After a 16 month hiatus, Birmingham’s most extensive alternative eclectic regular gig guide is back (established 2006 on Myspace).
With lock-downs and social distancing a thing of the past (fingers crossed), we’ve allowed venues to find their feet since re-opening in April/June. We are back in full effect, fresh, crispy and clean, to help spread the word about Birmingham’s music scene.
Our Birmingham live music & DJ guide for November 2021, 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. *Scroll down for full listings by date.
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Live Music & DJ Events in Birmingham November 2021
Mon 1 November 2021
Spector @ Mama Roux’s
Quiz Night @ Actress and Bishop
Neighbourhd #36 (5th Birthday) @ The Night Owl
Nubya Garcia @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Grandmas House @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Tue 2 November 2021
SoulJam | Unlock The Funk | UK Tour @LAB11
Moon Panda + Charlotte Champain @ Actress and Bishop
Too Many Zooz w/ Too Many T’s @ The Castle & Falcon
White Flowers / Hoopla Blue / Oliver Beardmore @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Pillow Queens live @ Sunflower Lounge
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse every Tuesday live blues @ The Bull’s Head Brum
Wed 3 November 2021
The Wytches, Panic Shack & Tremorsz @ The Castle & Falcon
Matthew Halsall and Band live @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Piss Kitti live @ Sunflower Lounge
Global Rotations No.2 Selextorhood @ The Night Owl
Thu 4 November 2021
Dirty Bingo @ Actress and Bishop
Kaleidoscope – Black Doldrums / Mutes / Midnight Rodeo @ The Night Owl
Real Lies / Boyoca @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Kasabian & The Skinner Brothers @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Fri 5 November 2021
Drum&BassArena x DNB Collective | Twenty [Fifth] Anniversary @LAB11
Followed By Thirteen @ 1000 Trades
Leftfoot presents Yussef Dayes @ The Crossing
Come Together with DJ Shaun Walsh – A night of indie, mod & britpop @ The Night Owl
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip @ The Castle & Falcon
ROM & Friends @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
London Grammar @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Steve Ajao Blues Giants @ Nortons Digbeth
Tomorrow’s Groove @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
DJ Mag Presents India Jordan, Yung Singh & Romo Weeks @ Forum
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Sat 6 November 2021
TRMNL Records 002 Release Party @LAB11
This Is TMRW presents Oh Sees @ The Crossing
Rocky Horror Brunch @ The Night Owl
The Strange Doors (UK Doors tribute) live @ The Night Owl
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night @ The Night Owl
King Charles + Special Guests @ The Castle & Falcon
The Style Councillors ‘Café Bleu’ Tour @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Ashley Henry + Madi Saskia @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Fleetwood Mac Night @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Suede & Nadine Shah @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Moschino Hoe, Versace Hottie @ Dead Wax Digbeth
Sounds of Soul // Ricky Cool and the In Crowd @ Nortons Digbeth
Uromi / Stella / Ali Gilbert live @ Sunflower Lounge
Juggla & friends presents Wheel and Come Again! @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Pitch Control 8pm–12am A night of deep, deeper and deepest from the world of upfront new electronic music @ 1000 Trades
Sun 7 November 2021
Higher Power, Static Dress, Cruelty & Phase Two @ Mama Roux’s
The Deadshots Live @ Actress and Bishop
Sunday Sessions with Sammy Rogers live @ The Night Owl
Roasts & Records @ The Old Crown
Joel Culpepper + Pheleba @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Venus Grrrls @ The Victoria
Black Jack Davey @ Nortons Digbeth
The Equators – Live! (Reggae / 2tone /Ska) At The Kingsway At The Kingsway
Live music @ The Anchor
Mon 8 November 2021
Kid Kapichi @ The Victoria
Tue 9 November 2021
A Certain Ratio @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Sterling Press live @ Sunflower Lounge
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse every Tuesday live blues @ The Bull’s Head Brum
Wed 10 November 2021
The LaFontaines @ Mama Roux’s
Open Mic Night @ Actress and Bishop
Broken Witt Rebels @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Emma Linney Band – Rise Up + Guests. @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Shame + Wet Leg + The Umlauts @ The Mill Digbeth
Stones ‘N’ Roses & Independent Country live @ Nortons Digbeth
Tom Bright / Chloe Mogg / Lucy Shaw live @ Sunflower Lounge
Thu 11 November 2021
The Cool Greenhouse @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Lola Young live @ Sunflower Lounge
Fri 12 November 2021
NOTION – OUTSIDER TOUR @LAB11
Clark Tracey Sextet @ 1000 Trades
Leftfoot presents Ross From Friends @ The Crossing
The Allergies (full live show) + Sam Redmore (DJ) @ The Night Owl
The Crooks @ The Castle & Falcon
EMO DISCO – The Black Parade Special @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
JAPANESE TELEVISION + Low Red Moon @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
The Father Teds @ Nortons Digbeth
Gabbidon (Founder Member of Steel Pulse) Live @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Eclectic Sessions 8pm–12am A night celebrating the diverse nature of dance music. Featuring a mix of musical genres from classic house to chill out, via soul, jazz, hip-hop, funk, post-punk and broken beats @ 1000 Trades
Sat 13 November 2021
Oasis Maybe (Live Oasis Tribute) @ The Night Owl
Ash Sheehan live @ The Old Crown
Garth Brooks Tribute: John Kiernan // Heed @ Nortons Digbeth
Bugeye live @ Sunflower Lounge
Nessa Parava presents Music is Medicine @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
Andy C (3 Hour Set) + DJ Hazard / Turno / Harriet Jaxxon + MC Tonn Piper @ Forum
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Desert Island Discs Free entry, midday till 7:30. @ The Ruin
Down Tempo Disco 7pm–1am bringing you the sweetest disco edits and soul cut-ups, brought to you by the inimitable Simon Tricklebank and Dan Farrell @ 1000 Trades
Sun 14 November 2021
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night @ The Night Owl
Operation Santa Fundraiser Gig with Midnight City Soul Band, Jason Ensa & the Lobsters OF & more @ The Night Owl
Keywest + Bert Brett @ The Castle & Falcon
Athletic Progression @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
The Heavy Beat Brass Band – Live @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
Live music @ The Anchor
Mon 15 November 2021
Elderbrook @ Mama Roux’s
Pongo @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Average White Band: Person to Person Tour @ Town Hall
Tue 16 November 2021
Me Rex / Yr Poetry @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Cassandra Jenkins @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse every Tuesday live blues @ The Bull’s Head Brum
Wed 17 November 2021
Chapterandverse @ The Victoria
False Heads @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Reuben James @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
RATS live @ Sunflower Lounge
Reuben James @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Kamikaze Club Open Mic 7.30–10.30pm @ 1000 Trades
Thu 18 November 2021
Hanya / Demelza @ Actress and Bishop
OM! open mic night by by FIZZ POP @ 1000 Trades
Metz Jnr Band LIVE Special @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Fri 19 November 2021
Art Themen – Thane & The Villeins @ 1000 Trades
Batushka & Belphegor @ The Castle & Falcon
Brum Tropicana @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Working Men’s Club @ O2 Academy 2 Birmingham
Nu Civilisation Orchestra presents Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On @ Town Hall
Jack Banting @ Nortons Digbeth
This Feeling – Birmingham w/ The Rotanas live @ Sunflower Lounge
LOBSTER – Live @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
&friends – Oneman / SHERELLE & Tim Reaper @ Forum
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Groove Line. DJ’s Duffy and Rich Hughes playing hip-hip, soul, funk, disco and Motown, 10pm till late.
Sat 20 November 2021
Ultimate Beatles Live at The Night Owl
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night @ The Night Owl
POZI / Speedboat @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Fly By Night Invites Breaka & H3L3NA @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Cantaloop – Live Funk @ The Kingsway Kings Heath
David Rodigan MBE / Trojan Soundsytem ft Dawn Penn & Dennis Alcapone / Daddy G & More! @ Forum
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Sun 21 November 2021
Get Stoned (live Rolling Stones tribute) In Loving Memory of Charlie Watts @ The Night Owl
Girli @ The Castle & Falcon
Peggy Sue + Grip Tight @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Eric Bell of Thin Lizzy @ Nortons Digbeth
Live music @ The Anchor
Mon 22 November 2021
Tora @ Dark Horse
Tue 23 November 2021
Eliza Shaddad @ The Victoria
Abstract Orchestra play MF DOOM @ Mama Roux’s
Jazz night. Free Entry 8pm @ The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Henry’s Blueshouse every Tuesday live blues @ The Bull’s Head Brum
Wed 24 November 2021
Bleed From Within w/Ingested & Kill The Lights @ Mama Roux’s
Vlure @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Self Esteem @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Saint Etienne @ O2 Institute Birmingham
Thu 25 November 2021
Fenne Lily / Katie Malco @ Actress and Bishop
Owen / S. T. Manville @ Actress and Bishop
Polar States @ The Victoria
Bess Atwell / Eve Owen @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Leftfoot presents Greentea Peng @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Retro Video Club live @ Sunflower Lounge
Fri 26 November 2021
The Antidote @ 1000 Trades
Happy Mondays Official After Party with Bez and Rowetta: STEP ON! @ The Night Owl
Last Hounds @ The Victoria
The Business The Only Way Is Garage @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Brooke Bentham live @ Sunflower Lounge
Erol Alkan (All Night Long) – To The Rhythm @ Forum
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Eclectic Sessions 8pm–12am. A night celebrating the diverse nature of dance music. Featuring a mix of musical genres from classic house to chill out, via soul, jazz, hip-hop, funk, post-punk and broken beats @ 1000 Trades
Sat 27 November 2021
The Backbone Slips back live at The Night Owl at long last! @ The Night Owl
The Big Birmingham Soul Night @ The Night Owl/Town Hall
Dig? Soul & Retro Club Night @ The Night Owl
ATTIC’S 3rd BDAY EXTRAVAGANZA @ Attic Brew Co.
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Heavyweight Launch @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Tropical Soundclash @ Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
The Charlatans – 30th Anniversary Best of Tour & Martin Carr & What Future @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ Hockley Social Club
Various dance/electronic/soul DJs @ @ Café Artum
Various indie/alternative/dance DJs @ The Sun on The Hill
Sun 28 November 2021
Ruth Kokumo – Sunday Showcase @ Actress and Bishop
Johnny Cash tribute Jason Dale + support from Harry Jordan @ The Night Owl
