Brumbeat Gig Guide June 2019

Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for June 2019, offers original and alternative nightlife, gigs, parties and music listings. We work with local promoters and venues each month to ensure you won’t be missing out on the very best this city has offer.

For our pick of the best live music today and this month, check out our Youtube playlist belowScroll down for full recommended listings.

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Regular Weekly Events..

The city’s finest disco, soul, eclectic DJs at Digbeth Dining Club every Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday. The Victoria and Island Bar host a wide variety of funk, soul, disco and indie DJs every weekend with occasional live  gigs upstairs at the Vic (check out Tikki Thurs at Island). The Sun on The Hill offers the best in indie DJs on weekends. The Actress & Bishop provides live acoustic and gig nights throughout the month with late entry! The Stable hosts a variety of DJs and live music throughout the month.

A range of regular monthly DJ and jazz nights nights take place at 1000 Trades. Not forgetting the best in balearic, house, disco and soul Saturday evenings and CollectiveSoulshakeLoose Joints on Fridays at the Lord Clifden (the best Sunday Roasts too!). The Ruin, Digbeth is home to some of the city’s finest disco, funk and vintage house DJs every weekend. You can find soulful & funky live jazz at The Spotted Dog, Digbeth every Tuesday. Bourne & Co host DJ Damian Saturdays playing latin, soul, disco and boogie. You’ll also find DJ Morais Vibes at The Pint Shop spinnin’ his juicy disco grooves weekends. Digbrewalso hosts some top DJs and live music most weekends as does Digbeth Works. For the best in blues check out Henry’s Blues every Tuesday at Bull’s Head Brum.

  • One for next month is Beer Central festival to be held at The Bond on the 5th and 6th July 2019 ft VerdantCloudwaterDj YodaKaiser Chiefs DJBrad Carter cheffing tickets are available now at https://beercentralfestival.com/tickets/

Recommended Music Events June 2019

Sat 1 Jun 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Sun 2 Jun 19

Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!

Mon 3 Jun 19
Applebum / Birmingham / Summer Jams @ Lab11
Snail Mail @ Hare & Hounds
Tue 4 Jun 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Cirque Du Soul: Birmingham // The Grand Finale! @ Lab11
Henry’s Blueshouse David Moore Blues Band @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
Julia Holter @ Castle & Falcon
WY + SPECIAL GUESTS @ Sunflower Lounge
Pip Blom @ Hare & Hounds
Wed 5 Jun 19
Acoustic Sessions with Joe Oakes @ Actress and Bishop
Jack Goodall: Album Launch @ Hare & Hounds
Billie Marten @ Hare & Hounds
Thu 6 Jun 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar
OTC Presents: Chaos in the CBD (day time party) @ Lab11
TEKTU Pres: Tek-Fest 003 (Summer Party) @ Lab11
Kaleidoscope #12 – Cave Girl / Kinds of Light / Handwaxx @ Night Owl
An audience with Ash Sheehan @ Actress and Bishop
Methyl Ethel @ Hare & Hounds
Fri 7 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Loose Joints DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
The Collective DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Soulshake DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas @ O2 Institute
Dead Pixels – John Carpenter Theme – £1 Entry Free to Play @ Spotlight
Come Together with The Curv3 (Live) @ Night Owl
Carnival Magnifico 2019 @ Digbeth Arena
Alvin gibbs & the disobedient servants & friends @ Castle & Falcon
Not Normal Not OK: Live Charity Fundraiser @ Hare & Hounds
Summer Showcase @ Hare & Hounds
Sat 8 Jun 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Tom Mason playing everything from hip-hop to disco @ The Ruin
Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Femi Kuti @ O2 Institute
Stable Sessions: DJ Craig Ward @ The Stable
02.31 pres Rumble in the Jungle – Final Release @ Lab11
Plaid – Warp Records LIVE & Christ. – ex Boards of Canada LIVE @ Spotlight
Chameleon Social Club #001 @ SUKI10C
Soul Saturdays @ Night Owl
Prince: A Tribute @ Night Owl
Connor Purcell @ Digbeth Works
Lengoland : Birmingham (Summer Daytime Special) @ Digbeth Arena
A Weird & Wonderful Day Out 2019 @ Digbeth Arena
Hospitality : Birmingham (Summer Daytime Special) @ Digbeth Arena
Heritage w/ Doc Scott, Jon Pleased Wimmin, Allister Whitehead @ Hare & Hounds
Blues Club with Midnight City @ Hare & Hounds
Sun 9 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Make It Reggae! June party @ Night Owl
John Holt Tribute @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
Beer Blues Sunday ft The Catwalk Villains @ Actress and Bishop
Hands Off Gretel – Face Up – killer BOB – Third Angle Projection @ Hare & Hounds
Villagers @ Hare & Hounds
Mon 10 Jun 19
Terrace Party – Disko Haus Summer Sessions ft. Brame & Hamo @ The Mill
Tue 11 Jun 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse 58’s Blues Band @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
Birmingham Tribes Music Networking Night @ 1000 Trades
Cookie Dough – End of Year x The Mill & Roof Garden! @ The Mill
PORTOBELLO ‘FAREWELL SHOW’ + GENUINE PANAMA + MIND AT LARGE + A$TROBOY$ @ Bristol Pear
Maisha @ Hare & Hounds
Wed 12 Jun 19
Candlebox @ O2 Institute
Re:Soul presents Hidden Spheres @ Mama Roux’s
Mighty Mighty @ Hare & Hounds
Nine Dart Finish / Speakeasy / The Common @ Hare & Hounds
Thu 13 Jun 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar
SCOTT LAVENE + THE NU + THE VCR + THE RA PROJECT @ Sunflower Lounge
ST. PINEAPPLE + SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Flapper
Fri 14 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Loose Joints DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
The Collective DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Soulshake DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Sum Cellar: PETE & BAS @ Spotlight
The Alamo takeover Barefootin’ (Adam’s Birthday) @ Night Owl
Project Birmingham & The Process present: Stage 3 @ Café Artum
Tede @ Castle & Falcon
Hackney Colliery Band @ Hare & Hounds
Listening Sessions x Abstrakt present YILAN @ Hare & Hounds
Ska Special ft. Kioko DJs @ Hare & Hounds
Sat 15 Jun 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Stable Sessions: Call Me Unique @ The Stable
A-Z of the 80’s with Paul Finn and Michael McGhee @ The Ruin
Undergrowth Present RAY MONO (Moxy Muzik, What NxT) @ Lab11
Tropicando @ Night Owl
LetItBeatles (Live Beatles Tribute) @ Night Owl
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night @ Night Owl
Second Hand Genes / The Reservoir Cats / Left Hand Man & more
1000 Trades Summer Party 2019 @ 1000 Trades
A Disco Spectacular @ 1000 Trades
TOWIG meets URBAN DUBZ @ Mama Roux’s
Broken Minds Presents: LTJ Bukem @ Hare & Hounds
Too Many Man club night @ Hare & Hounds
Blues Club with The Don’t Knows @ Hare & Hounds
Sun 16 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Stereolab @ O2 Institute
Skathers Day – a free party for families who love ska! @ Night Owl
Madonna Tribute @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
LIFE @ Actress and Bishop
Brumbeat @ 1000 Trades
From The Jam: All Mod Cons @ The Mill
Danny Boyle @ Castle & Falcon
Mon 17 Jun 19
VISTA KICKS + THE MUSTOES + VELVET TIDES @ Sunflower Lounge
Odd Soul @ Hare & Hounds
Tue 18 Jun 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
The LaFontaines @ O2 Institute
Henry’s Blueshouse Brooks Williams @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
OSHUN @ Castle & Falcon
SWIM DEEP + SUGARTHIEF + DJ SETS @ Sunflower Lounge
Wed 19 Jun 19
Gráinne Maguire Preview @ 1000 Trades
BMA’s Music Network Monthly / Mama Roux’s / 19 June 2019 / 6pm @ Mama Roux’s
Confidence Man @ Hare & Hounds
CVBA / Hannah Brown / Tucho @ Hare & Hounds
Thu 20 Jun 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar
Cafe Artum’s 1st Birthday w/ Jamie Tiller @ Café Artum
Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds @ The Mill
SWIM DEEP + WOLFGANG HARTE + DJ SETS @ Sunflower Lounge
Fri 21 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Loose Joints DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
The Collective DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Soulshake DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Stable Sessions: Prok & Georgia @ The Stable
District Terrace Party: Roger That And Sandor @ Lab11
Sensateria With The Jack Cades & The Leaking Machine @ Night Owl
This Feeling – Brum w/ Wild Front, Paper Castles, Avnt Gards @ Actress and Bishop
Yardbird Sessions @ 1000 Trades
Abstrakt 002: Jake Hodgkinson, The Darrs, Format, Trieste & Amun @ Mama Roux’s
BINGO LINGO – Birmingham @ The Mill
DIE DAS DER present Hoopla Blue/Health & Efficiency/Odmansbox @ Castle & Falcon
Enter The Dragon @ Hare & Hounds
Sat 22 Jun 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Drum&BassArena X DNB Collective: Summer BBQ @ Lab11
The Night Owl Takeover @ The Old Crown
Format: reiss {vbx} @ Spotlight
Richie Rundle playing it deep and soulful @ The Ruin
The Night Owl’s Britpop Brunch @ Night Owl
Heavy Sol (live mod and soul covers) @ Night Owl
Dig? Soul and Retro Club Night @ Night Owl
0121Fest Birmingham @ Digbeth Arena
Foliée Summer 2019 presents Cloonee – The Roof Garden Opening @ The Mill
Lilleburn / Everything Aside / Myriam Adams @ Castle & Falcon
BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE + BY DEVICES + THE JERICHO RACKS + LEARN TO LIE @ The Flapper
Leftfoot & Hooker Club Present Homoelectric @ Hare & Hounds
Blues Club @ Hare & Hounds
Tropical Soundclash @ Hare & Hounds
Sun 23 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
International Submarine Club @ Night Owl
Andy Ska @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
Ska-Bq with Cracked Actors and Lobster @ Actress and Bishop
Avalanche City @ The Victoria
Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts @ Hare & Hounds
Tue 25 Jun 19
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse C-Jam @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
Thu 27 Jun 19
Speed Quizzing @ The Lord Clifden
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Live Music @ The Gentleman & Scholar Bar
PLUVIAM + LUNA KISS + THE CREATURE APPEAL @ Sunflower Lounge
Feels @ Hare & Hounds
Fri 28 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Friday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Loose Joints DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
The Collective DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
Soulshake DJs playing the best in soul, funk, disco, house and balearic @ The Lord Clifden
The Eagles @ Arena Birmingham @ O2 Institute
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones @ O2 Institute
Stable Sessions: DJ Jus Neil @ The Stable
Magic Door @ Lab11
Beats & Bars – D7, Airklipz, K Chambers, M3 (N2P) @ SUKI10C
A Star is Born Party with Lady Gaga Tribute @ Mama Roux’s
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals at The Mill @ The Mill
Modo presents – MINK – Launch party @ Castle & Falcon
Emo Disco – Panic at The Disco Special @ Hare & Hounds
The Source and Wax On: Ray Keith & DJ Seduction @ Hare & Hounds
Sat 29 Jun 19
TLC – disco, house, funk, balearic, cosmic, classics. Resident djs every week, 7pm – late @ The Lord Clifden
Saturday DJs playing indie and alternative rock @ The Sun on The Hill
Vintage Mixmasters playing disco, nu-boogie, soul, latin and raregroove 7pm – late @ Bourne & Co
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Stable Sessions: The Bandidos @ The Stable
TRMNL Rooftop Session #1 – East End Dubs & Priku @ Lab11
Zen Summer Disco (2-4-1 FLASH Ticket SALE) @ SUKI10C
Dig? Soul and Retro Club Night with Sam Redmore @ Night Owl
Pete Felton Live @ Digbeth Works
Effigy For Sleep – Warning Album Launch @ Actress and Bishop
CLEVERCO CABARET SHOW @ Mama Roux’s
Soul Fusion Multi Arena Summer Gathering @ Mama Roux’s
This Aint Berlin x Sunset Sessions – The Mill Roof Garden @ The Mill
Georgia Burgess / Psalms / Conor Coley @ Castle & Falcon
Gallery Sounds @ Hare & Hounds
Tendayi Chikara at the jazzier end of soul, hip-hop @ The Ruin
Blues Club with The Grey Goose Band @ Hare & Hounds
Sun 30 Jun 19
Digbeth Dining Club + Cafe Colette + DJs from 5.30pm @ Spotlight!
Blues Brothers Tribute @ The Bull’s Head, Brum
I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky @ 1000 Trades
Combichrist @ The Mill
GAYGIRL + SKETCH + MODERN COMFORTS @ Sunflower Lounge