- Plus International Design Festival – Now’s you last chance to make your application to exhibit, speak or run a workshop at the 2008 Plus International Design Festival. All proposals must be made via the Plus website (www.youplusus.net) by midnight Friday 17 October 2008. Rumour has it the festival will be held on Fazeley Street, but the venue has yet to be confirmed.
- Ladyhawke / Deluka / Death Ohh Eff / Electrilickers @ The Rainbow, Digbeth Monday 6th October 2008 – The Hearing Aid’s review of the gig.
- Connecting Digbeth – ‘Nicky is sort of the Hostess of Diggers, a cyber social networker if you will; keeping tabs on all of the goings on and her blog is like a drinks party (anyone for Pimms?) where you can find out about the recent Digbeth gossip and upcoming happenings.’ Flattery, my dear Melinda Schwakhofer, will get you everywhere!
- The Dubliner pub in Digbeth refurbished after fire – Spice Girls covers act Spice Aloud joined landlord Patrick Finn in a pint of the black stuff to mark the refurbishment of The Dubliner in Digbeth. Woo-hoo!
- Film Dash – On Friday 17 October at 6pm at the Old Library Theatre in the Custard Factory participating teams will be given a short briefing and the criteria for their films. At 7pm the teams will be set loose and will then have 48 hours to script, shoot and edit their films.
- Fluid Design: Bleep Bleep – Fluid is starting a new night at The Sanctuary called Bleep Bleep playing techno and such.
- Deritend Bridge, anyone know anything about it? – Situated between Digbeth High Street and Bradford Street, Deritend Bridge is a mixed use development comprising offices, shops, hotel and residential accommodation.
