Punch Records is one of the UK’s leading music and arts agencies, based in Birmingham

Who are Punch Records?

Punch Records is one of the UK’s leading music and arts agencies, based in Birmingham with a national reach. Committed to working with Black music, arts and culture, the agency’s mission is achieved through four central ‘pillars’: Creating, Touring, Programming and Educating by way of award-winning tours, festivals, international projects and innovative development programmes for young…

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Brilliant Brummies: Meet Paul Aleksander, Birmingham’s ‘Queen of the Night’ [PRIDE SPECIAL]

Activist and Drag Queen, Paul Aleksander is the co-founder of Birmingham’s infamous Dragpunk collective. The brand has amassed a cult following across social media hosting regular sell-out shows and events. We caught up with Paul to find out about his inspirations, the evolution of the Dragpunk collective and his plans for this years Birmingham Pride festival. 

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Tarju Le'Sano shares 'Communities Breathe', a spoken word piece about North Birmingham

Local artist launches spoken word video to encourage North Birmingham arts investment

A Birmingham based artist has created a powerful spoken-word piece illustrating the need for change in North Birmingham. Titled “Communities Breathe”, local artist Tarju Le’Sano has collaborated with Punch Records to spotlight some of the north of the city’s area’s best features, while highlighting the places which need improvement and arts funding.

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Birmingham illustrators will be teaching budding artists as part of a new creative comics course

Creative course launched for budding comic artists in Birmingham

Kicking off right here in the Midlands is an exciting new course aimed at would-be comic book artists in the area, tutored by the artists behind Spider-Man and Watchmen. With the tutorial skills of comic book professionals including John McCrea (Hitman, Judge Dredd, Spider-Man), Laura Howell (The Beano, The Regular Show) and Dave Gibbons who drew a little comic you may have…

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These Birmingham female creatives are supporting a possible relocation of Channel 4 to Birmingham

6 female creatives from Birmingham on why Channel 4 would be good for the city

There’s been much talk of broadcast giant Channel 4 relocating to Birmingham from its current home in London, and much of it from the Brum’s creative community. With all the discourse about the media giant potentially moving to the Midlands city (who wouldn’t want to? We are lovely here!) and with it being International Women’s Month, we decided to…

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