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Subside Bar Birmingham's best rock & alternative music bar! Come in for an early week drink, play pool, listen and request songs from the bar and hang out with the staff!
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays:

Subside is open from 5pm till midnight, unless we have a special event scheduled. Admission is free except on special occasions and Bank Holiday events. Wednesdays:
Wednesdays are our student night. With more great brand name drinks offers than any other night of the week and the coolest tunes from our resident DJ there is no other place to be. Drinks offers include:
Bud Light + Carling Cider - £2.30 Pint
Doom Bar @ £2.80 pint
Becks, Budweiser and Tiger @ £2.00 bottle
Amaretto, Captain Morgan Spiced, Fireball, Gordon's Pink Gin, Jägermeister @ £2.50 a double - add 50p for mixer
The bar is open all day from 5pm through till 3am with our DJ kicking off at 8pm! Thursdays:
Thursdays are our live band night. Each week Surprise You’re Dead Music will be putting on a great bill featuring the best in local talent. And the best news about this is that entry is totally FREE! This way you get to check out the hottest local bands without having to lose any of your precious beer money! The bar is open all day from 5pm (midday) through till midnight and admission is free except on special occasions and Bank Holiday events. Are you in a band? Want a gig? Now’s your chance to play at Subside, Birmingham’s rock & alternative bar! Subside will be holding gigs for local bands and are looking for bands of any type that falls into the rock & alternative genres to play. You must have your own backline equipment (drums, amps, cabs!) and/or be willing to kit share with another band due to lack of stage space but it’s your chance to play at the soon to become legendary Subside and propel you on the road to superstardom…..! Well maybe anyway…
So, if you want to play with your band at Subside then please send an e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected] and send us your band details including any links to music etc and we can look into putting you on the next bill! Fridays & Saturdays:
The whole bar will be rocking to the tunes played by our rotating resident DJ’s so that you never get bored by the mix of rock, metal, punk, ska, indie & alternative anthems old and new that will be blasting out each and every week! The bar is open all day from 5pm on Fridays and 12pm on Saturdays through till 6.00am the next day. Admission is free before 9.00pm and then £4.00 on the door after!

🎉 QUIZ NIGHT • STUDENT NIGHT • GUILT TRIP AFTER SHOW PARTY 🎉Our Wednesdays always come with big energy and tonight we ar...
14/10/2026

🎉 QUIZ NIGHT • STUDENT NIGHT • GUILT TRIP AFTER SHOW PARTY 🎉

Our Wednesdays always come with big energy and tonight we are taking things up a notch. We are running our Quiz Night with DJ Big Dean and we have £120 worth of prizes ready to be claimed. The quiz is completely free to enter and it is definitely not your standard run of the mill quiz. It is fun, fast paced and fully interactive. All you need to do is swing by before 7pm to sign up and get your team locked in.

Once the quiz wraps, Student Night takes over and runs straight through until 3am.

And Guilt Trip fans, we are spoiling you tonight.
We are hosting the Guilt Trip After Show Party, so after the encore hits come tell us which tracks landed the hardest and we will help you relive every moment right here at Subside.

We are open from 5pm and it is free entry all night.
Student Night drink deals running all day.

14/10/2026

Live shows this week at subside 🤘🏻
Thursday - Shaemless
Sunday - Tides of Ire

Free entry!

🎓 QUIZ & STUDENT NIGHT TONIGHT 🎓On Wednesdays we wear… whatever the hell we want because it is Quiz and Student Night at...
14/10/2026

🎓 QUIZ & STUDENT NIGHT TONIGHT 🎓

On Wednesdays we wear… whatever the hell we want because it is Quiz and Student Night at Subside.

Tonight we have DJ Joe Markham on the decks and hosting the quiz, so get your team ready because there is £120 Subside cash in prizes up for grabs. Completely free to enter just get in before 7pm to register your team.

Student Night deals are running all night long and if you are coming in before or after the Guilt Trip gig tonight we have you covered. Let us know which songs hit the hardest and we will help you relive your favourite parts from the show.

Open 5pm to 3am
Quiz from 7pm
FREE ENTRY

14/10/2026
13/10/2026

🔥 KORN — AFTER SHOW PARTY AT SUBSIDE 🔥

Are you heading out to see Korn in Birmingham?
When you're done screaming every word of Freak on a Leash, throwing yourself into Blind, and losing it to Got the Life, don’t let the night stop when that final encore hits.
Come on over to Subside.
We’ll be spinning a soundtrack built to keep that nu‑metal, alt‑heavy, groove‑driven Korn energy alive, packed with low‑tuned riffs, industrial edges, and the anthems every Korn fan lives for. Perfect for your pre‑drinks, post‑show wind‑down, or late‑night wind‑up.
Free entry all night. Open from 5pm until 3am.
DJ taking requests all night.
Full Subside atmosphere waiting for you.
Here’s some of the bands you can expect in the soundtrack:
Slipknot
Deftones
System of a Down
Mudvayne
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Static‑X
Papa Roach
Disturbed
Coal Chamber
Fear Factory
Korn favourites all night
See you at Subside, Birmingham’s favourite rock and alternative bar for the last 18 years.

Birmingham's best rock & alternative music bar!

13/10/2026

⚠️WARNING⚠️ viewer discretion advised. This is unedited footage from the ghost events which took place over the last week with the arrival of the midland’s top paranormal investigators at subside, Digbeth, Birmingham.

🎸🔥 AFTER SHOW PARTIES AND LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEK 🔥🎸This week several bands are passing through the home of heavy metal and...
13/10/2026

🎸🔥 AFTER SHOW PARTIES AND LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEK 🔥🎸
This week several bands are passing through the home of heavy metal and we are hosting the after show parties, so if you are out and about for any of these amazing shows be sure to see us for your warm up or your wind down. Subside is open late, the drinks are cold, and the soundtrack is ready for every crowd coming through the city.

We also have two incredible free live shows coming to our stage and here is a little bit about them.

Thursday 15 October — Shaemless
A Dutch three piece playing gritty, noisy post punk and garage rock. Raw, jagged and loud.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkjN647Abc

Sunday 18 October — Tides of Ire
A five piece alternative and nu metal band from Kent. Heavy grooves, emotional hooks and a powerful live presence.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF6GW41sLZw

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Drop these dates down on your calendar. See you at Subside!

🎉 SUBSIDE QUIZ NIGHT 🎉Last Wednesday’s Subside Quiz Night was a HUGE SUCCESS. We had 10 teams battling it out for that £...
13/10/2026

🎉 SUBSIDE QUIZ NIGHT 🎉

Last Wednesday’s Subside Quiz Night was a HUGE SUCCESS. We had 10 teams battling it out for that £100 Subside cash prize, and it turned into a proper head‑to‑head showdown with big laughs and big energy all night.

We’re ready to do it all again tomorrow. Get your team together and join us before 7pm for registration. The quiz is COMPLETELY FREE to enter. First place wins £100 Subside cash, second place takes £20, and everyone leaves with a great night and plenty of laughs.

Our Student Night deals run all evening too, so you can celebrate or commiserate without breaking the bank.

Open 5pm to 3am
Quiz from 7pm
FREE ENTRY

UPCOMING SHOWS Thursday 15 October — ShaemlessDutch three piece playing gritty, noisy post punk and garage rock. Raw, ja...
12/10/2026

UPCOMING SHOWS

Thursday 15 October — Shaemless
Dutch three piece playing gritty, noisy post punk and garage rock. Raw, jagged and loud.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkjN647Abc

Sunday 18 October — Tides of Ire
Five piece alternative and nu metal band from Kent. Heavy grooves, emotional hooks and a powerful live presence.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF6GW41sLZw

Friday 23 October — Blink 282
Calling all Blink 182 fans! Your favourite pop punk tribute night returns! Expect big nostalgia, big choruses and a full room singing every word.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw

Wednesday 21 October — Fresh Blood Showcase
Sertralinum
Progressive and melodic metal with technical riffs and soaring vocals. Their sound blends modern metalcore with atmospheric layers.
Disloyal
Polish death metal veterans formed in 1997. Brutal, technical and relentless with decades of underground pedigree.
Mystiek
Hard rock from Wolverhampton. Dirty riffs, powerful vocals and thunderous rhythms inspired by Alice in Chains, Skid Row and Pantera.
Destination Disease
Groove and death metal from Birmingham. Heavy, aggressive and packed with energy

Sunday 25 October — The Magpie
A Subside favourite returning with their signature alt rock sound.
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ican-see-the-stage-from-here

Thursday 29 October — Boris and the Joy
Indie folk with psychedelic undertones and soul baring lyrics. Dreamy, intimate and beautifully crafted.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkjN647Abc

Address

57 High Street, Digbeth
Birmingham
B56DA

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 12am
Tuesday 5pm - 12am
Wednesday 5pm - 3am
Thursday 12pm - 12am
Friday 12pm - 6:30am
Saturday 12pm - 6:30am
Sunday 5pm - 6am

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