This is pretty impressive: Ken Jones of Bright Eyes has sent an incredible list of gigs he attended at the Town Hall (and other venues) from 1964 to 1974 Presumably that’s not Bright Eyes as in Conor Oberst’s band. Or maybe it is. In other Town Hall news, Classic FM have got an interview with Andrew … [Read more…]
Photo: Hotdogs by Matt Cattell A few festive bits and bobs happening around Birmingham… The Frankfurt Christmas Market closes on Friday 23 December, as does the Festive Pop Up Bazaar on New Street. It’s the BrumNotes/This Is Tmrw Christmas Party at The Victoria tonight. Click the link or ogle the poster below (sidenote: are Lewes Herriot‘s gig posters the … [Read more…]
Town Hall and Symphony Hall have got a shiny new website and a new video to show off the kind of things they put on. First up, the video, which was made by Vermillion Films: And then the website, which was built by Made Media (which is where I work, full disclosure fans). Also, blimey … [Read more…]
Town Hall Symphony Hall have released an animation created by Digbeth’s Second Home Studios about the workings of their famous organ. The film was commissioned by THSH, with the support of the DMC McDonald Foundation, and was created by animator Chris Randall at Second Home Studios to a poem by Symphony Hall’s poet-in-residence Julie Boden. … [Read more…]
Is Birmingham a city where it is easy to collaborate with others? I arrived in Birmingham in the summer of 2006, tasked with preparing Town Hall for its anticipated re-opening, due to happen 18 months later at the end of 2007. Although I had lived in the Midlands during my school years, I didn’t really … [Read more…]
Flatpack and Fierce have barely begun, but I’ve already been taking a sneak peek of a few of the things they’ve got going on, including Symphony of a Missing Room, the Vintage Mobile Cinema and a trip over to the Dirty End. Yesterday morning I headed over to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, for a … [Read more…]
It’s festivals a gogo with the Fierce and Flatpack festivals kicking off today with a whole load of interesting stuff coming to Birmingham between now and Sunday. You’ll no doubt have done the decent thing and booked up a load of tickets for both of these already but, if not, there should still be time. … [Read more…]
From time to time a disgruntled promoter will write something accusing the people of Birmingham of being an apathetic bunch who’d rather stay at home than go out and have a good time. See this post from a year ago for an example. James Cook has joined this cohort with a post titled ‘Why the … [Read more…]