Hare and Hounds goes Boho

Freakiest venue news of the year, perhaps, is that the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath is now under the same ownership as the Bulls Head in Moseley. This is not necessarily a bad thing – the H&H is an important venue on the Birmingham music scene and needs to be kept going – but … [Read more…]

The Festival of Xtreme Building

By golly it’s nearly June which means the Festival of Xtreme Building is about to start in Birmingham. Running from June through to September this is an “experiment in design and experimental structures where Birmingham’s citizens, private sector developers and Local Authorities can create structures and explore architectural ideas that will reflect their visions of … [Read more…]

Music: The Heathers

Keeping Secrets [audio:http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/the_heathers_secrets.mp3] MySpace (I’m going to do these randomly from now on. Bands and musicians can continue to send me mp3s and photos.)

Rudimentary Records launches

Rudimentary Records is a new record label set up by music industry students at UCE. They’re working with acoustic fixture Ben Calvert along with bands The Motive and The Boom!Cans. Rudimentary Records is aiming to play a part in the Birmingham music scene and expose the artists we feel are creating passionate music that Birmingham … [Read more…]

Shedding Light

The next exhibition in Light House‘s dedicated photography gallery is Shedding Light [Appropriation] by Anthony William Bye running from May 25th to July 13th. Appropriated stills have been captured from 1960s cinefilm to create this exhibition documenting episodes in lives from a personal, political and cultural perspective. The images are selected carefully from diverse films … [Read more…]

Fierce: Opening Party

The Fierce Festival Opening Party is this coming Friday at the Cotton Club (previously 52 Degrees North) on Hurst St. It’s free entry but you’re asked to email them to say you’re going. This might be part of the entertainment for the evening, put on by Gob Squad who’ll be performing their Who Are You … [Read more…]