The Sonic Gun Weekender is nearly upon us, where three days of the best in Birmingham’s live music will take over The Castle and Falcon on Friday, August 17th until Sunday 19th.

As well as over 20 performers and DJ sets from Birmingham legends Swim Deep and Peace, Sonic Gun Concerts have announced House of Hen as their official street food trader. House of Hen combine a fusion of cult favourite Southern fried chicken with the heat of exotic Korean flavours. Their extensive menu includes crispy chicken tenders in Korean BBQ sauce with kimchi and four types of burgers including a vegan option: The fiery Bang Bang Cauliflower.

Read the full menu below:

Crispy fried chicken with spicy Korean BBQ sauce and tangy chow slaw, pickled radish & red chillies on a brioche bun
Crispy fried chicken with tangy kimchi on brioche bun
Chicken tenders served with a side of kimchi, topped with Korean hot BBQ, red chillies, spring onions and coriander
Bang Bang cauliflower topped with Korean bbq, spring onions, chillies and coriander (V)
Fried cauliflower with tangy chow slaw, pickled radish & vegan gouchujang mayo on a floured vegan bun (Vegan)
Tie ice super crispy fried chicken in a buttery brioche bun with a choice of sauces (gochujang mayo, hot Korean BBQ, pickled fried chilli)

To pair with all the delicious offerings from House of Hen, The Sonic Gun Weekender will also have its own bespoke cocktail bartender. Taking a residence in the Castle and Falcon over the weekend, expect staple drinks like mojitos, daiquiri’s and amoretto sours, as well as classic cocktails with a modern flair.

Tom Holloway of Sonic Gun Concerts said: “Sonic Gun Concerts are delighted to be putting on the first annual Sonic Gun Weekender at one of our favourite venues in the city. The Castle & Falcon is a great supporter of national and international music and it made total sense to put our first weekender here!

“The bands on the bill are all bands that Sonic Gun Concerts have worked closely with over the last 3 years and the idea for the weekender was to put a spotlight on the amazing talent our city has. Every event needs great food and drink and we’ve got exactly that, I absolutely love everything about House of Hen and I am so happy they wanted to be involved in the weekend. It should be a fantastic weekend and I hope you can all join me there.”

The Sonic Gun Weekender starts at 6pm on Friday, August 17th, 3pm on Saturday 18th and Sunday, August 19th. Tickets are close to selling out, so grab yours whilst you can.

Buy tickets here.

Strap on your seat belts as we catapult into the stratosphere for an out of this world weekender. Sonic Gun are putting on not one, not two, but three days full of legendary local acts and special guest (and secret) DJ sets.

Comprising the bill of their favourite Birmingham bands on August 17th, 18th and 19th, expect to see Britpop, psych, indie and rock & roll from one of Birmingham’s all seeing eye of insatiable new music.

Friday sees tropical indie pop outfit RISCAS headlining the night. After selling out their show at The Castle and Falcon back in May we’re sure these four lads will tear the roof off the place. Also on the bill are a band that describes themselves as “four piece chicken legends” with guitars fizzing like a “blue fizzy drink” The Assist. They’re joined by indie rock and pop trio Spilt Milk Society, indie rap duo Social State and new alternative rock on the block Echo Beach, with a DJ set from members of Swim Deep to close the night.

Saturday is one of the biggest line ups we’ve seen in a while, with garage groove band Ivory Wave as headliners. They’re followed by a band that refused to be pigeon holed Sugarthief, female led punk trio The Cosmics, 90s and Britpop influenced Violet, ex Swim Deep member Wolfgang Harte, rock/punk inspired The Novus, five piece alternative outfit Karkosa and finally Sleepy Heads. If that’t not all, this night will see a secret DJ set playing alternative bangers well into the early hours.

If that’s not enough bang for your buck, Sunday is jam packed with indie, alt and rock and roll led by Harry Jordan, AKA the country blues and rockabilly Harry and the Howlers. She’s joined by rhythm and blues music The Surrenders, psychedelic rock and roll The Goodwater, garage rock and punk trio Bad Girlfriend, brand spanking new band Cave Girl, riot grrl trio P.E.T, punk rockers Wood and Nails and finally garage punk ad noise group History of Sex.

With all this live music, cocktails, draught beer and street food in the mix, this weekender is going to be the biggest date in your calendar this year. Early bird weekend tickets are already sold out and standard advance are selling faster than the speed of light.

The Sonic Gun Weekender takes place August 17th – 19th. Tickets are available here.

The Castle & Falcon

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Korean street food House of Hen taking residence for the Sonic Gun Weekender