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LIFEST 2018
Join us, once again, for this years annual LIFEST at The Actress & Bishop! Each year, since Lifest was born, its got bigger and better with more surprises and we won't be letting you down this year! This years line up of live music includes: The Cracked Actors / TheUnderclass / The Kavaliers / Dead Summers / The Peeps / Wood And Nails / Conor O'Rourke We have street food from Big Daddies Diner & Nati's Thai Kitchen A LIVE…
Find out more »Rocksteady Sunday – Open Jam plus in house band
Join us 26th August for our monthly Rocksteady Sunday hosted by Ross Lydon. Open jam and house band, from 20:30. Free entry all night, followed by DJ until 2am.
Find out more »THE PETTIBONES + SPECIAL GUESTS
The Pettibones are Ben and GM, are a 2 piece garage rock band based in and around Stratford Upon Avon. Blending filthy, fuzzy guitar tones with raucous drums and cutting vocals, their formula is simple but their sound is massive. With their debut EP ‘How Petty Can You Get?’ having just been released on Soundcloud, they are one of the most refreshing, ear-piercing bands to grace The Midlands. The Pettibones Links: Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud
Find out more »Quality Reggae Roots
Our residential Reggae Sunday... House band plus guests & DJ, open until 2am. FREE ENTRY! Culture Club hailing out of Moseley, Birmingham return to The Actress and Bishop for a full take over of the downstairs venue !!! Culture Collective are a 7 Piece Roots Rock Reggae band. Bringing through whole heap of different vocalists who all have unique styles, playing a mix of originals and covers. Culture Sound was founded by Stevie & Richie in 2011 and since then…
Find out more »An Audience with Ash Sheehan (The Grandmaster Ash)
Catch Ash Sheehan, of The Twang & Dead Sea Skulls, every first Thursday of the month from 21:30! Ash brings all you need from classic covers, originals to even a bit of beat boxing. Multi instrumental act who's guaranteed to electrify any crowd. A must see in Birmingham! Free entry all night.
Find out more »KINA GRANNIS + IMAGINARY FUTURE
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kina Grannis has been writing songs since the age of 15. She writes to document her life, to process her struggles and fears, to stay sane, to feel, and most importantly, to connect with people. For the last 10 years she has shared her songs, videos, and herself on the Internet, and along the way has developed what feels like an online family with her international community of supporters. In 2017, Kina took that relationship one step further, creating…
Find out more »SAINT AGNES + SPECIAL GUESTS
Since their formation in 2014, garage rock band Saint Agneshave released four sell-out singles, a live EP and cemented their place as London’s most exciting live band. They are a 4 piece based in East London fronted by boy/girl duo Kitty Arabella Austen and Jon Tufnell. Saint Agnes play blistering doom with Zeppelin swagger. They combine combining the churning fuzz bass of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with the dark blues interplay of The Kills and The Dead Weather. Latest single…
Find out more »THE VRYLL SOCIETY + PEACH FUZZ
The Vryll Society’s debut album ‘Course Of The Satellite’ to be released on Deltasonic Records ‘A fast rising band of astral voyagers’ – Clash ‘This band should be up there with their Manchester mates Blossoms for the buzz they are building’ Dave Monks, BBC Introducing One thing The Vryll Society aren’t short of is admirers, Lauded at just about every turn by press and public alike, the release of their debut LP for Deltasonic Records is hotly anticipated thanks to…
Find out more »CULTURE ABUSE + SPECIAL GUESTS
Following their supporting tour with The Bronx, Modern Life Is War and Cro Mags this month, Culture Abuse have announced a European headlining tour in October and November this year. Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, June 27th at 10am local time. Please find the full list of dates below: The band will be touring in support of Bay Dream, their sophomore album, and the first full-length release for Epitaph Records, which was released last week. Produced, engineered, and…
Find out more »THE COATHANGERS + SPECIAL GUESTS
THE COATHANGERS+ SPECIAL GUESTS With their new live album, entitled simply “LIVE,” out June 1st via Suicide Squeeze, Atlanta garage punks The Coathangers have announced a UK tour for this September. To celebrate, they have shared a brand new live video for “Hurricane”; lead single from their 2011 album “Larceny and Old Lace” and a main-stay favourite of their high-octane live show. The clip finds The Coathangers at their visceral and frantic best as they tear through the performance with…
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