Here’s a sneak preview of all the fun that’s to come:

Wednesday

Tonight Rogue States will be rocking the house from 7.30pm, with poetic songs about ‘love and loss, opportunity and frustration, certainty and faith.’ They’re supported by Berlin Blockade.

Thursday

It’s your monthly dose of laughing gas with ‘Off The Cuff’, a live version of Whose Line Is It, Anyway? with ‘silly games, made-up songs, rude jokes, a mountain of audience suggestions, and plenty of belly-laughs’ to keep you amused from 8.00pm.

Friday

Join Funkbox from 9.00pm to celebrate the launch of Crate Escape Records’ new release ‘Soundsci’ with Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser). Ollie will be joined by Soundsci producer Jonny Cuba and Funkbox’s own DJ Cro for one seriously funky party.

Saturday

Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra comes to Birmingham for a ‘raw, urgent, emotional, and 100 percent authentic’ performance to mark the release of their second album Mean Everything To Nothing. With the first six songs merging into one another without so much as a pause for breath, this promises to be an exhilarating and exhausting night.

Tuesday

Keep next Tuesday evening free in your diaries for Dear Reader, who are fresh from their appearance at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in their home South Africa. They are supported with ‘clever, catchy pop’ from Birmingham-based quartet The Heathers.

And that’s your lot (until next week). We’ll leave you with the pretty impressive video for Manchester Orchestra’s ‘I Can Barely Breathe’. Enjoy then come on down and see them on Sat!

Hopefully you’re not feeling too washed out after all that rain to enjoy the great gigs we’ve got lined up for this weekend:

Thursday

• Tonight we’ve got the excellent Kevin Hewick, who recorded tracks with the surviving members of Joy Division after Ian Curtis’ death before they formed New Order. He’s also enjoyed support slots with Roy Harper, The Fall, Joy Division, PJ Harvey, Martin Carthy, Kevin Coyne, Fairport Convention and Dr.Robert. It’s an unticketed event, so get here early to avoid disappointment.

Friday

• On Friday night we have a great Platform Promotions gig, where Prospect Lane are set to rock the house down. They’ll be supported by RedRoots, Lazy J and Barnesy

Saturday

• Saturday night promises to be something incredibly special – Cog and Bunka bring you the legendary techno DJ Billy Nasty. He’s supported by Cog residents Hog and Lee Richez, and Bunka Residents Matt Tilley and Paolo Riozzi until the early hours. Pre-book your ticket to avoid disappointment, as this one’s likely to be a sell-out.

Monday

• After a well-earned Day of Rest on Sunday we’re going to be easing ourselves into Monday with contemporary reggae band Groundation on their Birmingham debut, for an evening of ‘awesome organic fusion of Roots Reggae, transcendental Dub and heavy Jazz fusion’. Sounds like a lovely start to the working week.

For those wanting to relive Mr Elephant’s 2nd Birthday at the Hare & Hounds on the last bank holiday (or see what you missed out on) then you can read Rich Batsford’s write-up and/or check out this video:

If you’ve managed not to melt before the weekend, chill out with us – we’ve got some treats in store from Friday onwards:

Friday

• We get sneak preview of the Big Chill with the Official Big Chill Warm-Up from Hexstatic for a night of ‘slamming electronic funk, acid house and hip hop, cut together with sheer wit and invention in a visual screen explosion…’ The fun starts at 9pm and goes on until the early hours.
• For something a little calmer and quieter, The Lunar Society bring to you Erland and The Carnival, a British folk rock band made up of instrumentalist Simon Tong, Gawain Erland Cooper and David Nock. Support acts are Electric Shed and international busker Jeff Stone.

Saturday

• Get yourself some new glad-rags at the J & G Vintage Clothes Fair from 11am. There’ll also be vintage furniture and bric-a-brac for sale. Entry is free.
• Celebrate Independence Day with Funkatronic’s Independance Day Party, with live funk band Gran Torino, Trigger resident DJ Skeleton, Roskoe and Dan.ic.

Sunday

• On Sunday evening there’s a Big Print gig of post-punk band The Raincoats, Gina Birch, ‘Birmingham’s supreme teens’ Poppy & The Jezebels and, all the way from Brooklyn, Christy & Emily.

Monday

• The weekend’s not quite over with as far as we’re concerned – beat the Monday blue’s with Capsule’s pre-Supersonic Festival show Prefuse 73 + Dimilte for “A range of emotional grappling usually foreign to instrumental hip-hop,“ according to Pitchfork.

Hopefully this week you’ve managed to soak up some rays while you could, because the weekend isn’t looking so sunshiney.

Still, keeping dry is the perfect excuse to get yourself under our roof where we’ve got a line-up of events good enough to make you drool.

Friday

• Missing Glasto? Course you are, because you know about The Beastival – a free party chock full of electro/techno/acid/rave/dubstep/Italo disco. Entry’s free so get yourself in
• Or stick your head into Sugarfoot Stomp’s Holiday Camp Special for tunes from the 20s to 60s and old-fashioned seaside holiday fun. They’re promising a lovely legs competition and other frivolities

Saturday

• Transglobal Underground recently capped 17 years of recording, performing and award-winning with an album of their greatest hits. Notorious party starter Marc Reck is supporting and I hear he’s been digging deep through some world music treats in preparation.

Sunday

• Ana Garcia’s flamenco parties aren’t to be missed. It’s hard to pick out the high point – the flamenco taster class from 5-6pm? The tapas and sangria (highly recommended)? The evening of live music and dance? Or the performance of Asin by Ana herself? Word of mouth about these nights is crazy, so snag a ticket as early as possible
• Don’t fancy getting your dancing shoes out? Then come and check out the cream of local and touring acoustic, singer-songwriter and folk/roots artists. This month we’re proud to have The Kings Of Spain, Aaron Yorke & Ben Calvert performing

The infamous brass band from New Orleans are back at the H&H tomorrow night, and as it’s such a beautiful day we’ve decided to give you the chance to win yourself a pair of free tickets!

Just answer the following question:

What is the name of Hot 8 Brass band’s UK record label?

Email your answer to info@hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

Be quick, we’ll be drawing the winner t mid-day tomorrow.

Click here for more info about the night

Who wants FREE ENTRY!! to Joe Gideon & The Shark? On Sunday (today if its Sunday now!).

They toured with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Seasick Steve over the past 9months! This band are simply too good to not play to the maximum amount of people! Tickets are £6adv and £8 on the door so you need to send your names to carlo@hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk or Facebook him with full names. This list is limited to 100 spaces so do this quickly friends of the Hare and show your support for this excellent act coming to Kings Heath! Supports are great too! Check out the listings for full details!

Another Hare & Hounds giveaway for you! x x

Please Note:
This show has been changed to Monday July 6th at the Hare & Hounds instead of the 16th of July.

All tickets for the 16th are valid for Monday the 6th show

Tickets from: https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/organisers/?id=185
Polar Bear – Kings Heath
Swordfish – Birmingham city centre

Tickets for the Roy Ayers’ shows on Friday 24th July are now on sale through the ticketsellers.
There are a few early bird tickets available for just £12 plus booking fee. For full details, go to our listings section.

Early bird tickets (Show 1 only)

We’ve got another varied line-up at the Hare and Hounds this week, with a few bona fide legends coming through the door. Here’s what’s coming up:

Wednesday kicks things off with The Drones with their dirty, psychedelic take on Australian rock. Support comes from Snowman and Barge Pole.

On Thursday there’s a tricky choice to be made. On the one hand The Catapult Club have the ever-entertaining Misty’s Big Adventure. Meanwhile, in the other room, Bohemian Jukebox are curating a line-up that includes Banska, Erinn, Get Frank and Rich Batsford.

Friday is all about Andrew Weatherall. I shouldn’t need to tell you any more about a legend of his calibre so I’m not going to. Just make sure you don’t miss out.

On Saturday we’re got two very different nights under the same roof. Capsule are responsible for bringing Aethenor to Birmingham for one of only three exclusive UK shows. Einstellung are supporting, as are a very special guest.

In the other room you can witness the birth of Cinephonic – a new night with a fine pedigree. They’re starting things off right by bringing Quantic along with his future dance floor-orientated grooves, deep funk and tough drums.

There’s no let-up on Sunday, when we’ll be offering a very tasty-looking morsel – a unique collaboration between Stones Throw’s James Pants and latin soul legend Joe Bataan (who will somehow be on his first ever UK tour). Here’s the flyer for that one:

You can get more information about all of these (including ticket info) on the listings page.

What grabs your fancy? Anything you reckon is unmissable?