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Birmingham Music Network
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Networking organisation dedicated to the music community. We meet up to develop, inspire, share & discuss music.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
2025 debrief: reflections from the grassroots - Grassroots culture and the community hubs keeping it alive buff.ly/aHJ7uXf #music #musicians #Brexit #Grassroots #Venue
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Putin's Propaganda Machine Implodes As Ukraine Takes Ground. Ukraine’s battlefield reality is cutting straight through another Kremlin propaganda blitz. buff.ly/OjeHSH9 #Ukraine #Russia
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Starsailor at The Academy, Dublin | Live Review - Walsh deals in bearing his very soul to a pleasant melody, and he does it really quite well. buff.ly/5emVQw9 #music #musicians #starsailor
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
DaN McKee - at the same time we tell our students about the importance of honesty, the importance of mental health, the importance of self-discovery, the importance of creativity, the importance of finding themselves and trying new things, we are told to hide from them who we are.
Everything DaN McKee
DaN McKee, author of Authentic Democracy: An Ethical Justification of Anarchism, is a philosopher, teacher, musician, writer, poet, improviser and artist. For the first time he has decided to put…
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December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Philosophy Unleashed is about breaking free from the limits of syllabi and exam boards and allowing students and teachers to cast a philosophical eye on issues that interest them beyond the topics of an exam paper. buff.ly/EZxJ9ym #philosophy
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Artists, orgs step up for Cultural Exchange Coalition buff.ly/o420lcP #music #musicians #Brexit
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Music performances at Bromsgrove’s Potting Shed cafe to help the homeless buff.ly/irwNcld #music #musicians #homeless
Music performances at Bromsgrove’s Potting Shed cafe to help the homeless
LIVE music performances will take place at The Potting Shed Cafe at Singletons Nurseries in Bromsgrove to help Birminghams homeless.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“Famous musicians are indeed at risk of a premature death”: New study shows fame knocks on average four years off your life buff.ly/5FcWf97 #music #musicians
“Famous musicians are indeed at risk of a premature death”: New study shows fame knocks on average four years off your life
But being in a band does lower the risk of early death
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How To Support The Music You're Obsessed With buff.ly/UClKGJA #music #musicians #support
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Scotland to consider cultural exports service in response to post-Brexit challenges - Arts Professional. The project will look at the challenges and opportunities facing cultural organisations and artists when accessing international markets. buff.ly/j7XMc1i #music #musicians #brexit
Scotland to consider cultural exports service in response to post-Brexit challenges - Arts Professional
The Scottish government has announced it will initiate a research project into the worth of establishing a dedicated cultural export service.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Artists, orgs step up for Cultural Exchange Coalition buff.ly/o420lcP #music #musicians #Brexit
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"When culture is allowed to move freely, people discover that their common ground is far wider than the borders that divide them": Level 42's Mark King, Jools Holland and Dame Evelyn Glennie join alliance to remove barriers to UK-EU touring buff.ly/Ezwa4ke #music #musicians #Brexit
"When culture is allowed to move freely, people discover that their common ground is far wider than the borders that divide them": Level 42's Mark King, Jools Holland and Dame Evelyn Glennie join alliance to remove barriers to UK-EU touring
Barriers include rising costs and lengthy visa processes
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December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Musicians and arts organisations team up to tackle post-Brexit touring crisis buff.ly/FKSycUZ #music #musicians #Brexit
Musicians and arts organisations team up to tackle post-Brexit touring crisis
The Cultural Exchange Coalition comprises more than 50 businesses from across the creative industries and aims to remove the barriers to touring in Europe
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December 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Impact of Brexit worsening for EU touring. Most of the biggest factors affecting artists have shown no improvement or worsened. The impact of Brexit appears most acute amongst lower earners and music creators building their career for the first time. buff.ly/5dOcpcA#music #musicians #Brexit #EU
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Inside the Hare & Hounds with Marta del Pino. This Birmingham venue has a sound system and reputation that draws fans from across the country. But more than just a stage, it's a thriving community hub buff.ly/9aU1JNL
Inside the Hare & Hounds with Marta del Pino
This Birmingham venue has a sound system and reputation that draws fans from across the country. But more than just a stage, it's a thriving community hub in its Kings Heath neighbourhood.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Starsailor to perform intimate show in Warrington town centre next year buff.ly/OOXO7qY #music #musicians #starsailor
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Listen to Not Your War, by Liberation Park. Liberation Park is a South East London duo, Moksha and Graham Parker, who create an eclectic range of compositions that voice the landscape of our times. Soulful folk with a twang of country buff.ly/3H5zsKI #music #musicians #bandcamp #LiberationPark
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
EU Touring: Impact of Brexit Worsening, Says UK Music Report. The impact of Brexit is most acute amongst lower earners and those music creators building their career for the first time. buff.ly/C93p7ox #music #musicians #Brexit
EU Touring: Impact of Brexit Worsening, Says UK Music Report - UK Music
02.12.2025: The impact of Brexit on EU touring for UK creators is getting worse, a new survey featured in UK...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Total Assault On The Culture - December 2025. Keep Your Freak Flag Flying....They’re hoping soon, my kind will drop and die. But I’m gonna wave my freak flag high” - Jimi Hendrix - “If 6 Was 9” buff.ly/Z0svLSr #music #musicians #culture #destruction
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Robert Anton Wilson's 45-year span of political essays challenges traditional left-right thinking buff.ly/LtI80QI #RAW #RobertAntonWilson
Robert Anton Wilson's 45-year span of political essays challenges traditional left-right thinking
"A Non-Euclidean Perspective" collects Wilson's provocative political writings from Bay of Pigs to War on Terror era
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December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Birmingham busking ban and City Council PR disaster could be eased under proposed permit scheme buff.ly/HLoLfKk #music #musicians #busking #Birmingham
Birmingham busking ban could be eased under proposed permit scheme
A permit scheme for buskers in Birmingham that would allow them to perform under certain conditions is being considered by the city council, following criticism of a blanket ban on street performance
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December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years of 'Love is Here' with UK Tour Featuring String Ensemble - That Eric Alper buff.ly/KBQBTnU #music #music #Starsailor
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years of 'Love is Here' with UK Tour Featuring String Ensemble - That Eric Alper
Starsailor is set to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their critically acclaimed, multi platinum debut album ‘Love is Here’ with a special tour featuring a string ensemble arranged and conducted by…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Warrington's Starsailor to play Manchester on anniversary tour buff.ly/y9fwuKr #music #music #Starsailor
Warrington's Starsailor to play Manchester on anniversary tour
A band is celebrating the anniversary of a landmark debut album with a string-laden UK tour.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM