Brumbeat Live Music Guide – Christmas 2023!

Here’s our take on the coolest original live music nights in Birmingham this December 2023.

We search high and low to bring to you the best original music Brum has to offer each and every month.

1st December

Dominic Ingham @1000 Trades

2nd December

Mayunkiki & Surge @ pan-pan

3rd December

Dave Onions live @ Actress and Bishop

4th December

JAM JAH MONDAYS DJ Mr FIX (Skyline Radio) @ THE STATION PUB

6th December

Ice Cube + Cypress Hill + The Game @ Resorts World Arena

7th December

Kaleidoscope – Baby Vanga / J Drouzy / Astrofunken @ The Night Owl

Mickey Callisto @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

9th December

Turin Brakes – Ether Song 20th Anniversary @ O2 Institute 2

14th December

Sophie Ellis-Bextor @ Symphony Hall

15th December

Big Special @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

Plaid [Warp Records] @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

16th

MADNESS + Lightning Seeds @ Utilita Arena

Bedtime Stories live: tyger blue & okcandice @ pan-pan

1000 Trades Winter Party!

12 hours of enforced fun in your favourite winter hang out, with headline sets from Barcelona-based producer and DJ 12Tree and live music from Stroud 80s sycophants Popgang (think The Cure meets Public Service Broadcasting). Geeburd and his new 1000 Trades night R E S P E C T with the cream of late 80s/early 90s pop house, a journey through time and tempo with Matt Cottom’s Pitch Control and some serious broken beat machining + DJ Greg settles in the afternoon with his Eclectic Sessions.

20th December

The Loveless ft. Marc Almond @ Castle & Falcon

Regular Events..

First Sunday of every month

Come Sunday Jazz & Funk, 3.00pm-8.00pm Free! @ Cafe Artum

Mondays

Jam Jah Mondays ft Reggae & Dub sound system @ Dark Horse/The Statoin

Tuesdays

Contemporary live Jazz @ The Spotted Dog

Fridays

The Unique Experience takes place every Friday night ft live music and new bands showcasing the best of Birmingham at Hockley Social.

Saturdays

The Live Lounge every Saturday night ft new musicians, live acts spanning different genres also at Hockley Social.

Sundays

Live acoustic music @ The Anchor

And..

There’s plenty more out there each week, with regular live music and DJs at 1000 Trades, Cafe Artum, The Actress & Bishop, The Night Owl, Hare & Hounds, Sunflower Lounge, Scruffy Murphys, Subside, Deadwax, Fletchers Bar, Rock N’ Roll Brewhouse, Gunmaker’s Arms, Sun On The Hill, Snobs, Lab 11, The Ruin, Stir Stores and Nortons.