Tomorrow night SWEAT host the NYE festivities in venue 2 at the Hare & Hounds. Looking ahead to the night we dug out last year’s mix put together by Sweat residents Cheesedip & Jools Belgium celebrating 20 years of running the night.

The mix contains all manner of soulful and funky goodness, featuring tracks by artists including James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Al Wilson, The Jackson Sisters, Incredible Bongo Band, Charles Wright and many more.

There are still a limited number of tickets available from tomorrow night at the Hare & Hounds, and you can pick yours up here for £10 a pop.

https://soundcloud.com/sweat-7/sweat-1993-2013-vol-1

With new year’s eve just around the corner we’re giving away two tickets to our event at the Hare & Hounds with Jam Hott vs Killer Wave, Sweat and High Fidelity. To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is head here, share the image and tag a friend’s name in the comments who you’d like to bring with you.

Purveyors of all things funk, hip hop, reggae, breaks and bass Jam Hott vs Killer Wave take control of the Hare & Hounds main room this NYE, and are joined by very special guest Knicker Bocker Corey, who has built a name for himself as one of the UK’s most skilful multi-genre DJs.

Room 2 is hosted by Birmingham disco, funk and soul institution Sweat, who recently celebrated 21 years as a club night. Resident DJs Cheesedip and Joolz Belgium are on the decks all night long, bringing a bag full of funk, soul, acid jazz, disco and rare groove bombs to get the dancefloor moving.

In the main bar High Fidelity see in the new year with an alternative selection of indie, new wave and classics.

You can pick up tickets for the event here, at £10 each.

Two Birmingham institutions Bigger Than Barry and Love The Life join forces this Boxing Day to host a party of epic proportions at the Hare & Hounds.

Featuring resident DJs from both crews including Dutty Webslinga, Dead Cat+1, DJ Lenny, Guy Carlos, DJ Mickey and Mickey Holleywood, the party promises a whole heap of bass, hip hop, house, and garage goodness as well as anything else that gets the crowd jumping.

It all kicks off at 9pm and is FREE ENTRY all night long.

Misty’s Big Adventure return to the Hare & Hounds this Wednesday for their annual Christmas Eve show.

Always one of the highlights of the year, Misty’s music is a joyous mix of pop, ska, jazz, indie, psychedelia, folk, punk, lounge and more. They have recorded radio sessions for Rob da Bank, John Kennedy, Tom Robinson, Stuart Maconie, Chris Hawkins and John Peel, who once referred to frontman Grandmaster Gareth as the new God. With five genre-defying albums to their name and with Noddy Holder, Gruff Rhys and Sir Patrick Moore having appeared on their recordings, Misty’s are guaranteed to bring Christmas cheer in abundance.

Advance tickets are onsale now at £8 each and you can pick yours up here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTgbyl9uqYg

We’re pleased to announce that Leftfoot will be joining forces with Shadow City to bring Wolf Music’s Medlar to the H&H on Friday 13th March. Check out his Boiler Room set from September this year below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghnhqSAIgTc

Support on the night comes from the Leftfoot & Shadow City residents. Advanced £7 tickets with a limited amount of £5 early birds are on sale now, find them here.

When Aziz Ibrahim and Dalbir Singh Rattan met in South Africa a few years ago, sparks started flying.

Guitar virtuoso Aziz and classically-trained tabla player Dalbir together have an energy that takes their music through and beyond rock, punk and indie, fusing Western and Asian influences to leave audiences breathless.

Both have impeccable credentials. Mancunian Aziz has performed with The Stone Roses, Asia, Ian Brown and Jah Wobble (with whom he is currently on tour as special featured guest in Invaders of the Heart) and has for years written for Brown and Paul Weller. Birmingham-born Dalbir is one of the most respected players in the classical field, having as his mentor Shri Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari; he has also worked with Richard Ashcroft and Ocean Colour Scene. Both have toured with Marillion and worked with Steve Hogarth (Marillion) and Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Japan), while Dalbir is an integral creative force on both Aziz’s albums, Lahore to Longsight and Rusholme Rock.

Their combined sound is an infectious, enthralling riot of melody and percussion that relies on finely-honed skills, electrifying energy and some unique techniques that delights every audience, including their peers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4xmAIN_sgU

You can catch Aziz & Albir playing the H&H tomorrow night, Thursday 18th December, with advanced £8 tickets on sale here.

We’re pleased to announce that Supersonic Festival will be bringing Sleaford Mods back the Hare & Hounds on Friday 20th February 2015.

Sleaford Mods started out sometime during 2006 whilst Jason Williamson was living in Nottingham. Born out of part frustration and part accident, it quickly found its feet as an aggressive verbal onslaught on all that is contrived and connected to the day-to-day hammer of low paid employment and domestic situations arising from that trap. Check out the video for the bands single ‘Tied Up In Nottz’ below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFFWF1DnZKM

Advanced £10 tickets are on sale now but we expect them to sell out very soon. Make sure you don’t miss out and pick up yours now by clicking here.

Tomorrow night The Darkroom will be lightening up from it’s usual more sinister proceedings for a special screening of the festive classic ‘Elf’.

For us, as with many, Elf popping up on Channel 4 on a cold Sunday in December signals the start of that Christmassy feeling. So we couldn’t be happier that The Darkroom are offering you the chance to get snuggled down on beanbags with plenty of  free popcorn and candy canes to see you through the whole film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9wRNqQ_P8

It all kicks off tomorrow night, Tuesday 16th December, at 8pm and free entry

We’re delighted to announce that Mercury Prize 2014 winners Young Fathers will be playing the Hare & Hounds on June 3rd as part of the Leftfoot Fifteen series. Check out the bands new single ‘Soon Come Soon’ below…

https://soundcloud.com/bigdadasound/young-fathers-soon-come-soon-3

Advanced tickets go on sale at 9am this Monday, you can find them here.