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The latest live music, comedy, and pop-up events in Birmingham
Broadbill Presents: Drink and Draw Life Drawing
Come and join Broadbills life drawing class ran by Ginger Dan.
Birmingham Improv Presents: Comedy Jam
Enjoy and evening with Birmingham’s premiere improv group, Box Of Frogs!
Birmingham Sumo Club: Grand Sumo Finals Watch Party
Join us for the very first gathering of the Birmingham Sumo Club!
Birmingham Jazz Presents- Tori Freestone Trio
Tori Freestone has been creating a stir in the UK and abroad in recent years winning prestigious awards including the Ivor Novello for jazz composition and receiving rave reviews including Guardian Jazz album of the month for her ‘El Mar de Nubes’ 2019 trio release.
NowHam+ : A Night of Credible 80s
Bannish Banarama, Kybosh Kylie and Erase Europe ….our monthly night dedicated to proper music from the most underrated decade since the last one.
Broadbill Life Drawing Presents: Alternative Life Drawing
Alternative life drawing.
Portrait Class
A drop in three hour art class focusing on creating a portrait final piece.
Birmingham Improv presents: Spaghetti Junction
Birmingham’s hottest new night of improvised comedy!
1000 Trades Presents: Pitch Control
A night of deep, deeper and deepest from the world of upfront new electronic music
Birmingham Improv Presents: Box Of Frogs
Enjoy and evening with Birmingham’s premiere improv group, Box Of Frogs!
1000 Trades Presents: Jazz in the House vs Downtempo Disco
Ever-popular bi-monthly bringing you the sweetest disco edits, soul cut-ups and cutting-edge deep house VS jazz-infused deep house
Political Therapy: Women in Politics with Nan Sloane
Few individuals have left as enduring and wide-ranging a mark on women’s political representation in the UK as Nan Sloane
Birmingham Entrepreneurs Meetup
Monthly opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs at different stages of business
Birmingham Improv Presents: Midlands Improv Night
Birmingham Improv brings you all the best improv from the Midlands!
JQ Beer Weekend
The JQ Beer Weekend returns from the 16th–18th April,
Good Things Comedy Club
Inclusive and welcoming to all, we aim to add to Birmingham’s incredible comedy scene and bring some fun to increasingly dark times…
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Alcyona Mick
Alcyona is a pianist working at the forefront of the London Jazz scene… nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz Instrumentalist Award
1000 Trades Presents- Club Flamingo
Prince superfan brings you an eclectic selection of 80s and 90s club and soul classics,
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Brigitte Beraha Lucid Dreamers
Performing tracks from her latest release, Brigitte brings her Ace Team to the 1000 Trades.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Profiles Quintet
BBC double-award winner Tony Kofi joins Chris Biscoe in an exploration of the musical legacies of the extraordinary bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, and of reeds virtuoso Eric Dolphy.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Carnactic Song Band Asaf Sirkis
Asaf has been a student and performer of Carnactic song, under the tutelage of Kirupakaran.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Artist in Residence Gina Southgate
Gina will be painting each gig live in the room for the whole Festival.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: James Borland ft George Crowley
One of the most in-demand young musicians of the vibrant Birmingham jazz scene, James Borland’s distinctive warm tone and characterful improvising speak both to his love of the jazz tradition,
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Harry Christelis
Harry Christelis and his quartet perform music from Preserving Fictions, a captivating blend of jazz, folk, and ambient soundscapes.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Charlotte Glasson
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, Charlotte brings a huge bag of tricks to play with her, and this album is no exception.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Jo Markland Quartet
Kicking off the second day of this year’s festival is the fantastic original saxophone quartet after a long break from Birmingham Jazz.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Clarvis/Noble Duo
The finale of this cross-genre festival is this duo who create a sound bigger than the sum of its parts.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Nicolas Meier World Group
UK-based guitarist Nicolas Meier has carved a reputation out as one of the world’s most original and uniquely talented guitarists.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Friends
The most celebrated Black poet was the late Langston Hughes, who had a love of music and jazz in particular.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Howl Quartet
Howl Quartet is an award-winning UK based project whose dynamic, expressive music focuses heavily on storytelling through melodic composition and improvisation.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Theo Travis
His many musical interests come together in this distinctive project.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley’s ‘The Antidote’returns in 2026 with an electrifying extended line-up featuring Mark Lockheart, Rory Simmons, Ant Law, Ivo Neame and Dave Ingamells.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Martin Pyne’s Small Blue
Martin Pyne works primarily in the areas of jazz and improvised music playing drums, percussion and vibraphone.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Tomorrow’s New Quartet
Tomorrow’s New Quartet compromises of some of the UK’s young jazz stars, namely Tom Smith, Sam Watts, Flo Moore and Rod Oughton.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Eddie Parker’s Airborn
In the 1980’s Eddie was a writer member of the legendary big band Loose Tubes, contributing importantly to the band’s unique sound.
What's On in Birmingham?
Take a look through our events calendar and listings above and see all the live music, comedy nights, and more we have coming up soon…
Events at 1000 Trades
No need to head into town for Birmingham comedy clubs and shows... We have comedy events right here. With stand-up shows every second Thursday and improv most Wednesdays, you're in for a good night and a chuckle over a beer.
Depending on the night, we're a jazz bar, or a late-night disco... We host all kinds of live music and DJ nights, marching to the beat of our own drum (or that of our live DJs), so if you feel like hitting the dance floor after a pint or two, 1000 Trades can hit you up.
Friday nights at 1000 Trades are all about live jazz, with local, national, and international bands sharing their talents in our upstairs room, known for its intimate atmosphere and stage-worthy acoustics.
Our small, perfectly formed kitchen is host to an ever-changing roster of talented chefs from within Birmingham and beyond. There's always a new menu coming soon...
As a taste of what's been before - our first pop-up kitchen was Matthew Knight's Blu Magic, with a menu of Caribbean fusion dishes so good that he became our first resident chef. Following this, we welcomed Hyeonu Ji's JI-MT pop-up kitchen, dishing up Korean dishes so tasty that the menu is named after the Korean slang for "f*cking delicious." They're not wrong.
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