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21 October 2021
In concert – Hockley Social Club &
the CBSO present:
Symphonic Sessions
Symphonic Sessions
Hockley Social Club, Birmingham
Thursday 21 October 2021
Written by Richard Whitehouse Photos courtesy of Hannah Fathers
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Out & About’ schedule has seen musicians
playing at venues from railway stations to suburban pubs, but tonight’s Symphonic Sessions,
billed as ‘‘the perfect evening for the musically curious’’, was a more ambitious undertaking.
The venue was Hockley Social Club – located closer to Newtown and an area which, with its
rundown warehouses next to remnants of faded civic planning, is ripe for redevelopment of
