A new community music space is set to open in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Opening in Digbeth on 15th August, komunal<\/a> is dedicated to “high-quality electronic music”, and promises to provide a platform for “thoughtful programming and independent global voices”, according to a press release.<\/p>\n The komunal team space will also house the karavan, a livestream booth inside a converted caravan, where regular sessions for the new komrad<\/a> online radio station will be held.<\/p>\n komunal will host a launch party on 15th August with Berlin-based Croatian DJ Dea Dvornik, part of the duo ERIS.<\/p>\n Further down the line, the komunal team have described their programming as “a rotating line-up of carefully curated selectors and DJs, each bringing a distinct perspective on contemporary club culture”.<\/p>\n Check out the komunal Instagram<\/a> page for event updates. You can also join the club’s WhatsApp group for updates\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In other Birmingham club news, a\u00a0new 2000-capacity club<\/a>\u00a0was opened earlier this year by the same team\u00a0behind Forum Birmingham, which shut down permanently in April.<\/p>\n December 2024 also saw the arrival of\u00a0a new \u201cback to basics\u201d underground club in the city called Colette<\/a>.<\/p>\n These new venue arrivals bring a welcome note of optimism to a landscape in which\u00a0cultural institutions in Birmingham have recently faced major funding cuts<\/a>\u00a0and grassroots venues around the country have faced closure due to soaring costs.<\/p>\n Last October, the UK’s\u00a0Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) warned that\u00a0UK clubs could be \u201cextinct\u201d by the end of the decade<\/a>\u00a0should the rate of closures continue with such intensity. In the past four years, approximately three late-licensed music venues have closed each week.<\/p>\n