Brumbeat Live Music Guide – August 2024!

Here’s our take on the coolest original live music nights in Birmingham this August 2024.

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

3rd Aug

MADE FESTIVAL @ XOYO

10 Years of MADE Festival ft Dizzee Rascal, Bru-C, Bou, 24 Hr Garage Girls, 4AM Kru, Window Kid + Support

4th Aug

The Melvin Hancox band @ Actress and Bishop

7th Aug

MIKE WILLIAMS @ upstairsatcherryreds

9th Aug

Back of the Bar: Token Honey and Jazzcat @ The Night Owl

11th August

The Witching Tale + Kavus Torabi (Gong) @ Hare & Hounds

12th Aug

Sheer Mag + Hey Alamo @ Hare & Hounds

14th Aug

Soul Sessions – Beatroot / The Fazeleys / Jasmine Marie + Guests @ The Night Owl

18th August

Pokey LaFarge @ The Castle & Falcon

20th Aug

Malice K @ Hare & Hounds

23 Aug

The Streets @ o2 Academy

24th Aug

Wych Elm + Mågnatas Court + Stay At Home & Die + The Genes @ the sunflower lounge

Jungle @ utilita arena

26th Aug

Owlstock, a one day celebration of peace and music @ Night Owl

Featuring live music from… Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix tribute), Wldflwrs presents The Last Waltz (A tribute to The Band), Exile on Trinity Street (The Rolling Stones Tribute), Jackie (Raggle Taggle Freakout Fuzz) + more TBA. Plus DJs Callum Gallagher, Liam McKeown, street food, record fair & stalls all day long.

27th Aug

Thus Love + Man/Woman/Chainsaw @ Hare & Hounds

28th Aug

HENRY HANSSEN @ upstairsatcherryreds

30th Aug – 1st September

MOSELEY FOLK & ARTS FESTIVAL ft Belle & Sebastian, Levellers, Dexy’s, Flogging Molly, Kate Rusby + many more.

30th Aug – 3rd September

Supersonic Festival @ various Digbeth venues

Ft: Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Gazelle Twin, Emma Ruth Rundle + more

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

Thursdays

Electro Blues @ The Spotted Dog

Fridays

Live Lounge 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.