In September 2009, AMG opened its new Birmingham venue in Horsefair, B1, after 9 previous years in Dale End, Birmingham. With a full building capacity of 3,859, it really is one of a kind in the Midlands, with three venues under one roof. A £5.5m development, all rooms are unique, feature state of the art production, with outstanding facilities for artists and customers. The main auditorium has a capacity of 3,009 with a seated balcony and attracts the biggest touring artists to Birmingham. Academy Music Group is committed to supporting new talent and has two additional smaller rooms, O2 Academy 2 Birmingham (600) and O2 Academy 3 Birmingham (250), for emerging artists to play in professionally equipped environments and is perfectly positioned for artists to return, playing to a larger audience on their development path. Birmingham was the first City outside of London, Academy Music Group chose to expand its venue portfolio almost a decade ago. All venues can operate independently, or simultaneously.

Awards:

• Birmingham Mail 'Best Concert Venue (over 500) 2005

• Birmingham Mail ‘Best Club/Club Night’ 2005

• NME Awards ‘Best Venue’ (nomination 2005 2004)

• BEDA Awards ‘Best Venue’ (nomination 2004)

CAPACITY

250

FACILITIES

Dressing Rooms  2
Showers/WCs

STAGE SIZE

Depth 3.4m
Width 7m
Height 0.6m

POWER

32 Amp 3 phrase for House PA
100 Amp 3 phrase for House Lights
32 Amp single phase supply for visiting lights and AV

HOUSE PA

The Front of House PA is a flown Turbosound TQ 440 system powered by MC2 amplification. There are four Turbosound 2 x 18 subs providing the bottom end.

In-house mixing consoles include two Soundcraft Vi6, two Digidesign Profile Mixrack systems and one 40 Channel Soundcraft MH3.

With the Vi6s and the Profiles being two most common digital desks on the touring circuit at the moment, we are confident that we can offer engineers a digital format that they familiar with.

In-house monitors consist of four Martin LE1500s. More can be provided on request. They are powered by Crown amplification. Monitors are mixed from Front of House.

There is an in-house 48 channel analog mulitcore with Veam connections.

PA points are rated at 125kg
There are no house motors in place for the PA.

HOUSE LIGHTING

Control is from Avolites Tiger console with the option of using an in-house Pearl expert with Titan software.

Please note availability is dependent on the requirements of O2 Academy Birmingham.

Conventional lighting is supplied with 12 ways of dimming and 12 ways of hot power.

FIXTURES AVAILABLE INCLUDE

4 Bars of 6 Par 64
4 S4 Junior Zoom
4 Robe 250 AT Spot
1 Unique 2 Hazer

These can be used on their own or in conjunction with touring production.

There are two trusses mounted in the front and back positions above the stage with 125kg points.

VISUAL EQUIPMENT

There is a Green Hippo “Critter” media server that can be used to provide visual content throughout O2 Academy2 Birmingham

This can be fed to the Sanyo Projector firing at the main stage and to the 32 inch LCD screens mounted behind bars and along the side wall

Alternatively there are VGA inputs feeding into the Kramer distribution system so that artists can provide their own visuals and send two separate images around the venue 

PA SPECIFICATIONS

6 x Turbosound
TQ440 mid tops
4 x Turbosound 2 x 18” Subs
Turbosound Amps
(re-badged MC2)

LE1500 Low Profile,
High Power Monitor  6
334 Minidrive
Cont 4-Out   3
Crown Xti 1000
Amplifier    3
Crown Xti 4000
Power Amplifier  3
BSS FDS-966 Opal
Graphic EQ   3