What's happening: Week of 27 July 2026
An informal, no-pitch networking evening for Birmingham's AI and machine learning community, hosted by Network One at The Cocktail Club on Temple Street. Whether you're an AI founder, ML engineer,…
Asia Sharif (NatWest Group) · Julia Gray (Griffiths Waite)
The strongest speaker line-up on the Birmingham calendar this month. Asia Sharif, a software engineer at NatWest Group, tells the story of going from teaching herself to code in lockdown…
Birmingham Indies runs a relaxed monthly gathering for anyone in, adjacent to, or aspiring to the games industry — programmers, artists, designers, audio people and hobbyists. It meets in the Map Room upstairs at Cherry Red's, a short walk from New Street. Tickets exist only as a reminder; you can simply turn up. The group maintains an active Discord and Bluesky between sessions, and runs a clear code of conduct. Birmingham has a real games-development cluster and this is where it socialises.