Reviewed by: Nathan Watson
Check out these 68 local shows in Birmingham this July
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You thought June was HOT? Wait till you see this heater of a local music round up. You’re gonna need a personal fan, and you’re also gonna BE a personal fan if you check out these July shows.
Monday, July 1st
- Birmingham Bandstand Open Mic
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $3 at the door – or – FREE if you sign up to perform
Tuesday, July 2nd
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Rojo, 2921 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Cash Langdon and Gawshock with touring acts Kan Kan and Oldstar
- Where: Saturn, 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Songwriters Round hosted by Susannah Seales
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Wednesday, July 3rd
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Ferus on 41st, 430 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Mood Room, Dish and Bitter Calm with touring acts Cashier & Stab
- Where: Saturn, 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Boozee, Breely Flower and Sounds In My Head
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $6 in advance or at the door
Friday, July 5th
- Oxmoor
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 9PM, show at 10PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance and $10 at the door
Saturday, July 6th
- XL SUMMER PARTY ’24 featuring Joyboy, Defense Wound, Acute Effect, Glazed Eyes, Cairo, Sugarplums and Cash Langdon
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 4PM, Music at 6PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door
- Orange Mudd
- Where: Avondale Apothecary, 3808 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Music from 6-9PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door
- Nolan’s Flight 80s Metal Night
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 9PM, show at 10PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance and $10 at the door
Sunday, July 7th
- The CaveDweller Cookout featuring Khasm, Jezter, Dose and Twisted Luck
- Where: The Hatch (DM for address)
- When: Doors at 2PM, show at 2:30PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door
- Life Goes On, Apprehend and Refuse to Thrive supporting Ohio powerviolence Stall, Tampa hardcore Keep Reaching and ATL shoegaze Los Gargoyles
- Where: The Firehouse, 412 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 7:30PM
- Tickets: $10-15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)
- Benjamin Armstrong
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Monday, July 8th
- Birmingham Bandstand Open Mic
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $3 at the door – or – FREE if you sign up to perform
- Sugarplums, Facet and Bulging
- Where: Woodlawn Theatre, 5503 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35212
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $10 in advance and at the door
Tuesday, July 9th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Rojo, 2921 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Songwriters Round hosted by Susannah Seales
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Wednesday, July 10th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Ferus on 41st, 430 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
Friday, July 12th
- Dave’s Grand RE-Opening featuring the Stepdads (!!)
- Where: Dave’s Pub, 1128 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Music from 9PM till midnight
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Sugarplums, Airsoft and No Culture supporting Defluo Cervus
- Where: The Firehouse, 412 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)
- Cinema Stare, Camacho and Vampire Mansion
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, Music at 7PM
- Tickets: $12 in advance and more at the door!
- Bron-Yr-Aur An Acoustic Tribute to Led Zeppelin
- Where: WorkPlay, 500 23rd St S, Birmingham AL 35233
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 7PM
- Tickets: $25 in advance and more at the door!
- Andrea Really 360 Rave featuring Yates! and Zaire
- Where: Saturn, 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance and $20 at the door
Saturday, July 13th
- Ecstatic Dance (!!) with DJ sets from Mellow Mellon
- Where: Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
- When: Music & dancing from 4-7PM
- Tickets: $20 at the door
- Bama Roots Radio presents…Love Rat, Kyle Kimbrell and Drunken Prayer
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance and $10 at the door
- Apostle, Attest, Heavy Handed, Strike Zone and Eyezin
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, Music at 7PM
- Tickets: $10 in advance and at the door
Monday, July 15th
- The Wise Man’s Fear, Notions, Who They Fear, Kamikaze Zombie and Devastate
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, Music at 7PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance and at the door
- Birmingham Bandstand Open Mic
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $3 at the door – or – FREE if you sign up to perform
Tuesday, July 16th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Rojo, 2921 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Songwriters Round hosted by Susannah Seales
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Wednesday, July 17th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Ferus on 41st, 430 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- 3&Up
- Where: Jazz on 55th, 7 55th Pl N, Birmingham, AL 35212
- When: Music from 6-8PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Confusion’s Prince, Threat Actor, Acute Effect supporting Skinman and Snuki
- Where: Saturn, 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Pressure Point, Eyezin and Hills supporting Boston rockers Miracle Blood
- Where: The Firehouse, 412 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)
- Millennium Grey with State of Illusion
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance and at the door
Friday, July 19th
- Little Raine Band
- Where: WorkPlay Theatre, 500 23rd St S, Birmingham AL 35233
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $20 in advance and more at the door!
- Shogun with support from Cold Hard Steel, Forced Neglect, All In, Commodity, Twisted Luck and xPath of Destructionx
- Where: WorkPlay Canteen, 500 23rd St S, Birmingham AL 35233
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $5 in advance and more at the door!
- Sick F*cks and Nowhere Squares supporting Be Your Own Pet
- Where: Saturn, 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $22 in advance and more at the door!
Saturday, July 20th
This is looking like the most music-filled evening in July!!! It’d be a good night to move between venues and genres – maybe I’ll see you at one or two (or four!) of these shows 🙂
- Droves, Day Job, B. Sonnier and Sick F*cks
- Where: The Church Key, 620 27th St S, Birmingham, AL 35233
- When: Starts around 3PM
- Tickets: Check social media for updates
- The Buffalo Lemonpepper Project
- Where: Avondale Apothecary, 3808 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Music from 6-9PM
- Tickets: Check social media for updates
- The Alabama Troubadours – Celebrating the Music of John Prine
- Where: Avondale Brewing Company, 201 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, show at 7PM
- Tickets: $25 in advance and more at the door!
- Brave New World, A Fatal Black, Slow Degrade with local act Infiltrate
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, Music at 7PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance and at the door
- C.A. Jones
- Where: Room 412 in Phoenix Lofts 1710 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
- When: Music starts around 7PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!), but would be kind to leave a donation
- Domesticatrix and Gutter supporting touring acts Dremm and Bag (New Orleans) and Officer Down (Nashville)
- Where: The Hatch (DM for address)
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 7:30PM
- Tickets: $10-15 at the door
- Bham Summer Jam featuring Ian Starr, DJ Bubbles, Cayla, Dehwick, Saygo!, Anthony Jsensei + more!
- Where: Woodlawn Theatre, 5503 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35212
- When: Music 8PM til midnight
- Tickets: $10 in advance and at the door
- Late Night Show with Joe Brantley & the Damn Rites
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 11PM, show at 11:30PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or $10 at the door
Sunday, July 21st
- High Tea featuring Cayla and Thed Weller
- Where: The Greenhouse, 602 19th St Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35218
- When: Performances from 7-9PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance and more at the door!
- Bitcoin Bepop and Buko Boys with touring acts Cannibal Kids and Dinner Time
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8:30PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance or $20 at the door
Monday, July 22nd
- Birmingham Bandstand Open Mic
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $3 at the door – or – FREE if you sign up to perform
Tuesday, July 23rd
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Rojo, 2921 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Songwriters Round hosted by Susannah Seales
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Wednesday, July 24th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Ferus on 41st, 430 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Paco, Beezie Conwell and Derrick Lilly supporting Marcel P. Black’s REDROV Tour + D. Horton
- Where: Woodlawn Theatre, 5503 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35212
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9:30PM
- Tickets: $10 in advance and at the door
Thursday, July 25th
- FAÜLEN, gimmick. with touring acts Backbiter, Place Blame and Chained
- Where: LCY Media, 3614 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Doors at 6PM, Music at 7PM
- Tickets: $15 in advance and at the door
- Cayla, LeAlan Carter Band & Rebecca Egeland Band
- Where: Hotbox on Highland (DM for address)
- When: Doors at 6:30PM, show at 7PM
- Tickets: $10-15 suggested donation at the door for the musicians
Friday, July 26th
- Zach Austin and Justin Oliver
- Where: Rougaroux
- When: Music from 5-8PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- The Stepdads supporting Strung Like a Horse
- Where: Zydeco, 2001 15th Ave S Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $18 in advance
- Faulen, Lethal Method, Railsplitter, Infiltrate, Bareknuckle
- Where: WorkPlay Theatre, 500 23rd St S, Birmingham AL 35233
- When: Doors at 6PM, show at 7PM
- Tickets: $5 in advance and more at the door!
- Jack the Elbow, The High Fidelics, Morbid Orchid and Time Being
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or $10 at the door
Saturday, July 27th
- Local Man
- Where: Avondale Apothecary, 3808 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Music from 6-9PM
- Tickets: $10 at the door
- Psycho Summer Fest featuring THIRTEEN BANDS!!
- Where: True Story Brewing, 5510 Crestwood Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35212
- When: Doors at 2PM, music from 2PM til midnight
- Tickets: $20 at the door
Sunday, July 28th
- Unplugged at the Treehouse featuring Brotha Josh and TBA (!!)
- Where: The Birmingham Treehouse, 1309 19th Street S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 4:30PM, show at 5:30PM
- Tickets: $15-25 suggested donation for the artists
- Sunday Funday with Taylor Hollingsworth
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Music from 5-7PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
Monday, July 29th
- Birmingham Bandstand Open Mic
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM
- Tickets: $3 at the door – or – FREE if you sign up to perform
Tuesday, July 30th
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Rojo, 2921 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
- Songwriters Round hosted by Susannah Seales
- Where: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
- When: Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM
- Tickets: $7 in advance or at the door
Wednesday, July 31st
- Open Mic hosted by Zach Austin
- Where: Ferus on 41st, 430 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222
- When: Sign up at 5:30PM, music starts around 6PM
- Tickets: FREE (!!)
Planning to attend any of these local concerts? Tag us @bhamnow to let us know!
