Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for April 2019, offers original and alternative nightlife, gigs, parties and music listings. We work with local promoters and venues each month to ensure you won’t be missing out on the very best this city has offer.
For our pick of the best live music today and this month, check out our Youtube playlist below. Scroll down for full recommended listings.
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Regular Weekly Events..
The city’s finest disco, soul, eclectic DJs at Digbeth Dining Club every Thurs, Fri and Sat starting 24th Jan. The Victoria and Island Bar host a wide variety of funk, soul, disco and indie DJs every weekend with occasional live gigs upstairs at the Vic (check out Tikki Thurs at Island). The Sun on The Hill offers the best in indie DJs on weekends. The Actress & Bishop provides live acoustic and gig nights throughout the month with late entry! The Stable hosts a variety of DJs and live music throughout the month.
A range of regular monthly DJ and jazz nights nights take place at 1000 Trades (look out for Midnight Riot! with Yam Who? on the 20th). Not forgetting the best in balearic, house, disco and soul Saturday evenings and Collective, Soulshake, Loose Joints on Fridays at the Lord Clifden (the best Sunday Roasts too!). The Ruin, Digbeth is home to some of the city’s finest disco, funk and vintage house DJs every weekend. You can find soulful & funky live jazz at The Spotted Dog, Digbeth every Tuesday. Bourne & Co host DJ Damian Saturdays playing latin, soul, disco and boogie. You’ll also find DJ Morais Vibes at The Pint Shop spinnin’ his uicy disco grooves weekends.
Recommended Music Events April 2019
Mon 1 Apr 19
Neighbourhd Live progressive and urban music with jam session. 7:30pm @ The Night Owl
Tue 2 Apr 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Etta Bond + Piers James 14+ // 7pm // £12.50 @ Castle & Falcon
Henry’s Blueshouse @ The Bull’s Head
APRE @ Hare & Hounds
Wed 3 Apr 19
Marsicans + Childcare / Ivory Wave @ Mama Roux’s
NIGHT FLOWERS + HOMECOMINGS + THE SUNSET BEACH HUT @ The Sunflower Lounge
Bob Log III @ Hare & Hounds
Lady Bird @ Hare & Hounds
Keston Cobblers Club @ Red Lion
Thu 4 Apr 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Barive Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar
Telling Stories photo exhibition, from 6pm @ The Ruin
Har-De-Har Comedy Club @ Actress & Bishop
DREAM STATE + PARTING GIFT @ The Flapper
A night of psychedelic rock music including The Lizards at Birmingham’s Sunflower Lounge raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Action UK. @ The Sunflower Lounge
Fri 5 Apr 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Loose Joints DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Blur Parklife Anniversary Party Come Together celebrates 25 years of Blur’s Parklife with live tribute BLURry plus DJs Dom Cross & Mazzy Snape. 9Pm @ The Night Owl
Burning Rain (Keith St John and Doug Aldrich) + Special Guests 14+ // 7pm // £15 @ Castle & Falcon
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
The Night Owl’s Soul & Funk Brunch 60s and 70s soul and funk from DJs Steve Connelly & Tom Mason plus soul food from House of Hen and bottomless beer, punch or prosecco for the first hour. 12Pm @ The Night Owl
Get Stoned Live tribute to The Rolling Stones. 8pm @ The Night Owl
Dig? Soul and retro club night with DJs Randy Billings and Joel Webster. 11pm @ The Night Owl
Silent Disco – Bank Holiday April @ Actress & Bishop
Brumbeat – West Mids grooves all night long by DJ Snorkie @ 1000 Trades
Trevor Nelson’s Soul Nation – Bank Holiday Special @ The Mill
Heavy Beat Brass Band @ Hare & Hounds
Tue 23 Apr 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse @ The Bull’s Head
TOM SPEIGHT + SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Cuban Embassy
Wed 24 Apr 19
BEAR WITNESS LITTLE THIEF + KROOKED TONGUE @ The Sunflower Lounge
Mullally @ Hare & Hounds
Listening Sessions: April Showcase @ Hare & Hounds
Thu 25 Apr 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Barive Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar
Fundraising Night @ Actress & Bishop
THE NU + M A R C + ECHO GECCO @ The Sunflower Lounge
Fri 26 Apr 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Soulshake DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Le Freak Soul Train Special Disco, funk, soul and boogie and Soul Train dance off with DJs Josh Halliley, Tom Mason and Richard Buckley. 9Pm @ The Night Owl
T8pes Album Launch Party 18+ // 7pm // £6 @ Castle & Falcon
The Specials @ O2 Academy
Teefordaplug @ Lab 11
After Midnight / Hot Little Hands / The Blackwater Confederacy @ Actress & Bishop
Monkee House Launch @ Mama Roux’s
Judge Jules LIVE at The Mill @ The Mill
JOEL BAKER + SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Sunflower Lounge
Broken Minds Presents: Aries & Saxxon @ Hare & Hounds
Sat 27 Apr 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Nick Pride & The Pimptones A funky soul stew of phat grooves and beefy jazz breaks. 8pm @ The Night Owl
Dig? Soul and retro club night with Andrew Marshall and Steve Connelly. 11Pm @ The Night Owl
C Duncan + Before Breakfast 14+ // 7pm // £12.50 @ Castle & Falcon
Richie Rundle playing beats, edits, remixes from 7pm @ The Ruin
Richard Ashcroft @ O2 Academy
Sum Cellar 4th Birthday: Spooky @ Lab 11
Zen Free Party w/Marc Spence @ Suki10c
Article 19 / Façade / Turned it to Stone / Tokyo Storm / Boz @ Actress & Bishop
Parklife House Party Tour: Birmingham – in association with JD @ Mama Roux’s
Mungo’s Hi Fi Sound System x Legal Shot @ The Mill
Muskets // Violent Paradise in Birmingham @ The Victoria
INDIAN QUEENS + SAER + THE UPTONE GIRLS @ The Sunflower Lounge
Tekno Disco & Friends @ Hare & Hounds
Blues Club with The Clarksville Mountain Band @ Hare & Hounds
Sun 28 Apr 19
MAISIE PETERS + SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Sunflower Lounge
Mon 29 Apr 19
SKETCH + HEADSHRINKERS + SAMUEL ROGERS + HANDWAXX @ The Sunflower Lounge
The Midnight Hour: Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad @ Hare & Hounds
Tue 30 Apr 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
A Place To Bury Strangers + Special Guests 14+ // 7pm // £12 @ Castle & Falcon
