Comments on: Gigbeth: urban music festival or urban myth?

By: links for 2009-02-08 : Birmingham Music Network

links for 2009-02-08 : Birmingham Music Network — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:02:51 +0000

[...] Catnip » Blog Archive » Gigbeth: urban music festival or urban myth? A response to “Gigbeth 2008:another failure or another success? Was it both? What are your thoughts a few months on?” join the discussion on http://www.birminghammusicnetwork.com (tags: newswire) [...]

By: Gigbeth, it’s some gigs, in Digbeth - Birmingham: It's Not Shit

Gigbeth, it’s some gigs, in Digbeth - Birmingham: It's Not Shit — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:44:17 +0000

[...] has to be said though that some people (my partner and sometime BiNS blogger included) are finding the way that Gigbeth is presented as more than “some good gigs” a little [...]

By: Digbeth is Good » Blog Archive » More Links for November 4th (you lucky lot)

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:56:46 +0000

[...] Catnip on Gigbeth: urban music festival or urban myth? – ‘You won’t get chance to see a load of up and coming artists that you’re excited about having heard them a lot on music radio recently, over one weekend in the same city. You’ll see a hotchpotch of whatever acts the promoters, that are lumped together under the umbrella of “Gigbeth”, (probably) already had booked for that night anyway, a few local bands and a couple of token acts provided by Gigbeth themselves….It could be so great, it’s got a great name, a great home (Birmingham) with some great venues, but it’s got no cohesion and a severe lack of decent acts.’ [...]

By: Russ L

Russ L — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:58:20 +0000

I really couldn't agree more, Jules (and in fact said some similar things a little while back). The entire thing just seems so haphazardly thrown together. I think it'll just be the free Destroyers/Musical youth thing for us, too.