Call out for memories of Birmingham Town Hall

Members across The People’s Orchestra and Show Choir family are being urged to help a project to immortalise Birmingham Town Hall’s history.

The Amplify project by Birmingham Music Archive with B:Music is collecting and digitalising the venue’s vast history for the world to see- including its music history of iconic gigs, CBSO concerts and social history with political rallies by the Suffragettes and even a reading of Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Volunteers are seeking people’s old tickets, programmes, memorabilia, reviews and photos to scan. They are also recording audio memories of any memorable concert or event, which may be seeing Bob Dylan, David Bowie or The Beatles.

Members may have had passed down in the family too. No items are taken away, it’s all scanned and given back to the owner.

There are drop-in sessions taking place until the end of August to collect memories and scan items. As Birmingham’s oldest events venue that opened in 1834, the Grade I listed building has an extraordinary history and has played a pivotal role in the story and musical legacy of the city.