What's on in the Village
Gay Birmingham this weekend.
Thu 29 October – Sun 1 November · 36 events
Everything queer on in Birmingham from Thursday to Sunday — drag, cabaret, club nights and parties, refreshed every week.
What's on this weekend
Thursday 29 October
9 events
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She Creates: Poetry Night
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Matrilaughy @ The Nest
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Village Underground: Liam Price
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Village Underground: Jedi
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Friday 30 October
10 events
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0121QC presents: Hardcore Halloween
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Whiplash Takeover at The Dark Horse
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DV8 Nights: Halloween
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Village Underground: James Chadney / Jordanagain
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Saturday 31 October
14 events
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Bottomless Drag Brunch with Tina D. Parton at WashWorx
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Halloween Twisted Circus at WashWorx
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Wicked Wonderland Halloween Party
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Night of the Living Gales
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Sunday Sunday with DJ Cameron at Glamorous
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Rainbow Roundtable: Health Screening for LGBTQ+ People
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Trans & Non-Binary Swimming
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Saturday Social
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Saturday Night Party at Missing Bar
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House of Steam — The Masked Event
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Party Night at The Fox
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Village Halloween
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Nightingale Saturdays
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Big Gay Saturday at Glamorous
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3 events
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Nothing jumping out, or planning further ahead? The full what's-on listings run weeks deep.
Birmingham's Gay Village — nine LGBTQ+ bars and clubs clustered around Hurst Street, about a 10-minute walk from New Street station — has something on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Most weekends that means drag and cabaret at the Village Inn and Eden Bar, the late clubs (Glamorous, the Gale) running till the early hours, and party nights spilling across Missing Bar and the Fox. This page rounds up what's actually on this weekend, refreshed every week.
Plans for the weekend, then. You've got a free night and a vague sense the Village will sort you out — it will, but Hurst Street doesn't exactly publish a running order. That's what this is. Everything queer happening in Birmingham this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in one place, kept current so you're not trawling six different Instagram stories to find out who's on.
How a weekend in the Village breaks down
Each night runs to its own rhythm.
Friday
Friday eases in. People finish work, land in the Village, and the bars fill up properly from nine — a pint in the Fountain or the Fox, cabaret if there's a night on, then whoever's not ready for home drifts toward the late venues.
Saturday
Saturday is the big one. Cabaret and drag earlier on, party nights across Missing Bar and the Fox, and the clubs going hard — Glamorous and the Gale both run late, and the Gale (the Nightingale, Birmingham's largest and longest-running LGBTQ+ venue) is usually where the night ends up.
Sunday
Sunday is for the recovery merchants and the ones who never went home. Slower, cabaret-leaning, a roast somewhere if you've planned it. The Village does a good Sunday.
None of it needs a ticket booked weeks out or a group of twelve. Turn up, find the nearest pint, follow the noise.
Getting to the Gay Village
The Village sits in Southside, around Hurst Street and Kent Street, right next to the Chinese Quarter and about a 10-minute walk from New Street station. It's compact — you can cross the whole thing in the time it takes to finish a drink, which is rather the point. Most people venue-hop rather than settle in one spot.
Browse the lot on the venues guide, or read up on the Gay Village itself.
First weekend on the scene?
No one's checking your credentials at the door. You don't need to be a regular, know a soul, or have a plan — half the Village turned up exactly like that. Start somewhere with the lights still up and a bit of cabaret on (the Village Inn or Eden Bar are easy first stops), see where the night takes you, and don't feel you have to close the place. The Village will still be here next weekend.
Frequently asked
What’s on in Birmingham’s Gay Village this weekend?
This page lists it — drag, cabaret, club nights and party nights across the LGBTQ+ venues on and around Hurst Street, grouped by night and updated weekly.
Where is Birmingham’s Gay Village?
Southside, around Hurst Street and Kent Street, beside the Chinese Quarter — about a 10-minute walk from New Street station.
Which gay venues in Birmingham are open late?
Several Village venues run late at the weekend — Missing Bar stays open into the small hours, and the late clubs keep going after the bars wind down. Check tonight’s listing for each venue’s hours.
Is there drag on this weekend?
Most weekends, yes — usually the Village Inn or Eden Bar. If there’s drag on this weekend, it’ll be in the list up top.
Do I need tickets?
For most Village nights, no — you turn up. Ticketed events say so on their own listing; everything else is door entry or free.
I’m visiting Birmingham — where should I start?
Start in the Village. Read the gay bars guide, pick a first stop with cabaret on, and let the night go from there.
