THE EX
THURSDAY 21 MAY 2026
Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
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We’re very excited to welcome the ever-innovative underground experimentalists The Ex back to Birmingham. Emerging from Amsterdam’s political squats during the late 70s punk explosion, they quickly began pushing the limits of the genre, weaving in no-wave and noise influences before incorporating a wide array of ideas drawn from non-Western and non-rock sources. These include Hungarian and Turkish folk songs and, more recently, music from Ethiopia, Congo and Eritrea, while still maintaining the raw energy that motivated their formation.
April & May are looking stacked! Alongside The Ex in May, we’re also excited to host acclaimed saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson on 14th April, followed by a collaboration of underground legends in the form of Orcutt Shelley Miller (members of Harry Pussy, Sonic Youth, Comets on Fire) on 21st April! Then our 2026 limited edition Supersonic Festival on 25-26 April!
