The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
He’s a poet, producer, firestarter; a songwriter-MC, multi-instrumentalist, raconteur… Dizraeli has always been an artist in a genre of his own. After twenty years in the game and fighting fitter than ever, Dizraeli is marking his platinum anniversary with a series of very special shows across the nation, including at Birmingham’s Hare & Hounds venue this Friday.
Grammy award-winning singer Ed Sheeran was spotted dancing and playing pool with Birmingham City FC fans at a Small Heath pub on Sunday (10 April) and then tucking into a curry in the city centre. Chart-topping musician Ed Sheeran, 31, drank and danced with fans at The Roost pub – which he attended with his…
A new all-star concept album billed as ‘a sonic love letter to Birmingham’ will be released to music fans across the world for free in June, for the Birmingham 2022 Festival. On Record, commissioned and produced by Birmingham Music Archive, will feature eleven original songs exclusively written and recorded by new and established city music…
Brummies are being invited to show off their rap skills this weekend, in a bid to win the chance of studio time with British rapper, songwriter and actor Kano – and all they have to do is replace 3 bars from the artist’s hit track ‘Pan-Fried’ in a specially made recording booth at the Bullring. To…
Birmingham based rapper Zara Sykes will be performing in Victoria Square this Saturday as part of Jamaica Independence Day celebrations in the city. Victoria Square in the city centre will be decked out for the Jamaica Independence Day celebrations this weekend, dominated by ‘Jamaica 0121’, a three-day festival marking Jamaica’s 57th year of Independence. The festival was formerly known as Jamaica…
Rapper Lowkey will be headlining a huge afterparty of hip-hop and art activism to mark the end of Free Radical’s Festival of Audacity this weekend, taking place at The Mill Digbeth. With a range of artists being headlined by award-winning hip-hop artist Lowkey, the event will celebrate the end of the Festival of Audacity which is…
Rapper Lowkey is returning to Birmingham for a special launch party to celebrate his latest album, ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle 2’. Described as “arguably the biggest name on the UK hip-hop underground scene” by The Guardian, the British music artist will be performing at the Glee Club in the city in April, and meeting fans after the…
Drake has announced his 2019 UK and EU dates for The Assassination Vacation Tour. The dates were announced by Drizzy himself on twitter. Birmingham has three dates.
BAFTA winner and social entrepreneur Akala confronted issues of race and class as part of a new book launched at Birmingham City University this evening. ‘Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire’ sees the MOBO award-winning artist discuss policing, education and politics, exploring issues which he considers are at the heart of the legacy…
Birmingham will host a spectacular open-air “Homecoming” celebration for Team England’s stars of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Victoria Square, Birmingham on Saturday, April 21. The free public party follows the official handover of the Games’ baton to Birmingham, which will stage the global sporting extravaganza in 2022.