Almost one in five Birmingham music venues is taking a percentage of performers' merchandise sales — dubbed a 'merch tax' — according to an exclusive analysis of data by
The Flatpack Festival, which takes place over several venues around Birmingham, boasts a new “comedy strand” headed up by Joe Lycett and Alistair Green for its 2022 rendition.
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A Birmingham campaign group has won a small victory in securing a green space in Birmingham’s £1.9bn Smithfield construction project but fear the parks limited size won'
