The Guitar Show 2023 is moving venue

Jason

The Guitar Show is moving to a new venue.

I suspect that unless you are a Birmingham resident you won’t have seen the news that a few weeks ago, The New Bingley Hall was destroyed by a fire. Routine maintenance of the roof by an external contractor caused a massive fire with 18 Fire Engines and 100 Fire Fighters in attendance.

I have run events at TNBH for over a decade and my heart goes out to the team there. I paid a visit to survey the damage and the team were broken by it. Whilst this is an inconvenience for The Guitar Show, this is their livelihood. They have so far cancelled over 50 events and have no re-opening date whilst they await the surveyor's report.

A new Birmingham venue has been secured for the same dates (February 25-26, 2023). The Guitar Show will now be held at Cranmore Park, in Shirley.  https://www.cranmorepark.co.uk/

The layout will be approximately the same, with the benefit of the Acoustic Hall now being also on the Ground Floor.

The venue understands music shows, having hosted last week’s successful BPM Show (DJ gear). Cranmore Park is approximately 2 miles from J4 of the M42 with over 550 car parking spaces available.

Fortheloveofguitar

Oh wow! Didn’t know the venue had been destroyed. Gutted for them

Jason

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Oh wow! Didn’t know the venue had been destroyed. Gutted for them

when you drive past it, it doesn't look too bad, inside is a disaster. I know Bingley wasn't perfect but Dolly and Harry were great to work with. They were shells of people when I went in. Fingers crossed for a speedy return.

EricTheWeary

I didn't know about the fire either. It's New Bingley Hall because,IIRC, the original Bingley Hall was destroyed by fire. 

Haven't been to Shirley for a long time. Hopefully the place with my favourite business name is still there, the car rental company Shirley U Drive. 

Jason

EricTheWeary said:

I didn't know about the fire either. It's New Bingley Hall because,IIRC, the original Bingley Hall was destroyed by fire. 

Haven't been to Shirley for a long time. Hopefully the place with my favourite business name is still there, the car rental company Shirley U Drive. 

Yes, a tad ironic isn't it

I do hope so, I'll hire my van for the show from them for that name alone :-)

Roland

Shame. I feel sorry for the owners. Shirley is an easier drive for those of us coming by car. How is access by public transport?

Jason

Roland said:

Shame. I feel sorry for the owners. Shirley is an easier drive for those of us coming by car. How is access by public transport?

not too bad, I've updated the website with the travel info. Solihull train station is just over a mile away (I know this because I got lost the first time I went)

EricTheWeary

Roland said:

Shame. I feel sorry for the owners. Shirley is an easier drive for those of us coming by car. How is access by public transport?

Looking at their website there is a bus that runs to it from the city centre but it’s two miles from the nearest train station. 

But yes should be easier by car. As the crow flows probably at least twice the distance for me but half the journey time. 

digitalscream

I'd not even heard about it until I got your email this morning, @Jason - sad stuff

By the way, you might want to update your signature, in light of this...

Jason

digitalscream said:

I'd not even heard about it until I got your email this morning, @Jason - sad stuff

By the way, you might want to update your signature, in light of this...

oh bugger - thank you, I thought I'd done everything this morning

yeah very sad, I think you will like the new venue tho'

I have plans to change things up a little - more quiet spaces if you don't want to be in the electric hall

skunkwerx

Shirly, you can’t be serious..

Jason

skunkwerx said:

Shirly, you can’t be serious..

I am, and don't call me Shirley :-)

TimmyO

Blimey that must be awful for the folk who run the place. 

Glad you’ve been able to secure somewhere else swiftly 

Jason

TimmyO said:

Blimey that must be awful for the folk who run the place. 

Glad you’ve been able to secure somewhere else swiftly 

Cheers Tim

darius

@Jason

Who does your Guitar Show instagram/facebook comedy ad posts?

They are bloody hilarious. And original. How do you come up with this stuff and can i nick the ideas for my own gig promo?

Keep em coming.

They're about the only thing on instabookgram that makes me chuckle.

prowla

That's saddening to hear.

However, it does make it easier to drive to and hopefully has good parking.

YellowLedBetterMan

The new venue is only a couple of miles for me. Lovely.

RocknRollDave

Another Birmingham forumite here who had no idea about the fire.

Good luck with the new venue. Hope to eventually get to a show one year.

Jason

darius said:

@Jason

Who does your Guitar Show instagram/facebook comedy ad posts?

They are bloody hilarious. And original. How do you come up with this stuff and can i nick the ideas for my own gig promo?

Keep em coming.

They're about the only thing on instabookgram that makes me chuckle.

That’s me. There is only me. 

I make some, I steal some. My phone is packed full of memes and ideas. 

I had a lot of fun making some of them. 

Steal away. What’s the quote, talent borrows, genius steals… something like that ;-)

Jason

RocknRollDave said:

Another Birmingham forumite here who had no idea about the fire.

Good luck with the new venue. Hope to eventually get to a show one year.

Come along in Feb. The new venue costs a bloody fortune, every £15 helps :-)

Jason

prowla said:

That's saddening to hear.

However, it does make it easier to drive to and hopefully has good parking.

Parking is brilliant. I’ve gone from 150 spaces to 550. Should be a lot easier