Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for September 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. *Scroll down for full listings by date.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, in association with Middle Child, presents A WORLD PREMIÈRE – REBEL MUSIC at The DOOR, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Thursday 19 September – Saturday 5 October. A Diverse Musical Legacy Of The Midlands Celebrated.
Regular Weekly Events..
The city’s finest disco, soul, eclectic DJs at Digbeth Dining Club every Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday with the ever diverse Nigh Owl round the corner. 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. 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. Digbrew also hosts some top DJs and live music most weekends as does Digbeth Works. For the best in blues check out Henry’s Blues every Tuesday at Bull’s Head Brum.
Recommended Music Events September 2019
| Matt’s Fest @ The Night Owl |
| Neighbourhd @ The Night Owl |
| Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth |
| The Shufflepack – Henrys Blues House @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| Frankie and The Witch Fingers, Thee MVPS, Krook Nootz @ Hare & Hounds |
| Open Mic night hosted by Luke Webley @ Actress & Bishop |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar |
| Kaleidoscope (Nonsuch, Super Lemon Days, Boogeyman and the Ghouls) @ The Night Owl |
| Live Latin Jazz @ Fiesta del Asado Solihull |
| After Edinburgh @ Hare & Hounds |
| High Vis The Anchor Take-Over @ The Anchor |
| 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 |
| Come Together With Stride @ The Night Owl |
| James Reidy Single Launch Party + Idol Pilots Society + Naomi Dawes @ The Castle and Falcon |
| Dead Pixels : Fifth Element Theme – £1 Entry Free to Play @ Mama Roux’s |
| UN:KNWN Presents: Vital, KY & Ben Snow @ The Mill |
| Format: Voigtmann & Julian Alexander @ Spotlight |
| Stable Sessions: The Bandidos @ The Stable |
| Solars / Echo Gecco / FORT / Jeremiah A.D. @ Actress & Bishop |
| Frequency presents Jey Kurmis, Yingyang B2B Ren Phillips @ Mama Roux’s |
| TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden |
| Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Tom Mason playing the good kind of music, 7pm – 12 @ The Ruin |
| The Night Owl’s Soul and Funk Brunch @ The Night Owl |
| Bez and Rowetta presents on the sixth day god created Manchester @ The Night Owl |
| Pythia + Special Guests @ The Castle and Falcon |
| Huey Morgan’s NYC Roof Party @ The Mill |
| TRMNL Rooftop Session #002 @ Lab11 |
| Moho: A Bizarre Journey @ Spotlight |
| Stable Sessions: DJ Craig Ward @ The Stable |
| Capsule Six / The Motive / Speakeasy / Returned Gifts / Vonics @ Actress & Bishop |
| Getting Away With It indie alternative clubnight @ Hare & Hounds |
| Pigeonhole @1000 Trades |
| Myriam Adams / The Silver Lines / Kasina @ The Victoria |
| Rai Kah Mercury / Murmur / Sleep Patterns @ Sunflower Lounge |
| Moho Summer Session & Hi Vis Party Free Entry @ The Old Crown |
| High Vis all dayer! live art and music from 11am, official afterparty from 10pm. With music from The Nextmen, Aries, Cromatouch and many more @ The Engine Room, Digbeth |
| High Vis Street Culture Festival Digbeth |
| Make it Reggae! Closing party @ The Night Owl |
| Northern Soul & Motown Night @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| Beer Blues Sunday ft co headliners: Neu’Shea & Ruth Kokumo @ Actress & Bishop |
| Frankie Lee + Paul McClure @ Hare & Hounds |
| Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth |
| Gipsy Rufina – Henrys Blues House @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| The Actress Acoustic Sessions @ Actress & Bishop |
| Sharon Shannon & Seckou Keita @ Hare & Hounds |
| Froth w/ Brain Food & The New Righteous Mood @ Hare & Hounds |
| Hattie Briggs / Danielle Cawdell / Silas Burke @ Cuban Embassy |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar |
| An Audience with Pearce Macca (The Clause) plus guests @ Actress & Bishop |
| King Khan’s Louder Than Death + support @ Hare & Hounds |
| Inme, LeBrock & Oxygen Thief @ Hare & Hounds |
| Lincoln Durham, Harry Jordan, Brass Hip Flask @ The Victoria |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| The Collective DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden |
| White Flag Dares + Ruth Kokumo + Jadey Leigh @ The Night Owl |
| Dig? Soul and retro club night @ The Night Owl |
| BBC Introducing: Spilt Milk Society + Flares + The Verse @ The Castle and Falcon |
| Next Noun’s on Me – Round 3 – Digbeth Dining Club @ Mama Roux’s |
| Ultimate Power @ The Mill |
| Boiler Room @ Lab11 |
| The Sums plus Roseville and Burnside @ Actress & Bishop |
| Fantastic! An 80s Club Night @ Hare & Hounds |
| The Common EP Launch @ The Victoria |
| TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden |
| Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Peaky Blinders Festival @ The Ruin |
| The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival @ Digbeth Arena |
| Afta Dark pres. The Birmingham Full Moon Party! @ Lab11 |
| Voyage presents: 1st Birthday w/ Leo Pol [2hr Live] @ Spotlight |
| Blue Dot Radio @1000 Trades |
| Third Eye Collective @ Mama Roux’s |
| Adrian Marx – A tribute to Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival @ Digbeth Arena |
| Tom Walker & Christie Reeves (Tom & Christie) @ Actress & Bishop |
| Emo Disco – In Love & Death Special @ Hare & Hounds |
| The Stones at RollKing Stones Fest 2019 @ Hare & Hounds |
| 56th Anniversary of Rolling Stones Birmingham Debut to be celebrated @ Fletchers and Hare & Hounds |
| Ferris & Sylvester / Sam Johnson @ Hare & Hounds |
| Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth |
| 58’s Blues Band – Henrys Blues House @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| Big Heath @ Hare & Hounds |
| Stephen Malkmus [solo] *SOLD OUT* @ Hare & Hounds |
| Free New Material Comedy Show @ The Victoria |
| ZUZU @ The Sunflower Lounge |
| Open Mic night hosted by Luke Webley @ Actress & Bishop |
| The Delegates UK Tour @ Hare & Hounds |
| New Material Night @1000 Trades |
| The Velveteers @ The Victoria |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar |
| Spear of Destiny @ Hare & Hounds |
| The Chesterf!elds @ Hare & Hounds |
| No Hot Ashes / Roma Co @ The Sunflower Lounge |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| The Collective + Barefoot In The Head DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden |
| Sensateria with The Sensation Seekers @ The Night Owl |
| Live Latin Jazz @ Fiesta del Asado Solihull |
| Jayda G, Eclair Fifi & Ruby Savage @ Cafe Artum |
| Headshrinkers / Handwaxx / The Fauna / The Raiders @ Actress & Bishop |
| Theon Cross @ Hare & Hounds |
| Jayda G, Eclair Fifi & Ruby Savage @ Hare & Hounds |
| Bermuda / Fat Cat / The Serpents / Afterglow / China Moon @ The Victoria |
| TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden |
| Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| The Ruin is 2! With Digbeth Funk and Soul sessions with Paul Finn and Michael McGhee, 7pm – 12 @ The Ruin |
| The Night Owl’s Disco Brunch @ The Night Owl |
| Marquis Drive (live indie and Britpop covers) @ The Night Owl |
| Dig? Soul and retro club night @ The Night Owl |
| Bleach + Kanvas + Stress Release + Just For Now + Chuck + Nameless Faces Band @ The Castle and Falcon |
| Cleverco Cabaret Show @ Mama Roux’s |
| Summer Of Love – Freshers Boogie + Circo pre party @ The Mill |
| 02.31 pres FLAVA D – Extended Set @ Lab11 |
| Freshers Rave @ Lab11 |
| Hare & Hounds hosts – Nu:Groove @ Hare & Hounds |
| Sum Cellar presents DJ Zinc @ Hare & Hounds |
| The Old Crowns 651st Birthday @ The Old Crown |
| Erase and Refind Mix tape night – indie to punk, rock to retro @ Digbeth Works |
| Sugarfoot Stomp Tea Party @ The Night Owl |
| David Bowie Tribute – Graham Bowie @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| Applebum Freshers Sunday Special @ The Mill |
| Steve Ajao Blues Giants @ Actress & Bishop |
| Xander & The Peace Pirates + Dizraeli @ Hare & Hounds |
| FUR / Sleepy Heads @ The Sunflower Lounge |
| Loco Disco: Freshers Ball @ Spotlight |
| Paul Gilbert @ The Mill |
| Camp Cope @ Hare & Hounds |
| Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth |
| David Moore Blues Band – Henrys Blues House @ The Bull’s Head, Brum |
| Freshers X @ The Mill Rooftop |
| Applebum / Birmingham / LAB11 / Block Party @ Lab11 |
| The Howl & The Hum / Talkboy @ Hare & Hounds |
| Nimbus • The Launch @ The Mill |
| SoulJam | Lost in Music | Birmingham Double Header Pt. 1 @ Lab11 |
| The Actress Acoustic Sessions @ Actress & Bishop |
| Get Loud 2019: Akala @ Hare & Hounds |
| Alex Francis @ The Sunflower Lounge |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar |
| Captain Suun + The Devil & Joe Joseph @ The Night Owl |
| Freshers Carnival x @ The Mill |
| TEKTU. Presents: Freshers 19 @ Lab11 |
| KOYO + MOHIT @ Hare & Hounds |
| 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: The Get Down Disco V 1970s Hip Hop @ The Night Owl |
| LOST Freshers Festival @ The Mill |
| Magic Door @ Lab11 |
| Visionbombing Live (Audio Visual Hip Hop Night) @ Cafe Artum |
| Fleetwood Mac Night @ Spotlight |
| Ghost Town x Hooker Club presents: Eliphino @ Hare & Hounds |
| The Arosa / Echo Gecco / Mosaics / Faith @ The Victoria |
| TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden |
| Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill |
| Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight! |
| Desert Island Discs vol. 11, 12pm – 7:30 – Richie Rundle 7:30 – 12 @ The Ruin |
| The Night Owl Takeover The Old Crown @ The Night Owl |
| Big Boss Man @ The Night Owl |
| Dig? Soul and retro club night @ The Night Owl |
| Arcade Hearts + Crymson @ The Castle and Falcon |
| Kings of the Rollers: Royal Rumble @ The Mill |
| The Acid Experiment @ Lab11 |
| PNKSLM’s Slime Ball @ Hare & Hounds |
| Heritage Breaks: Freestylers VS Blapps Posse (Matt/Aston DJ Set) @ Hare & Hounds |
| Shai Brides & Miss June Co-Headline Show @ The Flapper |
| Blue Nation / Hardwicke Circus / Mind At Large @ The Sunflower Lounge |
| The Night Owl Takeover @ The Old Crown |
| Shakedown presents: MeMe Detroit Plus Guests @ Actress & Bishop |
| Diddy Sweg – The Launch Party @ Hare & Hounds |
| Crow Black Chicken @ The Robin 2 in Bilston |
