The UK’s only outdoor Jazz Festival celebrates the vibrancy, variety and unique energy of the world’s modern jazz movement here in Birmingham on July 3rd and 4th.

Legends the Sun Ra Arkestra and Courtney Pine are headlining a dynamic lineup including local talent such as Polar Bear, Led Bib and Portico Quartet.

More information can be found here – and don’t forget to stay with us here at Hatters, as we are only a 2 minutes walk from the train station to the site!

3 nights in a 6 bed dorm, Cadbury World Ticket, Breakfast and internet £57.50

Our 3 Day Brum Deal!

Before Cadburys get taken over by some mysterious investors we have, for our lovely guests, put together the following amazing 3 Day Value Package:

• 3 nights in one of our wonderfully spacious, comfy & ensuite 6 bed dorms
• Free Entrance to Cadbury World – (Normal Price £13.50).
• Daily internet voucher – entitling you to use our computers gratis
• And of course you get to enjoy our all day all you can eat lite breakfast.

All of the above for an inclusive price of £57.50 saving you £18.50!

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Due to popular demand, well Kathrin threatening to chop my arms and legs off if I don’t write a blog soon, our fantastically wonderful Mullet of the Week competiton has been run. We’ve changed the format this time a little bit though. From now on it’ll be known as Mullet of the Month.

This month we have received entries from all corners of the globe but have concentrated on the quality of mull in Birmingham and the Midlands.

This Month’s Champion

This month’s champion is Baldwin Barrett III, pictured left. He’s a born and bred Brummie and inherited his love of mull from his father’s side of the family. “I’ve never really thought about having another hairstyle” he says in his broad brum accent. 2 years ago he took over the family business when his father took ill. He renamed the salon “Mullets 4 U”. Since then he’s been spreading his love of this hairstyle and on Tuesdays he has special student prices. He has offered a 50% discount for all our guests as a result of us honouring his hard work and dedication raising awareness about “The Mull”.

A lifelong childhood pal of Ozzy Osbourne and a dedicated Metal fan this guy is a complete and absolute legend or leg end. Whichever, he’s my new hero.

He’s also offered all readers of the blog a handy little chart (below) for anyone interested in mastering the art of chip chopping the perfect mullet

My first football game in England was Aston Villa vs. Wigan at Villa Park. Aston Villa supporters were roaring out their chants in the hope of a Villa goal to make a fight for the title against the top teams. The first half didn’t produce many chances for Villa, but the crowd continued to chant and Villa controlled the majority of possession. Half time involved curry sauce chips (Which were a great winter warmer). Villa were shooting towards our end in the second half. They saw many chances go begging as the referee missed a hand ball just in front of the Villa goals, triggering the supporters to roar louder – only to see no goals scored at the end of the 90 minutes. I made the journey back to Hatters Hostel wondering how great it would have been to see an Aston Villa goal and witness a full stadium jumping for glory!