When: Sunday 12th May, 2pm onwards
Where: Meet at the Custard Factory, Gibb Street Digbeth

Everyone is welcome to join DRA and Digbeth Speaks at the Old Crown afterwards to discuss Digbeth old and new

The Digbeth Speaks project team, in conjunction with FOBAH (Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage), invite you to join a walking tour of Digbeth on Sunday.

Chris Upton (Senior Lecturer in History at Newman University, Birmingham) will lead the tour, themed around the ‘Gangs of Digbeth’.

Places are very limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Booking in advance is essential; please email Carly (carlyhegenbarth@hotmail.com) to reserve your place.

After the tour, Digbeth Speaks along with Digbeth Residents Association, welcome those on the walk (and others not!) to join us at the Old Crown, to discuss Digbeth old and new.

Image: Flatpack

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Boutique shop PROVIDE opened in the Custard Factory back in September 2012, with a limited edition run of their own free newspaper. Perhaps not surprisingly, the paper ‘sold out’ quite quickly, but if you missed out, it’s now available to view online:

One of the reasons PROVIDE began was to buck the trend of creative people having the inspiration and enthusiasm sucked out of them by corporate jobs. There’s a decent chance that at some point in your life someone has tried to disuade you from following your dreams, because whatever it is that you love to do is not a sensible career option. PROVIDE is here to offer an alternative opinion, encouragement to do what makes you feel alive, and opportunities to share your passions with others.

We publish a newspaper semi-regularly with the sole aim of providing a platform for creative people to share their work. Our hope is that even if you’re currently in a job you hate, you’ll enjoy creating something truly ‘you’ for the paper. Who knows, maybe seeing your work in print will plant thoughts in your mind about what might happen if you paid more attention to what your soul wants to do.

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When: Thursday 25th April, 19:00-22:00
Where: The Greenhouse Café, Gibb Street, Custard Factory, Digbeth
Tickets: £3 – includes a copy of the Naked Lungs publication

Naked Lungs is a newly established Birmingham collective focused on promoting and providing a platform for a myriad of art forms. This will be their first monthly event, which will also launch the first edition of their self-published magazine to document art in Birmingham as a whole.

Naked Lungs hope to work with the best spoken word artists in Birmingham, some of which feature in the line-up for their first event:

• Keiran Goddard
  “Keiran Goddard writes with an intensity and commitment matched only by his imagistic facility. His is an original new voice that demands our attention.” Luke Kennard
• Benjamin Jones
  “Free form philosophy, live on stage”
• Garrie Fletcher
  Writes edgy adult fiction and poetry about the dark knuckles of the earth, the pauses between stations and the hiss of the city.
• Hannah Graham (Annie J)
  Her work is personal, reflective and poignant; a fusion between witty word play and creative storytelling.
• Jaden Larker (Seasick Fist)
  “Spoken word poet, wandering wordsmith, retired magician”

For more information about the event, visit the Facebook event page. If you are interested in collaborating with Naked Lungs, or contributing to the event/publication, please get in touch with Joe or Chris by email.

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When: Saturday 13th April, 10:00-15:30
Where: Old Library, Custard Factory, Digbeth

This is no April fool – if you’re a serious record/CD collector, one of the UK’s premier record fairs at the Custard Factory later this month is not to be missed.

You’ll find CD albums and singles, vinyl LPs 12″ and singles at the event, which promises a ‘genuine shopping experience’.

Click here for more information about the event.

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Crave has just opened at the Custard Factory, and as the UK’s first unisex full aesthetic boutique, the owners certainly have Digbeth’s pioneering attitude!

Offering everything from tanning to tattoos, hair styling to hot stone therapy, the team behind Crave really do cover all the bases. In addition, the all-black boutique with its state of the art technology lends itself to an unforgettable experience. One half of the salon boasts gadgetry, tattoos and piercing, whereas the other half, The Boudoir, is dedicated to relaxation and pampering heaven.

To celebrate the launch, Crave are offering a number of introductory offers and giveaways: there’s a goody bag from the very talented Bits and Bows with every beauty treatment, and Digbeth residents get 10% off all piercing and beauty treatments, so make sure you pop in and meet the team!

To redeem your discount as a resident of Digbeth, simply show a recent utility/credit card bill at the boutique. For more information about Crave, visit their Facebook or Twitter pages. If you’d like to make a booking, call 0121 224 7505 or email bookings@thisiscrave.com.

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