Eidolon Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just went to make dinner and only noticed now that my fridge freezer must have given up the ghost at some point in the day so much stuff in my freezer I won’t be able to use 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Eidolon said: Just went to make dinner and only noticed now that my fridge freezer must have given up the ghost at some point in the day so much stuff in my freezer I won’t be able to use I feel your pain. Especially in an Aussie Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 14/01/2022 at 20:13, Genie said: During the summer Olympics there was plenty of talk about how little coverage there was on terrestrial TV. I just noticed that Discovery+ have a half price offer which includes sports. Discovery+ and Eurosport are showing every event live. £29.99 for a year Link Actually, if you’re a Vodafone pay monthly customer you can get Discovery+ free for 6 months (then either cancel of pay £4.99 a month). The wife is happy as she likes all the shitty ghost, haunted investigation type programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Does anyone have intimate knowledge of venues in Birmingham city centre you can hire for live music? im looking to book a party with a live band but no idea on pubs or venues you can book which allow live music to be played. contacted two players and they say only a DJ or playlist can be used… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, kidlewis said: Does anyone have intimate knowledge of venues in Birmingham city centre you can hire for live music? im looking to book a party with a live band but no idea on pubs or venues you can book which allow live music to be played. contacted two players and they say only a DJ or playlist can be used… The flapper is the obvious place but it's rather basic shall we say. The Victoria in John Bright Street used to hire out upstairs for bands. The Old Royal has a function room. Revolucion De Cuba will rent out upstairs on certain nights. Old Joint Stock has some large ish rooms upstairs, don't know if bands allowed though. Same for Primitovo, not sure if they allow bands. Cosy club had a room too. Depends on which night, how big and how posh really. St Paul's House in St Paul's Square will rope off areas for functions but not sure about a band. Actress and Bishop for bands too. A bit posher than The Flapper but still fairly indie. Could also try The Distillery, I think they can have bands again now. Edited January 26, 2022 by sidcow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, kidlewis said: Does anyone have intimate knowledge of venues in Birmingham city centre you can hire for live music? im looking to book a party with a live band but no idea on pubs or venues you can book which allow live music to be played. contacted two players and they say only a DJ or playlist can be used… What sort of party is it? Most hotels with function rooms will be allowed live music. Think you can hire The Mill, which would be a proper gig venue but might be too big? The Bierkeller The Victoria (already mentioned by Sidcow) Sunflower lounge maybe? Edited January 26, 2022 by AlwaysAVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 4 hours ago, kidlewis said: Does anyone have intimate knowledge of venues in Birmingham city centre you can hire for live music? im looking to book a party with a live band but no idea on pubs or venues you can book which allow live music to be played. contacted two players and they say only a DJ or playlist can be used… Villa Park does if you can venture out that far (seriously - had a band playing in the McGregor Suite in November). Otherwise maybe the Asylum Venue in Hockley? It has 2 rooms so depending on size. Possibly Mama Roux as well in Digbeth? Might be a good shout as bit more party venue I suppose?! Like others have said though it depends on what sort of party it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 hours ago, sidcow said: The flapper is the obvious place but it's rather basic shall we say. The Victoria in John Bright Street used to hire out upstairs for bands. The Old Royal has a function room. Revolucion De Cuba will rent out upstairs on certain nights. Old Joint Stock has some large ish rooms upstairs, don't know if bands allowed though. Same for Primitovo, not sure if they allow bands. Cosy club had a room too. Depends on which night, how big and how posh really. St Paul's House in St Paul's Square will rope off areas for functions but not sure about a band. Actress and Bishop for bands too. A bit posher than The Flapper but still fairly indie. Could also try The Distillery, I think they can have bands again now. Used to love seeing bands at the Flapper and A&B in my teens. Great venues, at least they were. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The Jam House? The Church Inn, on Gt Hampton Street? They have a room at the back. If you move out the city centre, then The Station and Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath both hire rooms out, My mate's band has played at both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 9 hours ago, sidcow said: The flapper is the obvious place but it's rather basic shall we say. The Victoria in John Bright Street used to hire out upstairs for bands. The Old Royal has a function room. Revolucion De Cuba will rent out upstairs on certain nights. Old Joint Stock has some large ish rooms upstairs, don't know if bands allowed though. Same for Primitovo, not sure if they allow bands. Cosy club had a room too. Depends on which night, how big and how posh really. St Paul's House in St Paul's Square will rope off areas for functions but not sure about a band. Actress and Bishop for bands too. A bit posher than The Flapper but still fairly indie. Could also try The Distillery, I think they can have bands again now. Thanks everyone, really good insight. I’ve enquired with Victoria and will look at some others. I am having to move quite fast on this so need to try and get the detail nailed this week. 2-Jul is the date for a 40th birthday party. Hard as the live band need AV equipment provided which is an additional challenge but they are up and coming and bloody brilliant and it’s probably the only chance I’d have to do this before they’d go big big so will be a good surprise for the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 27, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 15 hours ago, AlwaysAVFC said: What sort of party is it? Most hotels with function rooms will be allowed live music. Think you can hire The Mill, which would be a proper gig venue but might be too big? The Bierkeller The Victoria (already mentioned by Sidcow) Sunflower lounge maybe? I think the Sunflower Lounge has gone these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 55 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I think the Sunflower Lounge has gone these days Nope - still very much alive. Well they have a load of shows listed for this year still on their website at the very least and their last posts were yesterday confirming new shows so I still think they are kicking around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 27, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, cyrusr said: Nope - still very much alive. Well they have a load of shows listed for this year still on their website at the very least and their last posts were yesterday confirming new shows so I still think they are kicking around Ah I was getting it mixed up with Island Bar around the corner. That one has unfortunately closed down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I went to watch my nephew play football last Sunday. The first thing my sister said when she saw me… “You’ve got something on your forehead. Haha oh the joy of kids, I think I’ll let you get that off” Sure enough, just above my eyebrow was a huge bogey. I hadn’t seen my toddler yet that day, but it was useful using him as an excuse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted January 30, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2022 Colleague at work slipped on the ice and is in hospital. Already had one spinal surgery and has another scheduled for Tuesday. It's not looking good i.e. paralysis from the neck down The nicest guy you could hope to meet. (Played trumpet with Phil Collins for years.) Why does this stuff happen to the good ones? 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 1, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2022 On 30/01/2022 at 20:29, TheAuthority said: Colleague at work slipped on the ice and is in hospital. Already had one spinal surgery and has another scheduled for Tuesday. It's not looking good i.e. paralysis from the neck down The nicest guy you could hope to meet. (Played trumpet with Phil Collins for years.) Why does this stuff happen to the good ones? Oh dear oh dear. That's horrendous bad luck. As someone who has suffered with their back in the past, fingers crossed they can do something or he can recover in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted February 1, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2022 9 hours ago, BOF said: Oh dear oh dear. That's horrendous bad luck. As someone who has suffered with their back in the past, fingers crossed they can do something or he can recover in some way. Thanks Bof. 2nd operation is now scheduled for tomorrow. Some feeling in his shoulders but nothing below. He's immobile and just laid down and in pain. As you say horrendous bad luck and he was one year from retirement and had bought some land in Kentucky to go and live on. Now life is going to be very different. I have to admit this has really got to me. I've been in shock since and I'm just choked up. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted February 2, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 2, 2022 Have I entered some kind of time machine and gone back to the last century? We've just had a BT phone directory delivered to the house Who the hell uses those these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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