The Digbeth Institute is a 2,000+ capacity music venue in Digbeth, which has been synonymous in the development of the British rave music and drum and bass scene. Capacity: 1,500 (The Institute), 600 (The Library), 300 (The Temple) A former church and theatre, the venue is now called the Sanctuary and was the original home of Godskitchen`s weekly… Read More »Digbeth Civic Hall (Institute)
Beshara were formed 1976 in Moseley, Birmingham and were founded by the late Elias Pharoah (Bass) and the late Ray Watts (Rhythm Guitar) who then recruited Errol Nanton (Lead Vocals) Dixie Pinnock (Drums) and Michael Nanton (Keyboards). They were formerly named ”Cool Dimension” and ”The Kushites” until 1979 when the band settled on the name… Read More »Beshara
Birmingham’s legendary psychedelic club. Starting out in a the back streets of Birmingham in 1984 Sensateria was the ultimate sensory experience with the audience being over-whelmed by Parachutes, Live Liquid Shows, Strobes, Smoke machines, Incense, Psychedelic Posters plus the psychedelic sounds of the long forgotten 1960′s! No two nights where ever the same.With the likes… Read More »Sensateria
The brilliant Kill Your Pet Puppy site run by Tony Drayton is an online site that documents the punk fanzine Tony ran from 1976-1979 called Ripped & Torn. Tony has kindly given me permission to add these amzing photos of Crass playing at the Digbeth Civic Hall in December 1983. Crass are one of the… Read More »Crass at the Digbeth Civic Hall 16/12/1983
Birmingham has played a central role in the history of Rock Against Racism albeit not a role it may wanted to be associated with. In 1968, the Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his “Birmingham speech’ more widely referred to as the ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in which he spoke about immigration in the UK. In… Read More »Rock Against Racism
The Androids were an exuberant bunch of teenagers from Birmingham inspired by the punky-ska sound and spikey political awareness of the Two Tone movement that swept the West Midlands between 1979-1980. They played a number of shows at venues such as the Golden Eagle in Hurst Street, Digbeth Civic Hall and Aston University where they… Read More »The Androids