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Welcome! Live In The Lodge is a community-led intergenerational music programme in Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, with nearly 100 local people hailing from each of the last nine decades meeting, playing and learning together each week.
At its heart, Live In The Lodge brings the local community opportunities to take part in free weekly music and instrumental lessons, classes and workshops – open to all ages and abilities, with free instrument loan – on guitar, ukulele, drums, piano/keyboard, improvisation and a community singing group. Alongside weekly sessions, there are regular participant performances, both in Falcon Lodge and across Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham, and visiting professional guest artists joining us for concerts and gigs in the community. Take a look at our photo galleries to get a feel for everything we do, and check out What’s On!
By the end of 2025, we hope to welcome at least 150 people each week, reaching hundreds more through workshops and performances in Falcon Lodge schools, whilst creating new opportunities for older people in the community, young carers, families, young people, help to pay for music grade exams, and also support local people through social prescribing.
With music education in schools facing an “unprecedented crisis” as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the only local dedicated community centre space set to close this autumn, it is now even more vital for community music without barriers to access or opportunities playing a part to strengthen and build a creative, healthy and supportive community, with all the health, education and social benefits it can bring.
Live in the Lodge 2024 is being generously funded and supported by Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council and Sutton Coldfield Neighbourhood Network.
Live In The Lodge is produced by Mubu Music Projects CIC
Come and have a go!
Do you live, work or go to school or church in and around Falcon Lodge? If you (or your children) would like to come and try any of our friendly weekly sessions, or join in with the community singing group, drop us an email – hello@liveinthelodge.co.uk – or say hello on our Facebook page. If it’s easier to call, leave a message on 0121 221 6594 and we’ll get back to you asap! We are also at Falcon Lodge Community Centre and Methodist Church several times each week (from mid September) if you would like to come and say hello and see what we’re up to!
Priority for all instrumental sessions is given to everyone who lives, works or goes to school/church in Falcon Lodge and the immediate vicinity.
We are also extremely grateful for the generous funding and support for LITL 2019-23 from:
Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust
Arts Council England
Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council
The National Lottery Community Fund
The Radcliffe Trust
CAF Tourle Fund
Birmingham Airport Community Trust Fund
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
Heart of England Foundation & Peddimore Community Fund
CWG Legacy Community Events Fund
GJW Turner Trust
Richard Cadbury Charitable Trust
Dumbreck Charity
The programme has been very generously supported by the Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust and Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council, to whom we give enormous thanks! Year One was also funded by Connecting Communities Through Culture (Birmingham City Council, Arts Council England and DCLG).
Email Updates …
We send emails to everyone each week with updates on the weekly times, groups, upcoming events, news and photos! If you don’t need to receive practise times every week and just want to come to some performances or keep up to date with LITL news, we send a monthly update too! Just pop your details below and tick which emails you’d like to receive, then check your email inbox to confirm …