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The latest live music, comedy, and pop-up events in Birmingham
Birmingham Improv Presents: Midlands Improv Night
Birmingham Improv brings you all the best improv from the Midlands!
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: Howl Quartet
Howl Quartet is an award-winning UK based project whose dynamic, expressive music focuses heavily on storytelling through melodic composition and improvisation.
Broadbill Life Drawing Presents: Alternative Life Drawing
Alternative life drawing.
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!
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.
Birmingham Improv presents: Spaghetti Junction
Birmingham’s hottest new night of improvised comedy!
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Theo Travis
His many musical interests come together in this distinctive project.
1000 Trades Presents: Pitch Control
A night of deep, deeper and deepest from the world of upfront new electronic music
Birmingham Entrepreneurs Meetup
Monthly opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs at different stages of business
Birmingham Improv Presents: Box Of Frogs
Enjoy and evening with Birmingham’s premiere improv group, Box Of Frogs!
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.
World Cup Scotland vs Haiti
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s Scotland vs Haiti kicking off at 2pm
Political Therapy: Helen Lewis on Genius and Our Politics Home & Abroad
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that we’re all a bit screwed right now
World Cup England vs Croatia
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s England’s first game of the group stages against Croatia, kick off at 9pm
World Cup Scotland vs Morocco
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s Scotland vs Morocco kicking off at 11pm
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.
1000 Trades Presents- Club Flamingo
Prince superfan brings you an eclectic selection of 80s and 90s club and soul classics,
World Cup England vs Ghana
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s England vs Ghana kicking off at 9pm
Political Therapy: World Cup Special! **followed by England v Ghana**
Join us for an evening with Investigative journalist Joey D’Urso, who has travelled across the globe to examine twenty-two football shirts that best explain the modern world.
World Cup Scotland vs Brazil
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s Scotland vs Brazil kicking off at 11pm
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.
1000 TRADES’ 10th BIRTHDAY SPECTACULARLY UNSPECTACULAR SPECATCULAR!
It’s Our Party and We’ll Die If We Want To
World Cup England vs Panama
We will be playing every Home Nation game + the Semi’s & Finals ( we are even going to stay open late for you on the 11pm kick offs ) Today it’s England vs Panama kicking off at 10pm
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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