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Video premiere: Watch Brain Food’s ‘Forbidden Tongue’ video

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Sophie Hack Brain Food, The Night Owl

Midlands psych quartet Brain Food have released the video for new single ‘Forbidden Tongue’, taken from their new EP released March 13th. Watch it exclusively here.

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Independent music venues keep music thriving in Birmingham, but for how long?

January 27, 2020January 31, 2020 Sophie Hack Birmingham, Hare and Hounds, Independent Venue Week, The Castle and Falcon, The Night Owl

Independent Venue week is here again, bringing the UK’s venues together, but it seems Birmingham isn’t getting the recognition is deserves.

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Halloween 2019: The 10 best events in Birmingham

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 Sophie Hack bad girls, brexit, button factory, castle and falcon, cave girl, club night, fruit tones, halloween, Jewellery Quarter, le freak, minerva works, mockingbord, Snobs, Swampmeat, The Night Owl, The Old Crown

Rise like the dead for some of the best parties around the Birmingham block, from gigs to club nights, tea parties to tequila tasting.

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October 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Sophie Hack cave girl, Centrala, Exhailers, FLARES, fruit tones, homeowner, leather party, Mutes, O2 Academy, only sun, shanghai blues, The Castle and Falcon, The Cosmics, The Night Owl, The Sunflower Lounge, The Victoria, Thyla, Violet

Forget the dreary weather and darker skies, Birmingham is alive and kicking with local and touring bands, and all for less than a tenner.

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September 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

September 1, 2019September 11, 2019 Sophie Hack 11 57, Captain Suun, devil and joe joseph, Echo Beach!, Froth, harry jordan, james reidy, lincoln durham, pjj, pretty vile, strange cages, Sunflower Lounge, Tall Stories, Tempesst, The Assist, The Castle and Falcon, The Night Owl, the novus, the pines, the seamonsters, The Victoria, Watermark

Festival season may be over for another year, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had in good old Brum for less than a tenner.

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August 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Sophie Hack Black Mekon, Brain Food, castle and falcon, cherry pickles, Die Das Der, eliza may, flake, Handwaxx, Hare and Hounds, headshrinkers, high knucks, home of metal, kinda of light, mallorva, odmansbox, Outlander, pjj, Sonic Gun Weekender, SUE, Sugarthief, The Clause, The Dark Horse, The Flapper, The Lizards, the new righteous mood, The Night Owl, the sunflowe rlounge, the velvet tides, truman dinosaur

Satiate those mad music cravings with these ten high tenacity gigs in Birmingham, all for less than a tenner.

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Digbeth soul and retro club The Night Owl announces debut festival

June 25, 2019 Richard Franks Birmingham, Digbeth, The Night Owl

The Night Owl to celebrate 50 years of famous festival Woodstock with Owlstock this August

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Digbeth’s soul and retro club The Night Owl to celebrate fourth birthday

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Sophie Hack celebration, Festival, retro, soul, summer, The Night Owl, whats on

Digbeth’s soul and retro nightclub celebrates a milestone of four years of great music, celebrating with a birthday weekender in July.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this June for less than a tenner

June 4, 2019July 18, 2019 Sophie Hack Bryony Williams, castle and falcon, cave girl, Creatures, Dark Horse, Die Das Der, gaygirl, Handwaxx, hannah brown, Health and Efficiency, Hoopla Blue, independent country, kinfs od light, labelled dead, luka state, Meme Detroit, not normal not ok, odmansbox, Sam Hollis, Sofa King, Sunflower Lounge, Swampmeat Family Band, taboo club, Tall Stories, the butters aliens, The Night Owl

Forget the European summer festivals, all the punk, country, indie and alternative music you’ll ever need is all in Birmingham this June.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this May for less than a tenner

May 1, 2019May 9, 2019 Sophie Hack arcade hearts, Black Mekon, Brain Food, Calvin Johnson, cave girl, Centrala, cherry pickles, DAME, George Pannell, hamer, Hare and Hounds, harry jordan, henrik appel, methods, Spilt Milk Society, spinn, stonefield, Sunflower Lounge, Swampmeat Family Band, The Castle and Falcon, The Flapper, The Mighty Young, The Moving Pictures, The Night Owl, the nude party, the pines, weakened friends, whitelights

We’ve rounded up (just a small handful) of the best, super value gigs in Birmingham so you don’t have to. You’re so welcome.

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