Birmingham top ten: July 12-18
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This week in Birmingham is big. How big? Try fighting-with-cardboard, two-festivals, Game-of-Thrones-Season-Premiere big! Remember: band links have music, so be careful if you’re reading this at work!
Open Lab
- July 13 @ Noon
- Red Mountain Makers
- Free!
Play with power tools! Make friends and cool gadgets! Figure out that thing that’s been stumping you for weeks! Makerspaces are great, and Red Mountain Makers are really great. Read more
Book signing with local author Lauren Denton
- July 13 @ 6.30PM
- Homewood Library
- Free! (books available for purchase)
Homewood resident and author Lauren Denton discusses her debut novel The Hideaway this Thursday. Lauren might be new to novels, but not to writing: she writes a monthly column for the Homewood Star. Signing takes place after her talk. Read more
Surf and Garage nite
- July 13 @ 8PM
- Syndicate Lounge
- $8
Surf rock and horror. Not really the most instinctive combination, but somehow Genki Genki Panic, Birmingham-based Maja Dunes, and Center Point native Dan Sartain make it fun. Taking influence from both ends of the 60’s – bad drive-through-theatre monster movies and surf culture – these acts promise a good time. Read more
Sloss Tech 2017
- July 14 @ 8.30AM
- The Lyric
- Starting $179
Get ready for Sloss Fest with Sloss Tech! Birmingham’s entrepreneurial titans speak about their experiences, as do YouTuber Casey Niestat and NFL star Tiki Barber. Don’t miss Dixie’s challenge to SXSW! Read more
Ghostbusters
- July 14 @ 7PM
- Alabama Theatre
- $8
After Sloss Fest wraps up, why not head across the street to watch Ghostbusters? Four of film’s greatest comedians take on Big Marshmallow in the legendary paranormal action-comedy. Read more
Roadkill Ghost Choir with Okey Dokey
- July 14 @ 8PM
- Saturn
- Free! (Sponsored by Good People Brewing)
Chill rock and funny band names, for free! What’s not to like? Come see Roadkill Ghost Choir and Okey Dokey the night before Sloss Fest! Read more
Cultivate ASAN
- July 15 @ 7AM
- Pepper Place Market
- Free!
Come help decide the course of the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network! What will sustainable farming look like over the next 10 years? How can the network best serve you and your community? Read more
Box Wars!!
- July 15 @ 10.30AM
- UAB Green
- Free!
Bring your coolest cardboard armor and weapons! There are three rules: don’t dish anything you wouldn’t want to take; everything has to be made from cardboard, glue, and tape; and there are no winners… only losers. Give your armor away after the battle and keep the tradition of adults hitting each other with cardboard swords alive! Read more
Sloss Music & Arts Festival 2017
- July 15 @ Noon
- Sloss Furnaces
- starting at $135 for a 2 day pass
Sloss Fest returns! Widespread Panic, Sturgill Simpson, Tycho, Waka Flocka, Holy Youth, and a ton more are playing. Get hype! Read more, and check out The Audiovore’s aftershow party at the Nick
Game of Thrones season 7 kickoff
- July 16 @ 8PM
- Cahaba Brewing Company
- Free!
Cahaba Brewing is staying open late for the season 7 premiere! All screens will be playing the show, bring a friend for the HBO-exclusive legend to skip paying for HBO, find out who dies next, and drink some great beer! Read more
