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Bands in Liverpool
Darma Headline New Liverpool Noise Presents; Band Night At Brink – 17th September
Manchester masters of grunge perform with SPQR and Elijah James and the Nightmares at this exciting new event. Darma Darma are building a rock-solid following in their hometown of Manchester. The trio led by frontman Harry Corbett hit the stage like a rock hurricane, tearing through their high octane set, dragging the crowd with them. Having already released two EPs in 2016, Darma have more releases planned before the end of the year. They have already had…
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Activities in Liverpool
Summer Garden Party To Take Over Stanley Park
Stanley Park and The Isla Gladstone will come alive for the August bank holiday weekend as Liverpool prepares for a Summer Garden Party that all the family can enjoy. The free event will see plenty of entertainment for all ages, including live music, workshops, performances, screenprinting, storytelling, facepainting and a wellbeing tent ran by Positivity Inc.CIC who will be offering taster sessions of yoga, meditation and mindfulness for children and grownups. Other highlights include: –…
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Comedy Clubs
The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s New Home of Comedy At Camp And Furnace
The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s new home of stand-up comedy, will open its doors to the public on Saturday 17th September in one of the city’s most exciting venues. From the unique and ultra-trendy Camp and Furnace in the Baltic Triangle, The Liverpool Comedy Club will host the very best comedians from the international Comedy Circuit every Saturday night. The people behind this new venture are husband and wife team Brendan Riley and Val Brady…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Mark Leckey Creates A Unique Film For Liverpool Biennial 2016
For this year’s Biennial, Mark Leckey has assembled a film using archival material from television shows, advertisements and music, to create a record of all the significant events of his life from the 1970s until the 1990s. Dream English Kid is presented in an environment that contains new sculptural works connected to material in the film. In Liverpool Biennial 2016 unfolds throughout the landscape of the city. It is organised as a story narrated in several…
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Activities in Liverpool
Grrrl Power Exhibition and Workshops – Aug 5th and Aug 7th At Constellations
Grrrl Power Liverpool emphasises the importance of encouraging creative women to work together. The initiative has been created in response to the problems and potential pitfalls faced by women in the arts. The group feel women are hugely underrepresented in comparison to their male counterparts within this sector, and their aim to address this imbalance by encouraging and developing safe environments in Liverpool where women have the capacity to thrive creatively. Friday 5th August sees the launch…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Filmmakers ‘Page 28 Studios’ Set For Bright Future
The filmmakers at Page 28 are one of the fresh new enterprises making up Merseyside’s vibrant creative sector. The three partners in the company met at Liverpool Hope University and decided to take their passion for film and production forward into their working lives. Abby Wooley, Producer and Business Manager, said: “We’ve been working together since 2010 so creating our business was really just us officially cementing a partnership that had been in action for…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Titanic Hotel Summer BBQ Experience
The Titanic Hotel’s new BBQ experience launched this week and we had been lucky enough to be invited for an exclusive preview. As we entered the hotel, it was my first visit, you can not help but be impressed by the whole look of the place, it just gives out that luxury feel. We were given our gold boarding pass which was our Willy Wonka style golden ticket for the BBQ, rum shack and pimp my…
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Activities in Liverpool
New Mermaid Statues Set To Invade New Brighton
New Brighton sea front looks set to invite in some new inhabitants. Inspired by the myth of the Black Rock Mermaid, a number of mermaid statues produced by local community groups, artists and schools are set to spring up around the resort. Work is due to start on the project in the autumn and the statues should begin appearing by spring next year. New Brighton Coastal Community Team, responsible for the Mermaid Trail, hopes the…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Liverpool’s Titanic Hotel Launches Five Star BBQ
It’s a sure sign that summer has arrived when the BBQs start to appear, though few will rival Liverpool’s Titanic Hotel who will be welcoming the good weather by launching their Colonnade BBQ experience on Thursday 28th July. The hotel, which recently won ‘Hotel of the Year’ at the Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards this year will be running its summer BBQ every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from July until 4th September for both guests…
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Comedy Clubs
Comedy Act ‘Tape Face’ Comes To The Epstein Theatre 19th October
The artist formerly known as The Boy with Tape on His Face brings his multi-award winning, multi-hyphenate spectacle to The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool. Join Tape Face as he conjures uproarious & moving tableaux using only the most everyday of objects and the most popular of songs. This truly is comedy made for everyone, be prepared to get involved and enraptured as you step inside a comedy world unlike any other. Visually stunning, heart-stopping, and…
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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool Pride 2016; Preview
The build up to the annual Liverpool Pride festival has begun. Venues across the city are staging events in the lead-up to the festival. FACT are screening a number of films in August and September under the banner of Liverpool Pride at the Pictures. The Liverpool Icons/LOOK photographic competition has an exhibition at Liverpool One. There is a book launch for ‘What’s Your Pride Story?’ on July 23 at Studio 2, Parr Street. The book…
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Activities in Liverpool
Get Creative At FACT This Summer
This summer, leading media arts centre FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) offers a range of exciting activities for young people and families, and continues to expand its programme for anyone interested in getting involved with making and experimenting with electronics. A partnership between FACT and the Liverpool School of Art and Design at LJMU, FACT’s creative technology hub FACTLab continues to welcome visitors of all ages to experiment and explore. Since its launch…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
“A Collage For The Most Famous Club In The World” – The Cavern Club at 60
The Cavern Club is sixty years old in 2017. Members of the press and Liverpool’s music community are invited to The Cavern’s offices on North John Street to witness the unveiling of a collage created by local artist Philip Hayes to celebrate the Club’s 60th Birthday. Philip has previously produced collages for CREAM nightclub, The Farm, Cast, and is working with the Hillsborough campaign, local festivals, music venues and Unite the Union at the present time. Bill Heckle and Dave Jones, Cavern City…
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Activities in Liverpool
Darkstar Laser Adds A New Dimension To ‘Real Life’ Gaming
Darkstar Laser is encouraging youngsters to swap game-stations for ‘real life action-packed adventure’. Located on Central Street in St Helens, the UK’s largest indoor laser tag venue is set to provide a high- adrenaline experience, in a bid to offer a refreshing alternative to static gaming. In line with a recent study which states that the UK is home to the sixth largest video game market worldwide, director of Darkstar Laser Lynn Ben-Yousef is helping parents to minimise…
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Activities in Liverpool
Rave Your Way Into The Day With ‘Morning Gloryville’ Early Morning Rave In Liverpool
Morning Gloryville Liverpool Episode 11 will take place at Liverpool Loves Festival on Saturday 6th August. Morning Gloryville are delighted to announce their next collaboration with good friends ‘Liverpool Loves’ to return to the iconic Pier Head for their next weekend rave date. They will be presenting special DJ guests Jed Clark and Les Calvert, Carry on Misbehavin’ at Garlands go back to back and Marc Jones, from Erics to Evol, plus Medication DJs and…
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Liverpool Events
Brazilica Festival 2016
The annual Brazilica parade has again brought colour and a flavour of Latin America to the streets of Liverpool. The parade forms part of a weekend of events in the city centre and draws large crowds of people wanting to sample the joyous carnival atmosphere. Drum bands and dancers from all over the world came together with national groups to provide some of the best free entertainment Liverpool has to offer. Even Rio itself was…