Celebrating Birmingham's Music History, Heritage, and Culture
Celebrating Birmingham's Music History, Heritage, and Culture
A New Dawn Chorus for Birmingham Sounds of Birmingham is a new BMA project exploring the relationship between sound, people, place and the natural world, inspired by the extraordinary work and archive of Birmingham-born natural sound recordist Martyn Stewart. Martyn…
Discover Brum SoundTracks, the new augmented reality app exploring Birmingham’s rich music heritage through walking tours, archive material, and immersive storytelling with Jez Collins and Birmingham Music Archive.
The Birmingham Music Visitor Experience project explored how music can play a bigger role in the city’s cultural and visitor economy. Led by Birmingham Music Archive in partnership with Aston University’s Live Music Mapping Project, and cultural consultant Lara Ratnaraja,…
In summer 2025, B:Music embarked on a refurbishment and archive project, Amplify Town Hall, to uncover stories and memories from the Birmingham Town Hall and make much-needed upgrades to this acclaimed venue to improve its accessibility and make it as…
In a first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album featuring eleven songs about Birmingham. Produced by Birmingham Music Archive as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, it was released on limited vinyl and is available…
In The Que: Celebrating The Que Club was an exhibition celebrating the legendary music venue, the Que Club. The exhibition was hosted at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery during the Birmingham 2022 Festival, coinciding with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.…
The Birmingham 2022 Festival was a six-month celebration of culture and creativity across the West Midlands. It was one of the largest Commonwealth Games cultural programmes ever, featuring over 250 projects including art, dance, theatre, and digital art, and engaging over 2.5…
Ceremony: Pop Comes to Campus, 1965–95 is an installation celebrating the University of Birmingham’s rich but often overlooked role in local and global music culture. Drawing on newly uncovered posters, photographs and archive material, the project was developed by Birmingham…