Owner of Birmingham's hottest music venue! | Josh Williams | Episode 55

Josh Williams is one of the owners and the general manager of Workplay. Workplay has been a staple music venue in Birmingham for over 20 years. Josh has been involved in the revitalization of the venue and has grown their operations to now include 3 of the fastest growing music festivals in Alabama. Today, we sat down with Josh to learn about how he got to where he is today and what exciting things are in the works for the Birmingham music scene. Get tickets!Iron Hills Country Festivalhttps://www.ironhillscountry.com/Workplayhttps://workplay.com/SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/jdubwill/https://www.instagram.com/workplaybham/https://www.instagram.com/ironhillscountry/https://www.instagram.com/myresense/https://www.instagram.com/stphn.pcck/https://www.instagram.com/word.of.mouth.pod/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552402096552https://twitter.com/podcast_womhttps://www.tiktok.com/@word.of.mouth.pod0:00 - intros1:00 - the history of Workplay3:30 - How Josh got started in music7:30 - buying Workplay12:00 - Hanging out with famous bands18:00 - Music scene today vs early 2000s19:00 - The festival kings of Birmingham22:00 - How to build a music festival26:00 - What’s the dream for Workplay31:00 - Advice if you want to go into music33:00 - Stories from tour 42:00 - fin