturday
Glee Club, Birmingham
Two or three gigs each week.
Hollybush, Cradley Heath.
Every other Sunday.
Jug Of Ale, Moseley
No gigs anymore
Kasbah, Coventry
Gig every Saturday
Liquid Bar, Coventry
Folk and Jazz.
Little Civic, Wolverhampton
Four or five gigs each week.
Mint, Coventry
Every Friday.
Planet, Wolverhampton
Raggy and Tuns, both Coventry.
Roadhouse, Merry Hill.
One gig a week.
Sound Bar, Birmingham
Three or four gigs each week.
Stein Bar, Walsall
Swinging Sporran, Birmingham
About three gigs each week.
Symphony Hall, NIA and NEC, Birmingham
Taylor John’s and Tin Angel, Coventry
Three or four gigs each week.
Tower Of Song Cafe, Cotteridge
Two or three gigs a week.
Varsity, Wolverhampton
Four or five gigs each week.
The Way Inn, Sutton Coldfield
Wharf 10, Walsall
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