User:Jenova20/Birmingham Gay Village

Birmingham Gay Village

History

 * Any reasons why? (Critical Gay Population and visitor size...) -
 * Recent makeover

Add wording of the diverse nature of the area, how it's constantly changing, remodelling, refreshing, expanding. Mention the competition between the bars for custom

The Coffee Room - previously called The Green Room and renamed in 2011(?)

Googled "Birmingham Gay Village facts"

 * The riots (Lesbilicious)
 * 2012 Pride
 * About the gay village (BBC)
 * the village (OutUK)
 * "Like any major city, Birmingham has a large gay community and a large range of bars and clubs to accomodate! Many of the gay bars in Birmingham are around The Arcadian area; specifically Hurst Street. One noteworthy bar is the Loft Lounge on Bromsgrove Street ( http://www.itchybirmingham.co.uk/venu... ), which has a modern, New York wine bar feel, with plush velvet-walled booths, crystal chandeliers and various wall-mounted plasma televisions playing a fun stream of pop videos. The menu is varied and expansive; the food delicious; the drinks reassuringly expensive; and the staff extremely friendly to all, regardless of sexual orientation. For cheap and very cheerful, try the DV8 club (and adjoining bar, Innov8) around the corner on Lower Essex Street. Here you can pay £10 for entry on Saturdays and enjoy inclusive drinks from the bar from 10pm-2am, if you can face the bar queue! If you haven't had enough to drink already, drinks cost £2 until 5am, when this pumping club closes its doors for some well deserved shut-eye. Although this is primarily a gay club, it is very hetero-friendly. In fact, it's very friendly full stop, and if you do not already know all the dance moves to every Steps song ever released, you won't have to go far to find someone willing to teach you."
 * Online gay village guides

Missing Bar
"It became Missing Bar from 2010. Before that it was known as Caberet Bar. It is flying the gay flag. Historically it was the Australian Bar. So assume that Australian flags once flew here. On the north west corner of Bromsgrove Street, the former Australian Bar by J. & L. Lea, 1897. Small Neo-Georgian extension by Batemans, 1930. From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster"

The Village Inn
Appears to have been rebuilt in 1887 and was known as "The Roebuck" as recently as the late 90s or early 2000s according to this. Images from the same user here

"The Village Inn is early 19th, the ground floor rebuilt in 1887 by C.J. Hodson and altered recently. From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster."

Shout Festival
"SHOUT presents a diverse, engaging and inclusive programme of arts, events and performances around Birmingham and the West Midlands. We are proud to work alongside the following venues to showcase SHOUT activities:" The Penthouse (above Loft Lounge}, The Back To Backs, The Fox and The Nightingale

"SHOUT presents LGBT Arts and showcases Queer Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands." Started in 2009 and intended to "raise the city's profile as both an LGBT and cultural tourist destination". "provides local producers the opportunity to be part of a number of commissioned projects" "In 2011, SHOUT featured over 50 separate events and performances from over 100 artists across the West Midlands as part of the SHOUT Festival . Highlights of the festival included Amy Lame, Alan Hollinghurst, David Hoyle, Janis Ian, April Ashley and Fascinating Aida, alongside some of the most exciting talent from across the UK, including Sophia Blackwell, Joey Hateley, Joseph Mercier, Zorras and Mandy Romero." "SHOUT grew out of a desire to celebrate and promote the diversity of Birmingham’s LGBT culture and to use the festival and SHOUT-related activities as a focal point to present regional cultural activities, develop locally-emerging talent and showcase these against both national and international names." Statistics since 2009: "*Engaged with a total audience of over 100,000
 * Programmed 85 events
 * Held 35 live performances
 * Showcased 20 community-led events
 * Presented over 20 films
 * Worked with over 200 artists
 * Collaborated with over 20 venues and other cultural organisations
 * 94% of individuals surveyed felt that SHOUT raised the profile of the LGBT community in Birmingham
 * In 2009, SHOUT had an estimated economic impact of £450,000
 * 48% of survey respondents attended between 1 – 3 events in 2011
 * 6% of attendees in 2011 travelled between 20 and 50 miles to see a SHOUT event
 * 8% of attendees workshops as part of their SHOUT experience
 * Over 80% of attendees identify as being LGBT
 * In 2010, 97% of those surveyed felt it was important to have an LGBT representation in mainstream venues""

Previous Shout events here Future events: "Since launching in 2009, SHOUT has developed and delivered a Festival Programme taking place in November of 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2012, we are looking to do things a little differently...... We are looking to develop and expand SHOUT activities which means that the SHOUT audience will be able to enjoy LGBT art and Queer Culture throughout year, this includes plans for a Film Season in Autumn 2012, producing the SHOUT Cultural Festival in Spring 2013 alongside a range of other events working with partners. In May / June 2012, we sent a 'SHOUT Out' open call to artists and asked them to submit ideas for work around the theme of Generations and Legacies.  We asked artists to consider the following in the development of their work for SHOUT: what is inherited, what is left behind, what do we create, who or what is family, what can each generation tell us about being LGBT, what has changed and where do we go from here? We had a fantastic response featuring some really exciting, provocative and engaging work. We will be working with artists and funders to explore how we take this forward to deliver the SHOUT Cultural Festival in 2013. You can keep up to date with all the news from SHOUT by checking out these pages or by following us on Twitter or Facebook. If you have any questions, comments or feedback or if you are an artist or venue and wish to discuss how you can work with SHOUT, please get in touch."

Funding and sponsors here.

November 2012 is the next SHOUT Festival: "The village is also the centre of November’s SHOUT festival, featuring films, visual arts performances and LGBT community events. Growing every year, the festival includes provocative, entertaining and challenging queer film, visual art, music, theatre, literature and community events"

Useful References
Google Books

Midlands Zone The UK’s biggest regional gay magazine provides the latest news from its website and monthly printed title. 

What’s On Live What’s On Live and its monthly printed title, What’s On, is the definitive entertainment guide for the Midlands. 

Birmingham Pride Festival Birmingham Pride Festival is the biggest free LGBT party in the UK. 

Birmingham Gay and Lesbian Pride Ball The Pride Ball is the biggest of its kind in the UK. Tickets are available for next year’s event. 

Birmingham LGBT Community Trust Birmingham LGBT Community Trust aims to develop the capacity of the local LGBT community and influence those organisations and services which affect the quality of life in the community. 

Visit Birmingham Providing general information about Birmingham to the city’s visitors. 

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Infobox montage ideas
Images to include:
 * The Rhino - better photograph needed
 * Pride - suitable photograph
 * The amsterdam XXX cinema possibly
 * Sidewalk lit up at night possibly
 * gay flag background?
 * Flag
 * map?
 * Use this to create a boundary and pinpoint the location