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The latest live music, comedy, and pop-up events in Birmingham
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Hans Koller
Playing Monk
1000 Trades Presents: Pitch Control
A night of deep, deeper and deepest from the world of upfront new electronic music
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 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!
NEW NEW DATE: Political Therapy: It’s the Stupid, Economy with Duncan Weldon
Renowned economist, commentator and scribe Duncan Weldon joins us to dissect the elementary drivers of most of what happens (or not) in the world.
Birmingham Jazz Presents: James Allsopp
The Golden Age of Steam
Where the Centre Lives: Reflections on 21st Century Britain with Greg Clark
The erstwhile Business Secretary and arguably last ‘sensible Tory’ to have their hands on the levers of power joins us to reflect on Britain in 2026 and how it has changed in the last twenty years.
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: Basil Hodge
Jazz Africa
Birmingham Improv Presents: Comedy Jam
Enjoy and evening with Birmingham’s premiere improv group, Box Of Frogs!
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Smiodair
Dave Smith
Birmingham Improv presents: Spaghetti Junction
Birmingham’s hottest new night of improvised comedy!
Birmingham Jazz Presents: Arnie Somogyi
Ellington Piano Project
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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