Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
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THE FATMAN JUST KEEPS GETTING FATTER!!
THIS BIG FEED IS GONNA BE THE FATTEST, NARSTIEST, MURKIEST, SICKEST, DUTTIEST, MUCKIEST RAVE THIS CITY HAS WITNESSED!!
SOME OF THE BADDESTMAN DJ'S IN THE LAND TO COME AND RIP UP YOUR EARS!!

RUSKO...
THIS BOY HAS TOOK OFF IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST DUBSTEP TUNES ABOUT, ALL OF YOU KNOW COCKNEY THUG. SO EXPECT SOME BIG EARTH SHATTERING BASSLINES!!

ZED BIAS...
THE GODFATHER OF 2-STEP AND NOW MAJOR PLAYA IN THE DUB GAME. BETWEEN HIM AND RUSKO THE WAREHOUSE ROOM IS GONNA BE HUUUUUUGE!!

TODDLA T...
BARRY'S FAVOURITE NORTHERN RUDEBOY!!! HE'S BEEN TEARING UP BARE FLOORS AFTER HIS APPEARANCE BACK IN APRIL, NOW HE RETURNS FOR ANOTHER DOSE OF FATMAN LOVIN!!

MARTELO...
AFTER BEING HARD AT WORK TOURING WITH SANTOGOLD MARTY'S PARTIES HAVE BEEN WINNING FANS WORLDWIDE, HIM AND TODDLA ARE GONNA HAVE SOME TREATS UP THEIR SLEEVES!!

ONEMAN...
THE MAN IS TOO HEAVY, HIS MIX OF GARAGE AND DUBSTEP IS SO SLICK YOU COULD BUTTER YOUR SANDWICHES WITH IT. HE'S COMIN ON THE BARRY TOUR ASWELL, SO IT'S A BIG MONTH FOR US!!

ALSO HAVE TOONS FROM THE BARRY MASSIVE WITH THEIR USUAL DISORGANIZAED CHAOS!!

PLUS ARTWORK FROM THE FELLA'S FROM THEM LOT, THEY RECENTLY TOOK OVER URBAN OUTFITTERS WITH THEIR STREET STYLE PIECES!!

SO GET YA DINNER PLATES AT THE READY, CUZ THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY VERY LARGE MEAL!!.. SEE YA THERE!!

BIG BARRY LOVIN, ALWAYS!!

Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, High Street, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 10pm
Cost: £10
Links:
www.myspace.com/biggerthanbarry
http://www.myspace.com/toddlat
http://www.myspace.com/mrmartelo

Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Breaks



Spectrum Birthday Bash featuring Krafty Cuts & Evil Nine.

3 years ago, Tayo said if Spectrum could not get a night running successfully in Birmingham he would eat his hat. A year later he did exactly that, albeit in the form of a cake.

3 years on Spectrum continues its successful mission to bring Birmingham the best in quality music and party vibes in an unparalleled fashion.

The Factory Club line-up:
Krafty Kuts
Evil Nine
Sub Focus
Pete Jordan

The Kitchen Line-up:
Steve L
Russell G
Jim Ryan
Myke Smith

Venue: The Custard Factory, Gibb Square, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm
Cost: £10 Adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
www.myspace.com/spectrum48k

Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Drum & Bass



1-Kut Promotions presents…Dirty Bass

Main Arena:
Ed Rush & Optical feat IC3
Die feat Skibadee & Shabba
Adam F feat MC Biggie & MC Riddla
Micky Finn feat Bassman & Trigga
Hazzard feat Eksman & Accapello
Alix Perez feat Magika & MC Fozz
DJ SS feat G1
Alpha feat Rhymes
Original Sin feat MC Fearless
Nicky Blackmarket feat Fatman D & Herbzie
Devize feat MC PM
ODing S FEAT MC Biggie

Arena 2:
Taxman
Drumsound
Pleasure
CKB
Alpha
Garry K
Heist
Stanza
Cemtex
Benny and Aries
Miss Represent

Arena 3:
Mistress Mo
Pilgrim
Glen Aston
DJ Noize
Vader
Gravity
Brec 1
N
Nu-Born
General
Stylee
DJ Gold
Assasin b2b Dynamix

Venue: Air Superclub, Digbeth
Time: 9pm – 6am
Cost: £20 adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassevents

Coming Up ..... Saturday 6th September
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Bigger than Barry present the Back to School Disco featuring Tapedeck + Rattus Rattus + Obvious + Tuck Shop + Mirror! Mirror! (DJ Set) + Lenny & Smile + Deptford Noise Team

Venue: Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, Adderley Street, Digbeth
Cost: £8 adv
Links:
http://www.biggerthanbarry.com/
http://www.myspace.com/biggerthanbarry
http://www.myspace.com/tapedeckdjs
http://www.myspace.com/djrattusrattus

Coming Up ..... Saturday 6th September
Indie_Electronica

Chicks Dig Jerks are DJing for Discomendments.

Venue: The Red Baboon (opposite the Actress and Bishop)
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks
http://www.myspace.com/discomendments

Coming Up ..... Saturday 6th September
DJ Comp

D-Joust (European DJ Competition)

The D-Joust European DJ Competition – Europe's finest breakthrough DJ talent touch down at a venue near YOU for some awesome LIVE battles.

Don’t miss a beat of the action – There are 6 ferocious regional quarter final battles taking place in London, Birmingham and Antwerp… The quality of DJs entering this year has been sublime. Those lucky enough to get to a live contest are in for an awesome blend of DJ talents and a carnival atmosphere.

The Midlands heats will be held at the renowned Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA. There will be 2 heats, number of DJs in each heat TBC. Kindly running things for us in the Midlands is DJ RCaine.


Venue: Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA
Time: 6pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
http://www.djoust.com/Web/DJoust/Index.aspx

Coming Up ..... Saturday 26th July
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Chilla Con Carnage!!!

Custom Made presents F**k Siesta, Lets Fiesta!
A lawless party of Breakbeat, Reggae, Ska, Electro, and a big dollop of hot refired beats with Mark Smallman + Mash Cinema + Loafers Lounge + Marc Reck + Boogie Dave + Lenny + Lopan + Sam Redmore + Christie + Bada Boon + Mark Galvin.
Also Mexican BBQ + Grillfella goes Cajun & live percussion.

Venue: The Rainbow, Digbeth
Time: 5pm – late
Cost: £3 before 7pm, £4 after
Links:
www.myspace.com/custommadeevent

Coming Up ..... Saturday 26th July
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Bigger than Barry presents a Wild Wild West Warehouse Party with Bok Bok & Manara + Kanji Kinetic + Raffertie + more TBC.
It’s a themed night so it’s gonna be a lot of cowboys, cowgirls, gringo’s and amigo’s.

Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, Adderley Street, Digbeth
Cost: £8 + bf
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/biggerthanbarry
(Bok Bok & Manara) http://www.myspace.com/faggatronix
http://www.myspace.com/djkanji
http://www.myspace.com/raffertie

Coming Up .....Saturday 14th June
Breakbeat_Electro

BIG THEMED BEACH WAREHOUSE PARTY PRESENTS….
Tayo + Mumdance (Vice) + Oneman + L-Vis 1990 + Tomb Crew + Viynl 15
This infamous 'Bigger Than Barry' event returns.. & if you were at the last one, then you would know just why it is that we are so hyped!!..
Best thing is, this year its gonna be even better & even BIGGER!!.. So do urself a favour, & dont miss it..
There’s 3 area's of music, loadsa killa dj's, playin so many different genres n styles, live art & also (new to Barry & any other club night around).. haircuts by Mr Clip!.. It's gonna be sick!!
So get your tickets in advance & ur flip flops at the ready!!.. Here comes the summer!!..
Venue: The Beach / Rainbow Warehouse, Digbeth,
Time: 9pm – 4am
Cost: £8 adv, £10 on the door
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/biggerthanbarry
http://www.myspace.com/djtayo3000

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Coming Up .....Saturday 14th June
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Ultra+ are proud to present Germany’s best. M.A.N.D.Y. have risen to the top over the last 6 years being renowned for energetic DJ sets, holding resideny’s at Monza in Germany, Ibiza, plus various other clubs around the world and with successful productions along side the mighty booka shade. There constant DJing gives them a deep understanding of what wors on the dancefloor enabling them to leave clubbers with hands in the air and wanting more where ever they play.

Line-up:
Room 1/ Factory Club
M.A.N.D.Y>> Ben Nott + Tanner Jarvis + Get Carter. Visuals/VJ Steve G

Room 2/ Kitchen
Traffic &Clubbed Up >> Steve Arnold + Taylor J + Tom Belte + Jon Hughes + Tek Kontrol + Bazland

Room 3/ Balcony / Found >>
Ant Butler + Tim Stafford + Mark:ill + Steve Umbers + Chris Atkins

Venue: The Custard Factory, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm – 4.30am
Cost: £10 / £8 NUS / £MOTD
Links:
www.myspace.com/ultranights
www.myspace.com/getmandy

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Coming Up .....Saturday 14th June
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UBer – A southport Weekender Choice Event presents Frankie Feliciano + Paul Griff + Carl Ackerman + Guests

Venue: Concrete, 120 Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter, B18 6NF
Time: 10pm – 5am (Last Entry 3am)
Cost: £8 adv, £10 on the door
Links:
http://www.club-uber.com/
www.myspace.com/uberparty

Coming Up On.....Saturday 12th April

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This is going to be the last Bigger Than Barry event for a couple of months as they are taking a short break. Aside from the Barry resident dj's, Deadcat +1, Dutty Webslinga & Scott Bleepz, Sheffield's Toddla T will be playing on the night.

The following is taken from the Toddla T Myspace:

'Cut yer boy TODDLA T open and you’ll be vaporized by the pure Sheffield electronics crackling inside him. The Steel City ‘Bleep’ bubbles right through the blood, brains and musical meat of this dirty rascal’s DJ stints, rerubs and original night-time material.

Weaned on the teat of bashment from a young age Mr T rolled through his early years on his hands and knees with ears glued to the speakers of his folks’ hi fi. Making beats, bass, blunts and girls filled his adolescence until he was crowned as inhouse studio boff at Sheffield’s Kenwood Studios at the grand old age of 19. In the home of Dizzee Rascal’s ’Boy in da Corner’ he set to salting aural shit up. Working on material for DJ Cash Money, Roots Manuva and Steve Edwards let him polish his craft until the studio shut, and he dived headfirst into distilling his own bass heavy wonk until it was ripe for dissemination.

Hold onto your pants 2008, 1965 recording artiste, basement bulldozer and all round bobbling bass enthusiast Toddla T is officially bubblin‘ over. This elasticated Yorkshire boy maybe still in short trousers but at present, his wobbly bashment based electronics are becoming larger and even more well tailored for the discerning dancefloor booty… The reverb so far? Well debut 12 ‘Do U Know?’, featuring 7 different riddims including a jackin’ rub from the Count and Sinden and dub from Warp forgemaster Rob G, slapped it to the livewire network of blogs and bass bins of de underground so rudely that the gatekeepers to the big time have just fashioned him a gold set of keys… His Ghettoblaster mix tape got the various hype depots all frothy with many slenging it as the hottest selection of last year.

Recent DJ sets at Fabric for Herve and Sinden’s Get Familiar and Bestival’s Reunion tour as well as Kiss FM and Diplo’s Mad Decent blog also illustrate that if ya get this lad on the x-ray, you’ll be blinded by the hot, dancehall flavoured bassline business buzzing right through him. What you saying about next steps in the deep phat fryer? Well the djing larks just get hotter - not only is Toddla on tour with Sheffield jibber jabberer The Reverend, he’ll be taking the nocturnal shaking as far as Nottingham’s Liars Club, Switzerland, the Big Chill and Glastonbury.

Back in his lab and a string of forthcoming productions and remixes are strutting into view, revealing that while our boy knows how to slip the vibe inside a dance floor as smooth as a catheter on a drunk, he’s also primed his sonic production business to immaculate, rump bouncing perfection. His latest glut of aural ear wagging shows that no one else draws on Sheffield bleep and the city’s penchant for Henderson’s infected dancehall so effectively. Expect a slab of heavy culture clashing with fellow 1965 scamps, the Metros, while one time Sheffield ressie and ex-Moloko chanteuse Roisin Murphy gets her booty firmly slapped on Toddla’s fresh rewiring of ‘You know me better’. On top of further remixing work for Tricky, Lil Draggon, Anzyl Jones & MC Gringo, Toddla’s paired up with Mr Versatile for a mind melting break down of Hot Chip’s ‘One Pure Thought’ which has little of the Londoners‘ specky pop and maxmimus cheeky bleep. Add to that the wonky bassline of his own ‘Sound Tape Killin’’ plus some hefty remixes from Nasti boi and the hype surrounding our hero is sizzling nicely.

His previous career as shoe shop boy is officially over - The world of retail and receipts has been exchanged for red-raw basement jump offs and rewiring dancehalls full time. At present Toddla’s on the brink of inking an album deal with 1965, is again assisting macdaddy Roots Manuva finish his new album and is working as an integral part of the mysterious Machine Don’t Care cartel along with Trevor Loveys, Sinden and Debt Boi. 2008 is moving to the sound of Toddla T’s very own dance, beamed straight out of the girders and gutters of knife and fork vibes in Sheffield. If you u don’t know by now, then you need to reet now…'

It all takes place at The Rainbow, Digbeth, 11pm-4.30am. It's £5 in, but it might be worth getting a ticket in advance as last time it was so popular it they had to stop letting people not even two hours after opening.

Coming Up On.....Sunday 23rd March

Buy yourself a tracksuit from your local chavy sports shop, sellotape a couple of two pound coins to your fingers (that's if you can't get down the Elizabeth Duke section of Argos), and get down Subway City on Easter Sunday.

Bigger than Barry Presents The Return of the Pikey Rave Fancy Dress at Subway City. Music from the likes of MC Vapour (live), Dexplicit, Food Soundsystem, Raffertie, Mac 3000, and The Bigger Than Barry DJ's. It's £8 advanced and starts at 10pm.

Address:
Subway City,
27 Water Street,
Old Snowhill,
City Centre