The Alternative What’s On Guide
Grapevine Birmingham offers an alternative what’s on guide for Greater Birmingham. We offer visitors an insight into a cross section of culturally diverse and creative goings on in and around the city. Covering food & drink, arts, music & culture.
A window into the city, shining light onto some of the best fine dining restaurants, Indian restaurants, independent eateries, street food venues, music venues, DJ bars & nightclubs, cool cafes, tasty take-aways, stylish cocktail bars, sophisticated wine bars, craft ale bars, micro breweries, back street pubs, cinemas, theatres, independent clothes shops and.. boutique hotels for those looking for a place to stay!
Our reviewers, local business listings, marketing PR agencies, and friends provide us with regular up-to-date DJ & live music events, festivals, fashion & art exhibitions, movie guides, gig guides, food reviews, menu and new venue launches with a wide variety of local what’s on news in and around the West Midlands – including, business, community and charity events.
List Your Business or Event With Us!
Grapevine Birmingham receives many thousands of organic visitors each month, with over 21k local social media followers. There are options of business listings, features, social media shares, reviews, and event promotion across Greater Birmingham either by annual packages or one-off promotions.
Our brand collaborates with other local brands and organisations via their own social media and online presence such as BBC Birmingham, Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery with features shared by world renowned names such as Selfridges and Duran Duran to name but a few.
We are not funded by any organisation, rather, we find a balance between paid, and free listings which help us promote the best of Brum in an unbiased way – the paid content allows us to offer charities and solo arts/music listings free of charge!
If you would like to list a business, or event please get in touch by emailing: info@grapevinebirmingham.com
How It Started?
After several years writing for the BBC with various music articles, in 2012, Grapevine Birmingham was created in by Nick Byng to provide an online presence for the cooler goings on in the West Midlands.