Digbeth
Mercat Cross
Semi legendary pub/venue on Bradford St in the Digbeth area of the city. Renowned as the place where all the market traders/workers went drinking so it was always open at 4 am any day of the week. It could be quite lively! Send us gigs you saw there and any photos, memorabilia! Derek Eynon has… Read More »Mercat Cross
Old Crown
Birmingham’s oldest pub, sited in Digbeth. The Old Crown had live music, mainly jazz upstairs.
The Medicine Bar
John Peel live on Air from the Medicine Bar in 2001. The Medicine Bar in Birmingham, England started as a collaboration in the 1990s between the London Medicine bar and local hip hop DJ ‘Simon Fat Head’, who began his career at the legendary ‘Brothers and Sisters’ at the ‘Coast to Coast’ club on Broad Street. The bar is in the Custard Factory in Digbeth, and has hosted… Read More »The Medicine Bar