Special Delivery: Historical Letterboxes of the Jewellery Quarter

Special Delivery: Historical Letterboxes of the Jewellery Quarter

Thursday 7 Sept 2017 | All day 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham B1 3HE The distinctive letterboxes of the Jewellery Quarter were forged in the Georgian era, as secure portals for precious metals and stones. Two hundred years later they remain an iconic detail of this […] Click here to view original…

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Jazz in the Courtyard

Jazz in the Courtyard

Join us for live jazz performances with Blue Silk in the Smith & Pepper Tearoom courtyard at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. Singer Judy Blue teams with exciting young guitarist Ian Silk, presenting jazz and blues classics. Performances are part of the Birmingham, Solihull & Sandwell Jazz & […] Click here to view original…

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Event: JQ Open Studios

Event: JQ Open Studios

Its that time of year again! The Jewellery Quarter hosts the JQ Open Studios, an annual event that see’s business’s and creatives such as ourselves open our doors, giving you an opportunity not only meet us but see behind the scenes in our studio. For the 29th-30th July our […] Click here to view original…

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Loading Bay Cinema

Loading Bay Cinema

On Saturday 29th July we will once again be opening our doors as part of the Jewellery Quarter Festival and the Open Studios event. This year with help from Flatpack and Cinema For All we will be creating a pop-up cinema, aptly named…’Loading Bay Cinema’. We’ll be open between […] Click here to view original…

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Be an archi-tective for the day!

Be an archi-tective for the day!

ADP invites families to take part in an architecture trail in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter to discover the area’s character and find some of its architectural gems. The trail is taking place as part of the third Jewellery Quarter (JQ) Festival organised by the […] Click here to view original web page at www.adp-architecture.com

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Overnight tunnel closures in Birmingham

Overnight tunnel closures in Birmingham

In order for Amey to carry out essential maintenance and cleaning of St Chads Queensway, Great Charles Street Queensway and Suffolk Street Queensway tunnels, there will be overnight closures from Monday 10 July to Thurs 13 July. The hours of closure will be from 22.00 – 06.00 each night. […] Click here to view original…

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Check out the latest planning applications in the JQ

Check out the latest planning applications in the JQ

As a part of the JQDT (Jewellery Quarter Development Trust) structure, a Planning Consultative Committee meets and reviews applications on behalf of businesses and residents in the Quarter. The team lodge comments about planning directly to Birmingham City Council. The committee meets every month and the city council recognises […] Click here to view original…

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Whatever happened to Birmingham’s best nightclubs of the 90s?

Whatever happened to Birmingham's best nightclubs of the 90s?

Another one bites the dust. News of the demolition of the Hurst Street superdub that began as the Locarno and ended as the Electric means more of Birmingham’s heritage is to be lost. The venue will be knocked down as part of a redevelopment of Smallbrook Queensway. It hosted […] Click here to view original…

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