Snobs is a

nightclub A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music. Nightclubs gener ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, England. It is located at 200 Broad Street, Birmingham. The club was founded 50 years ago in 1972, and has been visited by over 2.5 million people during its time. Snobs primarily plays music within the genres of

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, retro, and

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. The club's original location was on the junction linking Suffolk Street Queensway with Lyon Queensway (formerly Paradise Circus). However, it was announced in August 2014 that the club would host its final night at its former venue on Sunday 21 September 2014, ahead of its £2 million relocation to a larger venue in

Ringway Centre Ringway Centre is a Grade B locally listed building located on Smallbrook Queensway in the city centre of Birmingham, England. The six-storey, long building was designed by architect James Roberts as part of the Inner Ring Road scheme in the ...

on Smallbrook Queensway which holds 1,400 people. In November 2023, it was announced that Snobs would relocate again due to planned demolition activities. This time, Snobs was announced to move to 200 Broad Street, with the new location's inaugural event taking place on .

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Nightclubs in Birmingham, West Midlands {{music-venue-stub