Nortons Digbeth

All Folk'd Up & Calum MacPhail - Halfway Fest 2025
2025-09-19 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Nortons Digbeth, 43-45 Meriden Street, Irish Quarter Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5LS, United Kingdom
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We’re marking the halfway point to St Patrick’s Day with a massive weekend of live music – and Friday night is going to be huge.
Headlining the night are Irish folk-rock powerhouse All Folk’d Up, bringing their trademark high-energy show, big singalong anthems and a party atmosphere like no other. They’ll be joined by the brilliant Calum MacPhail, delivering Scottish charm and infectious accordion-led tunes, plus more acts to be announced.
Expect a night of pounding folk, rock and trad fusions, plenty of dancing, and pints flowing late into the night – all in the heart of Birmingham’s Irish Quarter – on Friday 19th September!
🎟 Tickets available now – don’t miss the start of a Halfway Fest weekend to remember.

Clada, Ceol, One For The Road - Halfway Fest 2025
2025-09-20 13:00 - 23:30
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Halfway Fest continues on Saturday with another huge night of live Irish music at Nortons.
Taking the stage are CEOL, one of the most exciting young bands on the Irish scene, blending trad roots with a fresh, modern energy that’s taken festivals by storm. They’re joined by the brilliant Clada, bringing rich harmonies and soulful Irish sounds, and crowd favourites One For The Road, guaranteed to keep the singalongs going late into the night.
From pounding rhythms to classic tunes, this is a Saturday session built for dancing, singing and raising a creamy pint together in Birmingham’s Irish Quarter.
🎟 Tickets available now – secure your spot for the biggest Irish night of the year (until St Patrick’s Day itself!).

LAMPA, HEED, Jasper Malone, Jack Banting & More - 12 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC & Bottomless Brunch!
2025-11-08 14:00 - 2025-11-09 04:00
Saturdays at Nortons are the big one. Joining us this week:LAMPA, HEED, Jasper Malone, Jack Banting & More!

We kick things off with Bottomless Brunch – featuring the best Full Irish brekkie in Birmingham, packed with all the traditional favourites that’ll sort you right out.

Then it’s straight into a marathon day of live music, with 12 hours of top-class Irish bands and musicians taking over the stage. Keep yourself fuelled with freshly made pizzas and proper Irish curry chips, and drink your way around the bar – from the creamiest pints in town to over 50 incredible Irish whiskeys.

Good food, great tunes, and plenty of craic.
Sláinte, bab!

The Father Teds, Ire-ish, On The Sesh, Daniel Murphy & Heed - 12 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC
2025-12-06 12:30 - 2025-12-07 02:30
Saturdays at Nortons are the big one. Joining us this week:
The Father Teds, Ire-ish, On The Sesh, Daniel Murphy & Heed & more!
We kick things off with Bottomless Brunch – featuring the best Full Irish brekkie in Birmingham, packed with all the traditional favourites that’ll sort you right out.
Then it’s straight into a marathon day of live music, with 12 hours of top-class Irish bands and musicians taking over the stage. Keep yourself fuelled with freshly made pizzas and proper Irish curry chips, and drink your way around the bar – from the creamiest pints in town to over 50 incredible Irish whiskeys.
Good food, great tunes, and plenty of craic.
Sláinte, bab!

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An Evening with Carl Chinn: Dickens & A Christmas Carol
2025-12-10 18:00 - 23:00
Join us at Nortons Digbeth on Wednesday 10th December as Professor Carl Chinn MBE returns with a brand new talk – Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol.
In this special festive edition of his often sold-out Birmingham history talks, Carl explores the life, times and inspiration behind Dickens’ most famous work, diving into the social and moral lessons that made A Christmas Carol one of the most enduring stories ever written.
Expect a night filled with history and heart, as Carl brings Victorian Birmingham to life, shining a light on the city’s ties to Dickens’ world of compassion and redemption. With his trademark Brummie pride and storytelling flair, it’s the perfect way to kick off the Christmas season.
🎟️ Tickets available now – early booking advised!
📅 Wednesday 10th December 2025
📍 Nortons Digbeth, 43-45 Meriden Street, Birmingham
🍺 Doors 6pm | Talk 7pm
✨ A night of history, festivity and Brummie spirit

Aidan Sullivan, Jayme Tovey, Heed, Nortons House Band & more - 12 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC
2025-12-13 12:30 - 2025-12-14 02:30
Saturdays at Nortons are the big one. Joining us this week:
Aidan Sullivan, Jayme Tovey, Heed, Nortons House Band & more!
We kick things off with Bottomless Brunch – featuring the best Full Irish brekkie in Birmingham, packed with all the traditional favourites that’ll sort you right out.
Then it’s straight into a marathon day of live music, with 12 hours of top-class Irish bands and musicians taking over the stage. Keep yourself fuelled with freshly made pizzas and proper Irish curry chips, and drink your way around the bar – from the creamiest pints in town to over 50 incredible Irish whiskeys.
Good food, great tunes, and plenty of craic.
Sláinte, bab!

BOTTOMESS BRUNCH TICKETS HERE

Toss The Feathers Christmas Party at Nortons
2025-12-18 19:00 - 23:00
Following sellout Manchester shows Christmas 2024 and St Patrick Day Special, Toss the Feathers return to Birmingham for one night only.

Rosie O'Sullivan, Ben Bartlett, Jayme Tovey & Carl Sinclair LIVE @ Nortons - Late Nights, Live Music, Creamy Pints!
2025-12-19 18:00 - 2025-12-20 02:00
Friday nights at Nortons! This week we have:
Rosie O’Sullivan, Ben Bartlett, Jayme Tovey & Carl Sinclair til late!
Start your weekend the right way – with creamy pints, live music and plenty of craic at your favourite Irish bar in Digbeth.
Every Friday we bring you top-class live acts, from foot-stomping trad sessions to big singalongs and floor-fillers. Add in our massive selection of Irish whiskeys, cold pints of the black stuff, and a bar full of friendly faces, and you’ve got yourself a proper Friday night.
It’s the best way to roll into the weekend!

Aidan Sullivan, One For The Road, Mubba Bubba, Kell, Jack Banting - 12 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC
2025-12-20 12:30 - 2025-12-21 02:30
Saturdays at Nortons are the big one. Joining us this week:
Aidan Sullivan, One For The Road, Mubba Bubba, Kell, Jack Banting & more!
We kick things off with Bottomless Brunch – featuring the best Full Irish brekkie in Birmingham, packed with all the traditional favourites that’ll sort you right out.
Then it’s straight into a marathon day of live music, with 12 hours of top-class Irish bands and musicians taking over the stage. Keep yourself fuelled with freshly made pizzas and proper Irish curry chips, and drink your way around the bar – from the creamiest pints in town to over 50 incredible Irish whiskeys.
Good food, great tunes, and plenty of craic.
Sláinte, bab!

BOTTOMESS BRUNCH TICKETS HERE

BOXING DAY: LAMPA, Hurling Boys, One For The Road, Jack Banting LIVE @ Nortons - Late Nights, Live Music, Creamy Pints!
2025-12-26 18:00 - 2025-12-27 01:00
Boxing Day at Nortons! This year we have:
Hurling Boys, One For The Road, Lampa, Jack Banting til late!
Sign off your Christmas the right way – with creamy pints, live music and plenty of craic at your favourite Irish bar in Digbeth.
We bring you top-class live acts, from foot-stomping trad sessions to big singalongs and floor-fillers. Add in our massive selection of Irish whiskeys, cold pints of the black stuff, and a bar full of friendly faces, and you’ve got yourself a proper Boxing Day!
It’s the best way to work off that Christmas Dinner!

Jayme Tovey, Ire-ish, Rosie O'Sullivan, Andy Webster - 12 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC
2025-12-27 14:00 - 2025-12-28 02:30
Saturdays at Nortons are the big one. Joining us this week:
Jayme Tovey, Ire-ish, Rosie O’Sullivan, Andy Webster & more!
We kick things off with Bottomless Brunch – featuring the best Full Irish brekkie in Birmingham, packed with all the traditional favourites that’ll sort you right out.
Then it’s straight into a marathon day of live music, with 12 hours of top-class Irish bands and musicians taking over the stage. Keep yourself fuelled with freshly made pizzas and proper Irish curry chips, and drink your way around the bar – from the creamiest pints in town to over 50 incredible Irish whiskeys.
Good food, great tunes, and plenty of craic.
Sláinte, bab!

BOTTOMESS BRUNCH TICKETS HERE

NEW YEARS EVE! FT Kell, The Father Teds, Ire-Ish, Scanlons Dancers
2025-12-31 18:00 - 2026-01-01 03:00
New Year’s Eve at Nortons is shaping up to be a monster this year. We’re loading the stage with some of our all time favourites and turning the pub into a full blown end of year party. It’s one of the biggest nights on our calendar and we’re going all in.
Kell are taking the 9.30 slot to get the place moving, then The Father Teds are on just before midnight for the big countdown. Anyone who’s seen them here knows exactly what that means… the roof usually comes off when they hit their stride. Once we’ve all shouted our way into 2026, Ire-ish are taking us through the first hours of the new year in proper style.
There’ll be plenty happening around the pub, plus a few surprises along the way. Expect noise, dancing, pints everywhere and that big Nortons atmosphere that only seems to appear on nights like this.
Tickets are up now – grab them while they’re about. This one always fills fast.

Folk at Nortons: Seán Magee Tour 2026
2026-02-20 19:00 - 2026-02-21 01:00
We’re very excited to launch Folk at Nortons with a special live show from Seán Magee on Friday 20 February.
Seán began playing traditional Irish music at just seven years old, taking fiddle lessons from Irish music legend Pat McManus. By the age of nine, he was already gigging regularly, performing in pubs and venues across the north of Ireland alongside his father. A few years later, his siblings joined him on stage, forming The Magee Family Band, who still reunite for the occasional show.
At just 14 years old, Seán won 1st place at the All Ireland Fleadh in the under-15 fiddle category – a huge achievement and early sign of the musician he was becoming.
In recent years, Seán has built an impressive solo career, touring extensively across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the USA, including shows in Germany, Spain, Amsterdam and New York City. He also spent a year touring with Rory Gallagher of Rory and The Island, playing dates across Ireland, the UK and Europe, and completing a residency at RiRa Irish Bar in Las Vegas in 2019.
Alongside his live work, Seán has grown a strong online following, now reaching over 150,000 people across social platforms, connecting audiences worldwide through his energetic performances and wide-ranging musical style.
Expect a powerful live set rooted in Irish tradition but delivered with pace, personality and serious musicianship. This first Folk at Nortons night is about bringing storytelling, energy and connection into the room – and Seán Magee is the perfect artist to kick things off.
Details
📍 Nortons, Digbeth
🗓 Friday 20th February
🕢 Doors: 7:15pm
🎶 Show Starts: 8pm

Birmingham’s Biggest Cheltenham Preview Night
2026-03-05 19:30 - 23:30
Cheltenham is around the corner and we’re hosting Birmingham’s biggest Preview Night right here at Nortons.
A full evening of expert insight, racing chat, tips and proper build-up ahead of the festival, with some of the biggest names in the horse racing industry joining us on stage.
THE LINE UP
– Gary Wiltshire – “Belly from the Telly”
– John Hanlon – “Shark”
– Gary Newbon MBE
– Steve Bowers – Front Runners
WHAT’S INCLUDED
– Irish food
– A free Guinness
– A £5 bet
All included in your ticket.
TICKETS
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St Patricks Parade Day - All Folk'd Up, Lampa, The Father Teds, On The Sesh, Jack Banting, Heed, Dan Roberts, Ire-Ish, The Hurling Boys and more!
2026-03-15 11:00 - 2026-03-16 04:00
The highlight of our St Patrick’s Week, featuring live music from All Folk’d Up, Lampa, The Father Teds, On The Sesh, Jack Banting, Heed, Dan Roberts, Ire-Ish, The Hurling Boys and DJ sets from Kieran Corcoran

Folk at Nortons: Barry Kerr - Curlews Cry Tour 2026
2026-03-18 19:00 - 22:00
Barry Kerr is riding a remarkable new wave of recognition, with his seventh studio album Curlew’s Cry shortlisted for Folk Album of the Year. March will see him on a special run of English dates: Stroud’s Prince Albert on 16 March, a featured appearance at the Awards show in Manchester on 17 March (to be streamed online), Birmingham’s Nortons on 18 March, and the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London, on 19 March.
A celebrated composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist, Barry is known for work that captures the raw pulse and quiet poetry of Irish life. Originally from the southern shores of Lough Neagh and now rooted in the wild landscape of Connemara, he has carved out a distinctive voice over more than two decades of touring and recording-sharing stages with some of Ireland’s most revered performers.
Barry recorded his debut album at just seventeen, launching an international career that has seen him collaborate with luminaries such as Steve Cooney, Cara Dillon, Julie Fowlis, Lumiere, and Dervish. His compositions have travelled even further, finding new life in the hands of artists including Karan Casey, Flook, Jiggy, Beoga, Brian Finnegan, Damian O’Kane, and Kate Rusby.
An award-winning musician with a reputation for artistic fearlessness, Barry received the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award from the National Concert Hall and the Arts Council in 2020. In 2023, he served as Traditional Musician in Residence at University College Cork. His creative curiosity continues to push boundaries-most notably in Fuascail, his meditative film exploring Ireland’s decade of centenaries, broadcast on TG4 in December 2022.
At the heart of Barry’s recent work lies Curlew’s Cry: a haunting, luminous collection of original and traditional songs inspired by folklore, memory, and the natural world. Its shortlist for Folk Album of the Year marks a powerful moment in the evolution of an artist whose voice is as timeless as it is unmistakably his own.
⭐⭐⭐⭐”Pipes and flute dip and soar with avian elegance” – The Irish Times ‘Like Gaughan and Moore, but with his own thing going on, I love this guy’. Mike Harding “Stopped me in my tracks. Could not stop listening. Stunning.” – Imelda May “An exceptional, original, artistic and enduring masterpiece.” – Irish Music Magazine

Seán Keane: The Distinctive Voice of Ireland Live in Birmingham
2026-04-24 19:30 - 23:00
Experience an evening of unparalleled musical heritage as Seán Keane takes the stage at Nortons Digbeth on April 24th.
Hailing from the village of Caherlistrane, Co. Galway, Seán was raised in the heart of Irish tradition. As a member of the legendary Keane family, he grew up surrounded by the music of his sister Dolores and his aunts, Rita and Sarah Keane. Today, he has channeled those deep roots into a world-class career, becoming a renowned multi-instrumentalist with a voice described as both unique and penetrating.
Having performed to sold-out audiences across Ireland, Europe, and the USA, Seán is celebrated not only for his technical mastery but for the atmosphere he creates. A night with Seán Keane is more than just a concert; it is a display of warmth, intimacy, and a touch of humour that connects deeply with every listener.
Don’t miss this chance to see one of Ireland’s most captivating talents in the heart of Birmingham.

Country Night at Nortons - FREE ENTRY! Featuring: It's Country, Grace Palmer, Rosie O'Sullivan & Dancing with The Dixie Dolls!
2026-05-16 17:00 - 2026-05-17 02:00
Saddle up – we’re going full country at Nortons 🤠🍻
And yes… tickets are FREE.
We’re bringing a full night of live country music to Digbeth with It’s Country, Grace Palmer, Rosie O’Sullivan and more taking over the stage, plus The Dixie Dolls running line dancing and showing you how it’s actually done.
Expect big singalongs, boots on the floor, and a room full of people fully committing to it. Whether you’re a seasoned two-stepper or just here for the pints and the craic, you’ll be in it before you know it.
What to expect:

Live country music all night
Line dancing (and lessons) from The Dixie Dolls
Fancy dress strongly encouraged – hats, boots, double denim, go big
A very lively Nortons crowd

And tunes from the likes of:

Dolly Parton
Johnny Cash
Shania Twain
Kenny Rogers
Willie Nelson
Patsy Cline
John Denver
Glen Campbell
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Chris Stapleton
Kacey Musgraves
Zach Bryan
Lainey Wilson

Important bit:
Tickets are FREE, but space isn’t. Once we’re full, we’re full – so get yours sorted and get down early.
No excuses on this one.

Power Folk returns to Nortons! Sun 7 June
2026-06-07 14:00 - 23:30
The Folk Ensemble’s annual hometown party is back in Digbeth for its 13th year, and it’s one of those days where you just settle in early and don’t make other plans.
From 2pm through to late, we’ve got a full run of bands, big sounds, and the kind of energy that builds all day and doesn’t really let you go.
Kicking things off, the University of Birmingham Folk Band get us underway – one of the most exciting young groups in the city, led by Paloma Trigás (Urban Folk Quartet, Carlos Núñez and plenty more). If you like your folk sharp, lively and properly played, you’re in good hands.
Then straight into GOOD HABITS bringing uplifting indie folk fusion – the sort that gets people smiling early doors. BBC 6 Music and Songlines already backing them, so we’re not the only ones paying attention.
Urban Folk Quartet follow with serious intent. High energy, cross-genre, and ridiculously tight. One of those bands where you look up halfway through and realise the whole room’s locked in.
Potts and Jammin turn things up a notch after that – soulful, rootsy rock with a bit more weight behind it. If you’ve seen Potts before, this is him louder, fuller, and not holding back.
Then it’s Blackbeard’s Tea Party – swagger, sea shanties, folk turned sideways into something bigger and a bit chaotic in the best way.
And then the main event.Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble.
80 musicians. No exaggeration. No easing into it.This is their hometown set, once a year, full force. It’s the reason Power Folk exists and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
From there, we’re not letting it drift off quietly.
Selectah Si Chai takes over into the night – a proper dig through global sounds, built for dancing, built for people who aren’t quite ready to call it.
Alongside it all, we’ve got The Woodman Session running in the next room – open, welcoming, bring your instrument if you fancy it. No pressure, just people getting involved.
And in between everything, Tom Chapman keeping things ticking over with a steady run of danceable bits so it never drops.
