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Objections to new apartments in Birmingham’s gay village dropped following £1million offer from developers

Catherine Muxworthy January 7, 2024

Opposition to new apartments in Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ village has been dropped by the Nightingale Club – which is opposite the proposed development – and councillors following a pledge from the developers to pay just over £1million in noise reduction measures. The controversial 12-storey block of apartments has been given the green light following a Birmingham […]

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Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community pays tribute to Nightingale Club DJ

Catherine Muxworthy July 17, 2023

Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community has been paying tribute to Simon Harris – a resident DJ at the Nightingale Club – who sadly passed away in the evening of Sunday, July 16. Harris, known by much of the community as DJ Simon, first worked as a DJ at Tin Tins, and had been working with the Nightingale Club for 32 years, beginning as a resident DJ in 1991.

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Plans scrapped for apartments that threatened Birmingham’s gay village

Catherine Muxworthy September 29, 2022

Plans for a 12-story block of multi-million-pound apartments in Birmingham’s gay village have been withdrawn after concerns regarding noise and the nightlife economy. The complex – which was the latest in a line of housing developments in the area – would have housed 133 apartments.

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Birmingham’s Nightingale Club to feature in new map, which explores 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife

Catherine Muxworthy September 26, 2022

Exploring 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife and parties, Here, There, Everywhere is a map that has been lovingly created by Crack magazine, Queer Britain – the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum – and Levi’s

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The Nightingale Club fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS Memorial

Catherine Muxworthy February 12, 2021

The Nightingale Club has revealed it, alongside other community groups, businesses and individuals in Birmingham, is working to raise money for a permanent AIDS Memorial in Southside, within the LGBTQ+ village

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