We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Eastside Projects, Along Between and On The Lines, Saturday 29 June, 1–3.30pm May 21, 2013
- Eastside Projects, Lunch Club with Gregory Dunn, Friday 28 June, 1–2pm May 21, 2013
- Eastside Projects, Toolkit: Maximum Fidelity, Monday 17 June, 6.30–8.30pm May 21, 2013
- Eastside Projects, Curators Introduction, Thursday 6 June, 6.30–8.00pm May 21, 2013
- Sarah Farmer residency – update May 21, 2013
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- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Grand Union art gallery celebrates birthday with £100,000 grant May 23, 2013
- Birmingham Opera Company's airborne Mittwoch nominated for two major awards April 12, 2013
- Birmingham creatives flying high thanks to Honda advert March 14, 2013
- Birmingham Wholesale Markets to leave Digbeth, city council confirms March 12, 2013
- Review: Foals, at the Institute, Birmingham March 7, 2013
Author Archives: Midge
Retro World In The Evening Mail
Well it’s no secret that The Custard Factory is Birmingham’s very own Carnaby Street for all things cool and vintage so for Rob to open his second Retro World outlet there was a bit of a no brainer really. … Continue reading
Posted in Creative places and spaces, Custard Factory
Tagged memorabilia, retro, vintage
From B-Town to the D-Side.
Digbeth was recently named “The Shoreditch of Birmingham” Here’s an interesting piece in last Saturday’s Independent about the music scene in Birmingham (B-Town!!??) featuring some favourable hat tips to your favourite Digbeth venues http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/forget-madchester-its-all-about-the-btown-scene-8207631.html Tweet
Posted in Art, culture and that, Pubwatch, Rainbow, The Sound of Music
Tagged Live, Music, pubs, venues
Urban Village. Meet The Faces
Ever wondered about those fabulous people you see going in and out of The Custard Factory’s Urban Village retro emporium?. Well here’s a short behind the scenes video they did of the ‘find the face‘ winners photoshoot (warning: contains Fops!). Keep it … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Creative places and spaces, Custard Factory, Faces of Digbeth
Tagged retro, shops, vintage
The Westerner.
Forgive my indulgence but yesterday at an Adam & Eve allday noisefest a girl i know (Sam of The Alcohol Licks) started talking about some obscure Birmingham Punk short film she’d been in some years back. ‘To the Youtubes!’ i … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Faces of Digbeth, Pubwatch, The Sound of Music
Tagged pubs, punk, western
Rockabilly All Dayer at The Irish Centre
Saturday sees the 4th Rhythm & Booze Rockabilly alldayer bowl up at the Irish Centre featuring Band’s, Babes, Records and Clothes for the discerning 50′s connoisseur. Music from Dave Phillips, Keith Turner, Riverside Trio, Knocksville plus DJ’s Jim & Bill … Continue reading
Posted in The Sound of Music
Tagged Live, Music, rockabilly
Vintage Fair at the Custard Factory
Saturday sees this years first (quartely) visit from The Vintage Fair… “Join us in The Old Library (big green building) for stall upon stall of affordable vintage clothing, accessories and homewares mixed with vintage inspired handmade jewellery and clothing.” Always … Continue reading
Posted in Creative places and spaces, Custard Factory
Tagged Custard Factory, fair, vintage
Horror Movies at The Custard Factory
To be honest I’ve had this flyer for a while but have seen precious little other promotion for it so I wasn’t sure if it was still going ahead. However the Custard Factory gave it a plug this morning so … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that
Tagged bava, Event, horror
Network Music Festival
This weekend there’ll a whole bunch of eclectic electronic emissions to be heard (and seen) when the Network Music Festival plugs it’s laptops in at various Digbeth venues. “Presenting a diverse programme of laptop performances, live coding, communicating home-made musical … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, digital district, The Sound of Music
Tagged electronica, glitch, Music
The Old Wharf Closes.
Being tucked away up the road from a sex shop opposite a coach station The Old Wharf would be hard pushed to even make the final credits on ‘Location Location Location’ but nevertheless there it stood defiant in it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life, Pubwatch, The Sound of Music
Tagged closure, Live, Music, pub
Hot Rockin’ at the Irish Centre.
Ladywood Rockabilly club once again take to the road (well the A456 to Digbeth High St.) bringing another night of storming 50′s flavoured live music to the Irish Centre this Saturday. The Polecats and The Bravo Boys provide the tunes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, The Sound of Music
Tagged Live, Music, rockabilly