I’ve never been certain whether we have the right amount of venues in Birmingham to accommodate everything that wants to happen. Rooms do seem to be getting booked up well in advance at the moment, which has (um, possibly in combination with a touch of laziness on my part) created this little calm in the Autumn Store schedule between February and May.

Fully booked venues are a good thing but it probably means that we need a few more, and we can add one more new venue to the list! Woom in Hockley, which has been open for a few months now but I only visited this weekend. It’s pretty ace. You go in from the street into a little courtyard area (with a projection on the far wall) and with two little outdoor chimney/fire-pit things to keep warm.

Inside was nice too, it’s an art studio rather than a dedicated gig venue, so there are bits of art all over too (I quite like the one with the cleaning mice) and a coloured in mirror ball – it’s quite atmospheric and the sort of place that’s perfect for a shambolic lo-fi all-dayer like the one I went to in Bristol. They were talking about turning it into a café during the day too.

It’s a bit out of the way so if you visit, this map may help, but it’s not so far out of the way that you have to get a second bus connection from Birmingham centre or something.

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