Guide to best places to live music in Birmingham
Birmingham is the second city in the United Kingdom and many great music venues for people to see concerts and shows. The best places for these are as follows;
O2 Academy
The new Academy of O2 in Birmingham is where the old village hall is the vault, which is conveniently located near both the Bullring and Arcadia in the center of the city. Like the old site Academy, the new headquarters has a multi-room operation with the main room with a capacity of 3009 (which is an area dedicated capacity 600 seated) and two other rooms, the Academy 2 O2 and O2 with 600 Academy 3 with 250.
However, an improvement from the old school, the site has been designed to allow the three places to be in use simultaneously. Therefore, the place has a total capacity of 3,859.
HMV Institute
After a £ 4 million reform of the old Digbeth Institute (in Digbeth), the new HMV Institute reopened September 18, 2010. The site has already organized concerts by Mark Ronson and Kate Nash, and that has opened and is a new rival in the O2 Academy. The restaurant with capacity for 2,400 music has three rooms: the main hall with a capacity 1,500, a smaller room for 600 people and room for 300 known as "The Temple."
LG Arena
The LG Arena (also known as the National Exhibition Centre) is a multipurpose complex which is well known for organizing concerts of major artists as the Queen, Lady GaGa, Guns N 'Roses in the past – because it is very large capacity 16000. The place is actually based in Solihull, near junction 6 of the M42.
National Indoor Arena
The NIA (otherwise known as the National Indoor Arena) is located off exit Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line Turn old and in front of the National Sea Life Centre in Brindleyplace. The venue has hosted a wide range of artists as Oasis, Coldplay, Prince, Destiny's Child, and Paul McCartney, with artists such as Gorillaz and elbow due out there. The building is capable of holding up to 12,700 people.
Smaller places
The trap was described in the music magazine NME as "the epicenter of Birmingham indie, found by the National Service Kingston row. Hare & Hounds is also a small venue that hosts acts from all musical genres – but has a great reputation (as the fin) to put on concerts by small indie artists, as recent concerts I Blame Coco and girls. The Glee Club (which is a club of comedy) is also known for hosting live music.
About the Author
Andrew Parker is the editor of Electric Banana, a music and entertainment magazine that features a Birmingham gig guide and promotes gigs and events for all Birmingham music venues.
Nick Doody at the Cheeky Monkey comedy club