The Actress and Bishop

Located between the beautiful Jewellery quarter and the bustling city centre of Birmingham, The Actress & Bishop is one of Birmingham’s most loved and established independent live music venues. Seeing its 20th year of success in 2023 The Actress and Bishop thrives at delivering an extra special experience for its customers as well as being the centre of a great community. A unique multifunctional venue offering regular live music events, late night bar and private hire to suit all occasions including corporate events, meetings and day or evening hire. The Actress has live DJs 6 nights a week for fans of indie, alt, mod, ska, britpop, big beat, rock and roll and classics. Plus regular live Blues club every Sunday and numerous genre jumping exciting live events announced throughout the year. 'We offer exclusive hire of the whole venue as well as our private 150 capacity upper venue. Perfect for meetings, networking, conferences, training and summer and Christmas parties. We are an acclaimed 'Tagvenue Super host' with many returning clients such as Mitsubishi, BT, National Grid, Coors, Birmingham and Aston university'