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Digbeth Institute
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<p>The Digbeth Institute (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the O2 Institute) is a music venue located in <a href="/facts/Birmingham/lNd1h81V">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>. The venue opened in 1908 as a mission of Carrs Lane Congregational Church. It has also served as an event centre, civic building and nightclub. </p><p>It has three main rooms: the 1,500-capacity main auditorium called O2 Institute1 (formerly "The Institute") which has two seated upper balcony levels, the downstairs room which holds up to 500 people called O2 Institute2 (formerly "The Library") and the 250-capacity upstairs room O2 Institute3 (formerly "The Temple"). </p><p>The venue also used to house "Un-Plug", an intimate club with a capacity of 400, located in the building's cellar. The space formerly operated as the "Midland Jazz Club", "Jug 'O Punch Folk Club", Dance Factory and "Barfly". </p>