An Anglican parish church in Kings Heath, south Birmingham, All Saints doubles as a community venue and a stage for live music, with a programme that has brought touring artists to its nave. Sitting on Vicarage Road, the church works alongside an attached community centre and an outdoor Village Square to host a range of events. As a music venue it has presented concerts by artists such as Kristin Hersh and Bill Ryder-Jones, with gigs ticketed and often promoted in partnership with local operato.....

A friendly members' club in the Kings Heath area of south Birmingham, the E57 Social Club pairs a large lounge bar with a concert room licensed for around three hundred people. Long a fixture of community life on Alcester Road South, it combines the traditional social-club model with a busy calendar of live entertainment open to members and visitors alike. The concert room, complete with stage and spacious dance floor, hosts live artists most Friday and Saturday nights, much of it free to enter.....

A Grade II listed Edwardian pub on the High Street in Kings Heath, the Hare and Hounds is one of Birmingham's most celebrated live music venues. Standing in its present red-brick form since 1907, on a site that has had a pub since the early nineteenth century, it is best known as the place where local reggae and pop band UB40 played their very first gig in 1979. Today it pairs a traditional pub downstairs with two busy performance rooms above. The building is treasured for its heritage as much .....

Shirley British Legion is a Royal British Legion club in Shirley, in the Solihull area near Birmingham. Like many Legion clubs across the country, it serves as a community-focused social venue, offering affordable drinks, entertainment and a welcoming environment for members, guests and the wider local community, while supporting the charitable aims associated with the Royal British Legion. Clubs of this kind have long played an important role in local life, providing a sociable gathering place.....