Date: Sunday 21st June
Venues: The Victoria & The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Time: 2 pm til 9 pm
Tickets: https://uncover.seetickets.com/event/shared-frequencies/multiple-venues/3622557
Birmingham’s alternative scene gets a major new addition this summer as Shared Frequencies makes its debut across The Victoria and The Sunflower Lounge on Sunday 21st June. From 2 pm until 9 pm, the two venues become a single, buzzing circuit of live music, community and celebration, showcasing some of the most exciting female and queer artists from across the West Midlands and beyond.
Created by Uncover and Rock of Ages, Shared Frequencies is built around a simple promise: no clashes, no compromises, just a full day dedicated to the artists shaping the future of the region’s alternative landscape. Across both stages, the event moves fluidly through alt rock, punk, dream folk, riot grrrl, grunge, indie and everything in between, capturing the breadth, energy and individuality of the Midlands’ underground.
The lineup brings together a powerful mix of voices. Bugeye lead the charge with their sharp, hook driven queer alt rock, a sound that has earned them support from BBC 6 Music, Radio 1 and Radio X. They’re joined by Cherrydead, the Midlands metal outfit known for chaotic, cathartic live shows, and Crush Velvet, Selly Oak’s female fronted rock band blending 90s instincts with confessional songwriting and restless energy.
Throughout the day, the bill moves through the heavy groove of Coventry trio Kontours, the riot grrrl fire of Pegging Mitchell and the explosive queer punk of Temper Tantrum, whose sets double as protest, community and release.
Folk leaning artists also take the spotlight, with Hannah Michell offering blues shaped storytelling rooted in resilience, Nancy Davis drifting between dreamscapes and the everyday, and Birmingham’s Rosie Winder bringing raw, emotional honesty to her folk indie sound.
Elsewhere, Layla Tutt delivers messy, elegant underground art rock shaped by 90s female focused alt and late 70s swagger, while Pollyanna Blue arrive from the South West with a wall of sound blend of alt rock, pop and grunge.
Janique James brings intricate guitar work and surreal, office life inspired lyricism, Simulation Theory adds melodic hard rock with polished intensity, and The Other Woman closes the circle with shimmering dream pop full of emotional depth.
Shared Frequencies is more than a new event; it’s a statement of intent. A day built to celebrate the artists who make the Midlands alternative community vibrant, diverse and alive.