Grab your skis and slap on your salopettes, it’s time to hit the slopes! We’ve teamed up with Birmingham Seasonal Markets to bring you THE essential winter pop-up event of...
Located somewhere on Thorp Street, 18/81 is a specialist cocktail bar headed up by Brum drinks legend, Robert Wood. With a menu that focuses around pre-batched cocktails (where the very...
The word ‘hidden gem’ is one that is often over-used in our line of work. We chronicle Birmingham’s independent culture with the hope that our articles not only shine a...
This one comes from the heart. We here at IB try to promote positive messages. We want to encourage people to take pride in the marvellous city that we share,...
At Independent Birmingham, we love to champion local and encourage people to support independent businesses. We believe in Birmingham and the wonderful, talented, creative individuals who live here and are...
Here at IB, we love a bit of door porn – a highly photogenic door that you just really want to look inside. The humble door may not be everyone’s...
What does the cheese say when it looks in the mirror? Halloumi. We may as well start as we mean to go on – with a cheese joke. This article...
Wow! What an incredible weekend! It felt like the entirety of Brum’s foodies were at the Independent Birmingham Festival at Aston Hall. The wonderful and iconic Jacobean manor was the...
SHOP LOCAL. CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE. BELIEVE IN BIRMINGHAM. So far, we’ve told you a LOT about the utterly immense food and drink line-up we’ve curated for The Independent Birmingham Festival...
WE’VE BEEN ON THE GIN DIET RECENTLY, SO FAR WE’VE LOST THREE DAYS. Cometh 9 June, cometh World Gin Day. Our favourite day of the year, and one which we...
FOODIES OF BIRMINGHAM, YOU NEED TO BE AT THIS EVENT. IT’S SERIOUSLY UNMISSABLE. Following the huge success of last year’s sold out Independent Birmingham Festival At Aston Hall (where upon...
‘Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time’ – Thomas Merton Birmingham is a city in the midst of a foodie revolution. It seems like...