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Birmingham’s new super live-club and multipurpose venue CONCRETE opened its doors on Friday 1st February 2008.
CONCRETE is a 3,000 square feet multipurpose venue spread over two levels based in the Jewellery Quarter, Hockley, Birmingham. The venue morphs through the week from restaurant lounge bar to full on live music at the weekends, with strong club promoters, eclectic bands and internationally known artists appearing regularly.
The main level situated below The Big Peg, includes a live music venue, a 46-cover restaurant, two bars and two dance-floors, as well as numerous seating areas and a superb space for the corporate scene, while the entrance level above places a secondary seating area and a magnificent beer garden outside. The quarter-of-a-million development also includes the installation of a £50k KV2 sounds-system, the first to be ever used in the Midlands.
Breaking new boundaries and raising the bar in Birmingham CONCRETE also opens on weekends with Thursday to Saturday events programmed by London and Midlands A-list promoters. February kicked off with Utah Saints, A-Skillz, Diverted LIVE, Mr No Hands and many others joined Ali B’s infamous night AIR.Bigger than Barry promoters united fashion, art and electro house at CAMELTOE, while the following Friday, went in-house as CONCRETE Presents...the very best in breaks, broken beats, funk and alternative sounds. DJs vs VJs were the name of the game for PROJECT X presented a one-off night called X-Lab: VL, followed by British indie rock band Bloc Party who graced CONCRETE PRESENTS decks for an exclusive DJ set.
Thursday 7th kick-started ex-Kerrang presenter Sean Scott (Galaxy), ELECTRIC SPAGHETTI! an independent indi pop night featuring chart-topper Midas, Manchester based El Policia, West Midlands pop-punk band The Return and Kidnapper Bell.
Bugz in the Attic, I.G Culture, Bruce Q, UpRoc and The Politik LIVE served broken beats and Nu Jazz at CO-OP, and Norman Jay and guests joined CONCRETE Presents… Other highlight’s also included Jim ‘Shaft’ Ryan, Jeff Jefferson and Lisa Millett LIVE and the fabulous Miss Moneypenny’s who brought a touch of international glamour and glitz to their night TWILLIGHT. Trip-hop, Break-beat and Hip-Hop producer DJ Vadim from Ninja Tunes and Juice Aleem LIVE headlined SOUNDCRASH; completing the line-up. During the rest of the week the club was available for third party promoters and private events.
Musical genres vary from night to night, with progressive house, electro, broken beats, hip hop, electro, Nu Jazz, breakbeat indi, rock and world music. Live bands as well as comedy nights; film, spoken word and Visual Arts shows will also be programmed throughout the year.
DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
5/12 - SECRET SOCIETY - TECHNO & BEYOND
6/12 - DUBSTEP & ELECTRO BASSLINE
12/12 - SNOW PARTY - RNB. OLD SKOOL
13/12 - TOUCH OF BASS - ELECTRO
18/12 - END OF TERM PARTY
19/12 - ECKO RECORDS MEMBERS PARTY
20/12 - SOUND OF MUSIC - EYELASH - RNB PARTY
22/12 - END OF TERM PARTY
26/12 - BOXING DAY - GRAHAM'S RE-UNION - SOUL. RNB. OLD SKOOL
27/12 - JNR ESSENTIAL (SUNDESSTIAL) - HARD HOUSE
31/12 - MAJOR ALLSTARS NYE SPECIAL - RNB. OLD SKOOL
1/09 - JAYS HOUSE NEW YEAR SPECIAL - UKG
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