PST

PST is a throwback to an era when the night life of south Birmingham was dominated by reggae nights, or «blues dances» as they used to be known. Though other genres are showcased at the venue (such as psychedelic trance and other underground dance music), many of the nights focus on reggae in some form or another, with «Go With The Flo» every thursday, nights on most fridays and saturdays as well as occasional street parties that start during the day outside the club and end in the small hours of the morning on the roof.
The bar is fairly basic with only a few drinks available. However, there is a kitchen which serves very good food of the Carribean extraction. Entry price is rarely more than a fiver, and is sometimes as low as two pound as it is on thursdays.
PST is a great club, managing to be both more exciting AND more chilled out than pretty much every club in Birmingham. There’s also a nice, diverse a crew of regulars that help to keep the atmosphere sweet. Definitely worth a visit for those whose tastes just aren’t satisfied by the cheap-​drinks-​and-​bad-​chart-​music that dominates so much of Birmingham’s night life.

PST is fairly new to the Birmingham club world and started life out in Balsall Heath as a small get together. The club now finds home on the emerging side of Digbeth, where many other venues establish hiding places from the usual taxi drop offs. In other words, be prepared to explain to taxi drivers exactly how to get here before starting off, otherwise you’ll be driving around the back streets of Digbeth for hours!
The club itself looks like a Tardis in the form of a small house from the roadside. But in fact, the venue is home to three large rooms. The basement, the main room and the newly extended rooftop. Nights on the rooftop are the perfect events for smokers, as they don’t have to leave their position or miss out on any of the music. There is also food served on the roof, which to me is ingenious. Many times I have had to walk miles after a club night, in hope to find an open takeaway. But at PST, you don’t have to go anywhere.
To me, PST is Birmingham’s defining reggae club, and holds a reggae and dub night every Thursday on the roof. These nights are always packed full of exceptionally friendly people, and the whole ethos behind the venue name People Stand Together (PST) also reflects this welcoming atmosphere perfectly.
You really will struggle not to fit in here, and if you enjoy the sounds of underground music, then PST is definitely the venue to be at. I personally enjoyed a psychedelic trance night in the main room called Kanyini, which transported me back to what I’d except the 90s dance club scene to be like. Fluorescent walls, glow sticks and adrenalin driving beats!

PST is the only club in Birmingham that I can officially and honestly say has ‘roots’!
Seeing as I love funk, reggae, soul and all other classic tunes that puts all this modern malarkey to shame — PST is the place to come and soak up the good vibrations.
Everyone I have ever come across there are some of the soundest, wildest and most chilled people I have ever met, they are enjoying life to the full, with some cool beverages, the occasional salt-​fish patty and the finest music.
I have witnessed a pop-​up break dancing crew on one of the funk nights when there was a lot of ‘old-​skool’ break being mixed, I did attempt to participate and whipped out my best wild, arm-​flailing two-​step. Once I realised I had just swiftly exhausted my whole dancing resume whilst they were still spinning on their heads, I decided to retire to the rooftop yard and lay-​low for a while to avoid embarrassing myself any more. The rooftop yard just adds to PST’s supremacy as a venue — the party goes on up there too when the skies are clear.
PST is a venue that’s on another plane in comparison to these big establishments — it’s got character, authenticity and a crowd unlike any other. Get to PST and revel in the best vibes that Birmingham has to offer.