EACH YEAR WE COMPILE THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO COMPLETING YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN BIRMINGHAM. We’ve curated a hugely extensive gift guide to show you that there is something for every single person on your list that can be bought from a local shop, artist, creative or small business. Birmingham is bursting at the seams with talent and personality, and your money is so much more valuable to these small businesses than it is to the big corporations who multiply their profits at this time of year. After a difficult couple of years, it is more important than ever to shop local and celebrate […]

It’s one of the most British things to exist, along with Fish and Chips, apologising for everything, queuing, and talking about the weather. We’re talking about the Sunday Roast. Whether it’s gathered around the family table each week, or cosied up in a country pub on a blustery day, we can’t get enough of that good old traditional Sunday Roast. It’s pretty easy to see why – it’s comfort food at it’s finest, like a warm hug from your nan on a plate. Succulent roast meats, crispy, fluffy roasties, seasonal veggies, lashings of rich gravy, and huge Yorkshire puddings – we like […]

Wow! What a weekend! It’s safe to say that the Independent Birmingham Festival at Aston Hall 2022 was a smash hit! We saw thousands of you descend on the iconic heritage site once again for this huge foodie event and it filled us with such joy to see so many of you enjoying yourselves across the weekend, eating and drinking amazing dishes and drinks from some of the city’s finest independents, shopping local at our artisan market and rocking out to the awesome bands on our main stage. Not to mention all the cute doggos who turned up to join in the fun too! On behalf of ourselves and […]

It’s time to plan your feasting! We’ve created the greatest food/drink line-up we’ve ever seen for any event in Birmingham ever before – and it can be all yours at this year’s Independent Birmingham Festival (24-25 September). With just a week to go until Brum’s ultimate foodie festival returns, we thought it was time for you to plan your feasting, and behold the EPIC dishes and drinks you can stuff your face with and quaff amidst the good company of friends at this iconic location. We seriously cannot decide what we’re going to eat – all we know is that we’re going to eat a […]

The Independent Birmingham Festival is just days away, and we can’t wait to welcome thousands of you back to this iconic heritage site! To get you excited for this year’s unmissable foodie event, we’ve compiled a list of 36 reasons why you NEED to grab your tickets and come along to celebrate all things indie with us on 24-25 September! Read on to find out why a ticket to this year’s IB Festival is essential – you don’t want to miss out (you can grab your tickets here). OUR LAST SEVEN FESTIVALS SAW SOLD OUT CROWDS CELEBRATE BIRMINGHAM’S MARVELLOUS INDEPENDENT CULTURE. THIS TIME, […]