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Blackbox

The Night Owl, Digbeth, Birmingham
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Forget Broad Street – here’s where you should go out in Birmingham

December 4, 2016July 19, 2019 Counteract Reporter Amusement 13, Blackbox, Dares Bar, Digbeth, Hare & Hounds, Lab 11, Mama Roux's, Suki10c, The Dark Horse, The Night Owl, The Rainbow, Void

10 places we think you should try that best represent the scope and variety of nightlife in the second city.

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The Blackbox Birmingham
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Blackbox is the latest casualty in the war on Birmingham’s independent culture

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 Luke Charnley Birmingham, Blackbox, comment, Digbeth, gentrification, independent, Lab11, Nightlife, The Rainbow Venues

With the closure of another Birmingham venue, it’s time to talk about gentrification, and how to combat its effects on city culture

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Recent Posts

  • Martin Reynolds looks on the bright side with solo debut ‘Strange Days Indeed’ October 16, 2020
  • Editors, Happy Mondays & Friendly Fires to play new Wolverhampton festival October 16, 2020
  • Dorcha talk app design, the fifth dimension and new single, Last Minute October 15, 2020
  • Film review: The good lord offers little salvation in the horrific Saint Maud October 12, 2020
  • Interview: Bryony Williams discusses the ‘State I’m In’ October 12, 2020
  • Feature: Are the Cineworld closures the end of cinema as we know it? October 8, 2020
  • Film review: Dick Johnson Is Dead takes an unorthodox approach to death October 5, 2020
  • Film review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things is another knotty Kaufman trip September 5, 2020
  • Film review: Tenet dresses lean spycraft up with a messy cerebral flourish September 3, 2020
  • Birmingham anti-pop quartet Y!KES discuss the release of their new single and forthcoming EP August 18, 2020
  • How creative association Lock Down Brum has kept the community connected August 7, 2020
  • Review: Mike Skinner’s The Streets provide a glimmer of hope with ticketed live stream gig August 7, 2020
  • TV review: Mrs. America – an amazing drama draws dubious conclusions August 6, 2020
  • Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You August 1, 2020
  • 10 tracks that got us through the coronavirus lockdown July 25, 2020
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