Que Club

{{Short description|Music venue in Birmingham, England}}

The Que Club was a music venue in Birmingham, England that was famous for hosting many well-known bands and club nights.{{Cite news |date=2019-05-18 |title=History of Birmingham's Que Club retold in heritage project |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48311372 |access-date=2022-06-10}} As well as hosting famous acts, the Que Club became a centre for alternative culture, including the rave music scene.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-20 |title='In the Que' set to celebrate the history of legendary Birmingham venue |url=https://counteract.co/news/in-the-que-set-to-celebrate-the-history-of-legendary-birmingham-venue/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Counteract |language=en-GB}}

The Que Club was located in the Grade II-listed Methodist Central Hall in Birmingham. The venue was opened in 1989 after the building was purchased by Rod Stewart's former manager Billy Gaff.

Artists performing at the venue included Altern8, Blur, David Bowie, Carl Cox, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Shed Seven and Run-DMC.{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Donna |date=2022-01-01 |title=Lost shots of 90s rave culture by Terence Donovan to go on show |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/01/lost-shots-90s-rave-culture-terence-donovan-go-on-show-birmingham-swinging-london |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hinton |first=Patrick |date=24 April 2020 |title=A trailer for the film about Birmingham’s legendary Que Club is out now |url=https://mixmag.net/read/que-club-in-the-que-documentary-trailer-birmingham-news |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Mixmag}}

During this time, the building still served as a place of worship when not in use as a venue.

The Que Club closed in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Bentley |first=David |date=2019-05-17 |title=Birmingham club where Bowie played to be celebrated in new project |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/birminghams-que-club-david-bowie-16293654 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=BirminghamLive |language=en}} A documentary film, In The Que, has been made about the club. A retrospective exhibition to celebrate the legacy of the Que Club was held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Laws |first=Roz |date=14 January 2022 |title=Sneak peak[sic] at exhibition celebrating the legendary 90s Que Club |url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/que-club-birmingham-sneak-peak-at-exhibition-celebrating-the-legendary-90s-venue-3528591 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.birminghamworld.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=In The Que: Celebrating the Que Club |url=https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag/whats-on/in-the-que |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.birminghammuseums.org.uk |language=en}} The photographer Terence Donovan visited the Que Club in 1996, and his photographs of the rave scene there have been exhibited.{{Cite web |last=UAL |date=2021-07-13 |title=Terence Donovan in the Que Club |url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/research-centres/centre-for-fashion-curation/subcultures-then-and-now/terence-donovan-in-the-que-club |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=UAL |language=en}}