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Live Music in Birmingham

65 gigs · 13 venues · 5 free

Live music in Birmingham at a glance

FolkAir is listing 65 live music gigs in Birmingham over the next three months, across 14 venues including Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, The Castle & Falcon and The Night Owl Birmingham. Next up is Man/Woman/Chainsaw *SOLD OUT* at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath on Tue 6 Oct at 7:30pm. 5 of them are free to get into. Every date, venue and price comes straight from venue and promoter listings and is refreshed daily, so this is what is genuinely on sale right now rather than a fixed editorial round-up. Below the gig list are the 13 venues those gigs are at, busiest first, with a link to the venue's own page wherever it has one. Every row links through to that gig's own page for the full details and, where the promoter published one, a ticket link.

Gigs in Birmingham

Next 7 days

Man/Woman/Chainsaw *SOLD OUT* — Tue 6 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Elanor Moss — Tue 6 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
A Certain Ratio - Playing 'Sextet' & 'Force' In Full — Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm at The Castle & Falcon
Ibibio Sound Machine — Wed 7 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Open Mic At The Owl — Thu 8 Oct at 7:00pm at The Night Owl Birmingham
Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet — Fri 9 Oct at 1:00pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free
Giles Robson — Fri 9 Oct at 7:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
DANNY FIRKINS — Fri 9 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Dino Baptiste — Sat 10 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
The Bell Band: Open Mic — Sun 11 Oct at 2:30pm at The Kitchen Garden Cafe
Midnight City Soul — Sun 11 Oct at 6:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Paahto & The Bull — Sun 11 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath

Coming up

THEATRE — Mon 12 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds Kings Heath
Biita Houdei — Tue 13 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Twenty One Children — Wed 14 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
LSD & the Search for God — Thu 15 Oct at 7:30pm at The Castle & Falcon
Lunchtime Concert | Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs — Fri 16 Oct at 1:00pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free
Revivalry | Birmingham, The Victoria — Fri 16 Oct at 6:30pm at The Victoria, Birmingham · £11
Future Days 2026 w/ WOrking Men’s Club, Ulrika Spacek & SILVERwingkiller — Fri 16 Oct at 7:00pm at The Crossing, Digbeth
Sean Reeves — Fri 16 Oct at 8:00pm (2 dates) at The Actress and Bishop
Future Days 2026 w/ WARMDUSCHER, ADULT DVD, GANS, 1000 RABBITS, PERSONAL TRAINER — Sat 17 Oct at 3:00pm at The Crossing, Digbeth
Meat Loaf Tribute Night – — Sat 17 Oct at 7:00pm at Arden Hall · £10
George Michael & Wham Tribute Night – — Sat 17 Oct at 7:00pm at Austin Sports & Social Club · £13.50
The Cadenzas — Sat 17 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
The Mike Davids Band — Sun 18 Oct at 6:00pm (2 dates) at The Actress and Bishop
Iguana Death Cult — Sun 18 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Really Good Time — Mon 19 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Lime Garden *SOLD OUT* — Tue 20 Oct at 7:00pm at The Castle & Falcon
My First Time — Tue 20 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage — Wed 21 Oct at 7:00pm at The Castle & Falcon
Baby Dave — Wed 21 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Admiral Fallow — Wed 21 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Evening Concert | In Echo with Horatio Clare — Wed 21 Oct at 7:30pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · £22.50
OPEN MIC NIGHT — Wed 21 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
V.I.C | Birmingham, The Sunflower Lounge — Thu 22 Oct at 6:30pm at The Sunflower Lounge · £15
E.M.O.M Electronic Music Open Mic — Thu 22 Oct at 8:30pm at Centrala
Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf — Fri 23 Oct at 1:00pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free
Faye — Fri 23 Oct at 8:00pm (2 dates) at The Actress and Bishop
Debase Invaders — Sat 24 Oct at 4:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
The Mouse Outfit | Birmingham, Mama Roux’s — Sat 24 Oct at 6:30pm at Mama Roux's · £18
The Real People — Sat 24 Oct at 7:30pm at The Actress and Bishop
Howlin Matt — Sun 25 Oct at 6:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Murkage Dave — Sun 25 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
CANVAS & COCKTAILS – SPOOKY TAKEOVER — Sun 25 Oct at 7:30pm at The Actress and Bishop
Matthew C. Whitaker (Henge) — Mon 26 Oct at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
URBAN SOUL FAMILY & FRIENDS — Thu 29 Oct at 7:30pm at The Actress and Bishop
Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova — Fri 30 Oct at 1:00pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free
PARAMORE GB — Fri 30 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Jason Duffill — Sat 31 Oct at 8:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Great Stone Revival — Sun 1 Nov at 6:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Ugly — Sun 1 Nov at 7:00pm at The Castle & Falcon
Guest Concert | King Edward’s Schools — Wed 4 Nov at 1:10pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Blind Yeo — Wed 4 Nov at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Horse Jumper of Love (10-Year Anniversary) — Thu 5 Nov at 7:00pm at The Castle & Falcon
Lunchtime Concert | Lachrimae — Fri 6 Nov at 1:00pm at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building · Free
Moving Minds: Open Mic — Fri 6 Nov at 7:00pm at Centrala
Nick Hakim — Fri 6 Nov at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Under The Covers — Sat 7 Nov at 4:00pm at The Actress and Bishop
Junior Brother — Tue 10 Nov at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
KEG — Thu 12 Nov at 7:30pm at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath

Everything on in Birmingham this week

Free live music in Birmingham

Fri 9 Oct 2026 — Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet Friday 9 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Luna De Mol violin…
Fri 16 Oct 2026 — Lunchtime Concert | Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs Friday 16 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Ceri Owen…
Fri 23 Oct 2026 — Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf Friday 23 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free…
Fri 30 Oct 2026 — Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova Friday 30 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall…
Fri 6 Nov 2026 — Lunchtime Concert | Lachrimae at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — Lunchtime Concert | Lachrimae Friday 6 November 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Lachrimae: The Lute Music of…

Live music venues in Birmingham

Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath — 21 upcoming gigs; next: Man/Woman/Chainsaw *SOLD OUT* (Tue 6 Oct at 7:30pm)
The Actress and Bishop — 19 upcoming gigs; next: Giles Robson (Fri 9 Oct at 7:00pm)
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building — 8 upcoming gigs; next: Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet (Fri 9 Oct at 1:00pm) — University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT
The Castle & Falcon — 6 upcoming gigs; next: A Certain Ratio - Playing 'Sextet' & 'Force' In Full (Wed 7 Oct at 7:00pm)
The Crossing, Digbeth — 2 upcoming gigs; next: Future Days 2026 w/ WOrking Men’s Club, Ulrika Spacek & SILVERwingkiller (Fri 16 Oct at 7:00pm)
Centrala — 2 upcoming gigs; next: E.M.O.M Electronic Music Open Mic (Thu 22 Oct at 8:30pm) — Unit 4 Minerva Works,158 Fazeley Street,B5 5RT, Birmingham
The Night Owl Birmingham — 1 upcoming gig; next: Open Mic At The Owl (Thu 8 Oct at 7:00pm) — 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham, B9 4AG
The Kitchen Garden Cafe — 1 upcoming gig; next: The Bell Band: Open Mic (Sun 11 Oct at 2:30pm)
The Victoria, Birmingham — 1 upcoming gig; next: Revivalry | Birmingham, The Victoria (Fri 16 Oct at 6:30pm) — 48 John Bright St, Birmingham B1 1BN, UK, Birmingham
Arden Hall — 1 upcoming gig; next: Meat Loaf Tribute Night – (Sat 17 Oct at 7:00pm) — Water Orton Rd,, Birmingham, B36 9PB
Austin Sports & Social Club — 1 upcoming gig; next: George Michael & Wham Tribute Night – (Sat 17 Oct at 7:00pm) — 30 Tessel Lane, Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 2SF
The Sunflower Lounge — 1 upcoming gig; next: V.I.C | Birmingham, The Sunflower Lounge (Thu 22 Oct at 6:30pm) — 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EG, UK, Birmingham
Mama Roux's — 1 upcoming gig; next: The Mouse Outfit | Birmingham, Mama Roux’s (Sat 24 Oct at 6:30pm) — 3 Lower Trinity St, Deritend, Birmingham B9 4AG, UK, Birmingham

Live music in Birmingham: the essentials

Which Birmingham venues have the most live music?

Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath (21 upcoming gigs), The Actress and Bishop (19 upcoming gigs) and Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building (8 upcoming gigs) — 13 venues have live music listed in Birmingham over the next three months.

Is there free live music in Birmingham?

Yes — 5 of the 65 listed gigs are free to get into, including Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building (Fri 9 Oct at 1:00pm) and Lunchtime Concert | Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs at Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building (Fri 16 Oct at 1:00pm).