Culture in Liverpool
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Milap celebrate Diwali with a packed programme of Indian Arts this November
Milap – the UK’s leading Indian Arts and Culture company – is preparing to celebrate Diwali with a week-long programme of music and dance that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. One of the most popular festivals of India, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and…
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Homotopia Festival 2020 Preview
Nobody knows how to adapt and survive to strange times like the queer community and Liverpool’s Homotopia Festival is back with a bang for 2020 and a dynamic line-up of physical events and online happenings. In a year where everything has changed, the UK’s longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival will reach out into new places and spaces, including a drag promenade down Liverpool’s Hope Street, a ‘Queer the City’ art crawl and a…
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Liverpool Irish Festival 2020 Preview
Irish comedian and TV presenter Patrick Kielty has been announced as the headliner for the Liverpool Irish Festival this October, as the cultural showcase goes online for 2020. The 10-day festival celebrates the connections between Liverpool and Ireland and although this year’s event will be exclusively virtual, will still feature an exciting line-up of music, film, art and spoken word. Patrick Kielty headlines the programme on 17 October with a special event called ‘Hard Histories,…
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Black History Month Events in Liverpool
Black History Month is an excellent time to spotlight history that should already be part of the curriculum, highlight incredible individuals within the city’s rich black history and celebrate black culture. There is a host of events happening throughout October from organisations across Liverpool and we’ve handpicked some highlights from across the programme. Black History Month Events in Liverpool International Slavery Museum Liverpool is home to the International Slavery Museum giving the city the greatest…
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New Brighton’s Oakland Gallery Brings Together Top Names In British Street Art
A brand new contemporary art gallery has opened in Wirral this month. Oakland Gallery exhibits a mix of contemporary art alongside pieces from artists heavily involved in the global street-art scene. Located in the heart of New Brighton’s independent Victoria Quarter, Oakland Gallery is the latest addition to regeneration company Rockpoint Leisure’s portfolio of hospitality and retail concepts within the town. Oakland has partnered with leading creative studio Our Types for the inaugural show which…
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Moving to Liverpool: What You Need To Know
There are various reasons why UK residents move to Liverpool: starting a family, looking for a change of pace, entering the job market as a fresh graduate, jumpstarting a career, getting a quality education, or just fleeing the hustle-bustle of London without totally uprooting their life. Regardless, Liverpool is a forgiving place. Located in Merseyside, England, the most recent surveys estimate that Liverpool is home to almost half a million UK residents. This number makes…
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Milap unites artists for a tribute to one of India’s greatest music icons
The UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, Milap, has assembled an extraordinary ensemble of Indian virtuosos to record a unique version of one of Lalgudi G Jayaraman’s masterpieces. Somewhere in the world, every few minutes, someone is performing, listening to, or dancing to a composition of Lalgudi G Jayaraman. This maestro musician has made an unmatched contribution to the world of Indian Classical Music. A trailblazing performer, composer and teacher, he has left behind…
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Unsung Heroes Mural Adds To New Brighton’s Impressive Street Art Collection
A brand new mural was unveiled today as part of New Brighton’s ever-growing street art collection. The Unsung Heroes mural is a portrait of local RNLI volunteer Mike Jones who celebrates 40-years of working at the New Brighton Lifeboat station. Painted on the gable end of a house on Virginia Road in the town’s thriving Victoria Quarter, renowned street artist SmugOne devised and executed the striking image. Known for his hyper-realistic work, Smug creates amazing…
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BlackFest: Liverpool’s Black Arts Festival 21 – 27 September
Liverpool’s Black Arts festival, BlackFest heads both online and to city venues this September for a week long programme of diverse and thought-provoking entertainment and events. After two highly successful programmes in 2018 and 2019, BlackFest returns for its third annual festival this autumn with an exciting line up of music, theatre, film, performance, poetry, spoken word and panel discussions; many of them free to stream online. The festival opens on Monday 21st September with Locks, an online discussion about prison systems and racial profiling, featuring…
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Baltic Green Urban Park Is A Labour of Love For Local Community
The Baltic Green urban park is a facinating project led by the local community, creating a fun and creative space in the Baltic Triangle. In the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle you’ll find the Baltic Green urban park featuring some very impressive and unique structures, all created by local volunteers, including a colourful throne, a stage, a gazebo, picnic benches and more. The Baltic Green urban park is a project ran by Tristan Brady-Jacobs who…
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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Goes Digital: 9-18 July
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival goes digital for the first time in its history next week. The UK’s longest running Arab arts festival opens a door into Arab arts and culture from 9 – 18 July, connecting artists and audiences from across the UK. This year’s festival will feature events from Ramallah, Beirut, London, Jerusalem, Morocco, Aleppo, Kuala Lumpur and more. Established in 1998, the festival usually takes place each year in arts and cultural venues…
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Liverpool Without Walls: The Exciting Pilot Scheme For Outdoor Bars and Restaurants
Liverpool Without Walls aims to get the city’s bars and restaurants back up and running as soon as possible. The ongoing Liverpool Without Walls project to re-imagine the city under social distancing, has announced further details today. The joint project is run between Liverpool City Council, Liverpool BID Company – which supports 1,500 city centre businesses, and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped that the project will give businesses in Liverpool the best chance…
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Black Lives Matter – A Look at Liverpool’s History
In the year 2020, when the human race is arguably the most tolerable and liberal it has ever been, you would not think that “Black Lives Matter” would be a controversial statement; yet, for some people, they take offence to it and retort with “All Lives Matter” as though the original statement discredits the importance of the lives of those who are not black. Being a resident of the UK, it may be easy to…
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Milap Bring The World of Indian Music and Dance To The Masses
Milap, the UK’s leading Indian Arts & Culture company, is bringing the world of Indian music and dance to the masses during lockdown with a host of online interactive activities. Following a weekend of back-to-back live performances, workshops and discussions online to celebrate International Dance Day in April, the Liverpool-based organisation continues to provide high quality content via its online channels, featuring everything from full-length concerts from their ‘Music for the Mind and Soul’ archives, to…
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Liverpool Virtual Museum Tours – Explore World Famous Art From The Comfort of Your Home
Here’s your guide to Liverpool Virtual Museum Tours that you can do from the comfort of your couch, the perfect activity to do during lockdown. National Museums Liverpool On the National Museums Liverpool website you can do virtual tours of the International Slavery Museum, Dinosaurs and the Natural World, World Cultures and more. Visit https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/virtual-tours#section–explore for information. Walker Art Gallery The Walker Art Gallery is available to do a virtual tour of on Google Arts…
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Join LightNight At Home This Year
LightNight At Home 15 May 2020 LightNight At Home will take place next week in place of the usual annual cultural event which happens around the city. From 5pm on Friday 15 May LightNight invite you to follow #LightNightatHome and join in an online exploration of work by many of the artists and organisations who had so much planned for the festival this year. Fittingly the theme for the festival this year is Home, and it…
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FACT Liverpool Launches Online Programme of Events During Lockdown
FACT Liverpool has announced a free online programme that explores our relationship with the natural world. Over the next few months and beyond, the FACT team will be sharing a series of podcasts, live streams, videos, challenges and activities for you and your loved ones to get involved, enjoy and learn remotely. The Living Planet will look at how we can build a more sustainable, responsible global community. In the midst of a global pandemic,…
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Road to Nowhere: Part 2
A new month would bring about more challenges for the Purps and the start of two new campaigns in the league and FA Cup. Find out below if Liverpool Noise music writer Jamie Hankin could make City of Liverpool sing in the second instalment of his Football Manager adventure! August Butterflies in the stomach and anticipation in the air, the day underlined in the diary back in early July had arrived. The start of the…
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Coronavirus Lockdown? Football Manager Season Kicks Off: The Road To Nowhere
Liverpool Noise music writer, Jamie Hankin, is using the Coronavirus Lockdown to bring you all the action from his Football Manager exploits. Up The Purps! Recent circumstances have led to the majority of us having a lot more time on our hands than we could imagine. The current lockdown feels akin to the six-week summer holiday we used to have as kids yet laced with uncertainty and worry. To fill this time and keep our…
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Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival Returns 26 – 29 March
Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival, returns to the Mersey for its biggest and best event yet: the 5th Liverpool edition, which runs from from 26 to 29 March 2020 at Picturehouse at FACT and The British Music Experience (BME). From Zambian rock to MySpace-spawned waves of electronic creativity, Doc’n Roll Liverpool 2020’s five acclaimed full-length feature films each spotlight a unique musical landscape. Witness the births of movements both musical (Drum & Bass and the…
