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Entertainment in Liverpool
Parr Street Studios Reveal Exclusive Clean Cut Kid Short Documentary
2016 marked the 25th anniversary of Parr Street Studios as a hub for recording world-renowned artists from Liverpool and beyond. To mark this anniversary the studio will produce, document and release a series of 25 recording projects, one for each year of its existence. These will highlight the heritage of the building and the wealth and breadth of artists that have recorded in the space as well as, vitally, the community, and environments surrounding the artists…
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Liverpool Events
Parklife Line-Up; The 1975 & Frank Ocean To Headline
Manchester’s Parklife has announced Frank Ocean and The 1975 as headliners at the two day festival. After the release of Ocean’s hotly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Blonde’ last year it will be an opportunity for fans to see him perform tracks off the album as well as his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Channel Orange’ with his first UK performance since 2014. Saturday’s headliners The 1975 will perform a homecoming show to remember at Heaton Park after…
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Liverpool Events
New Brighton Seaside Festival Reveals First Details For Entertainment Programme
New Brighton Seaside Festival has announced a taste of what you can expect from their brand-new attraction for Spring 2017. The three-day family event will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space in front of Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lake and Promenade in New Brighton. The first large scale seaside festival of its kind in the area, the weekender is the brainchild of…
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Liverpool Events
GLOW Launch Party
A new era of sisterhood is here and it is time we GLOW. GLOW recently hosted a launch party at Love Thy Neighbour on Bold Street. The evening brought together a crowd of like minded individuals who gathered to celebrate women with big hearts and go-getter attitudes. I attended the launch with a group of friends who weren’t really aware of what GLOW was or will become. Entering events can often be a daunting process…
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Liverpool Events
Nourish Women’s Spa & Gym Haven In The City
Ladies, there is a brand new underground heaven in the heart of Liverpool that you need to visit. Nourish is a female-only one stop health and beauty venue with a fantastic concept. Making the decision to exercise and look after your body comes with a challenge of completely dedicating yourself to it. In the past I have found this extremely difficult in many commercial gyms. Always being made to feel like you are just there…
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Review
New Discount Card Launching Soon For Music Fans
A new discount card will be launching in Liverpool for music fans to take advantage of discounted gig tickets, new album and EP releases and even discounts on food and drink venues in the city. The Key Card is designed to encourage people to support the local music scene whilst saving them some of their hard earned cash along the way. Founder of The Key Card, J Fairhurst said “It’s about getting people out to…
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Editorials
Beauty In The Baltic: Woodlands Beauty Clinic
Woodlands Beauty Clinic Provides Timely Treatments In The Heart of The City Centre. Woodlands Beauty Clinic, located on Jamaica Street, is providing a one-stop beauty pit-stop with its range of timely treatments, ideal for those who are often on the go. Specialising in shellac, waxing and eyelashes to name a few, the conveniently located salon welcomes professionals, students and local residents alike. Managing Director of Woodlands Beauty Clinic Alison Stananought said: “Here at Woodlands Beauty Clinic,…
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Liverpool Events
UK’s First Revolving Theatre Planned For Liverpool
Plans to develop a new creative district at Liverpool’s North Docklands could include the UK’s first Stage-Around Theatre performance space. The proposed theatre venue is based around a similar space in Amsterdam where the revolving auditorium (seats move around the stage) is designed to give audiences “a genuinely immersive experience”. The city’s plans to turn the docklands area into a creative quarter with the likes of venues such as the Invisible Wind Factory and Drop…
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Liverpool Events
The Worry Dolls Live At The Zanzibar; Preview
Since opening it’s doors in 1996 in the former Liverpool Institute for Boys the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts counts many notable figures amongst it’s alumni. In addition to actors and presenters former students include members of The Staves, The Wombats, Clean Cut Kid and “United States Of Whatever” singer Liam Lynch. This list also includes the now London based country/folk/americana duo of The Worry Dolls. Zoe Nicol and Rosie Jones met at an open…
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Liverpool Events
WRONG Festival Announce Full Line Up
North West independent record label Loner Noise have unveiled the full line up for WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene, a one day happening on the 22nd April 2017 at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. Aiming to create something truly unique and very special for the first time in Liverpool, organisers are proud to announce that Japanese psych legends Bo Ningen will be topping a bill which brings together the disparate scenes from the heavier and stranger…
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Music
Ayawaska ‘The Ride’ Single Review
Melodic guitars lead to a fine piece of indie rock with retro leanings on this track. The Ride is upbeat and cheerful with an edge of cool that makes it a little bit special. It feels more like the sound of summer than a track released in chilly January – the sound of things to come; a release from the current drabness. Describing themselves as Indie, Rock, Alternative, Psychedelic their sound most definitely encompasses all…
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Liverpool Events
Secret Diners Club’s Valentine’s Pop-Up; Tickets On Sale Now
What better way to celebrate the romantic holiday than with a Secret Diners Club dinner in one of our favourite unique spaces? The appropriately named Love Lane Lock-up. The Secret Diners Club pop-up will be open on Thursday 9, Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February. There will be one sitting on Thursday, and two two-hour sittings on Friday and Saturday, with a secret three-course meal served each time. Please double check the ticket timings before purchasing to ensure you purchase…
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Liverpool Events
Independent Liverpool St Patrick’s Day Weekender
Independent Liverpool make a welcome return to The Great Baltic Warehouse to bring us their St Patrick’s Day Weekender on 17th & 18th March. They will be bringing a little bit of Dublin to The Baltic Triangle where once again they will transform The Great Baltic Warehouse into something special. Expect Guinness, Irish whiskey, gin and more to get you suitably merry and plenty of irish stew and soda bread to soak it all up with.…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Disco Festival & Southport Weekender’s 30th Anniversary Announce First Wave of Acts
Liverpool Disco Festival returns on Saturday 6th May 2017, following on from last October’s incredible debut event. The weekend carries a special resonance across the UK and beyond, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the legendary Southport Weekender, who along with Hustle and SUNcéBeat present an epic showcase of music in the city’s thriving creative quarter, the Baltic Triangle. SUNcéBeat and Hustle are bringing together not only all the best parts that made the first Liverpool…
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Liverpool Events
Threshold Festival Reveal Second Wave of Artists
Threshold Festival organisers have announced the second wave of acts that will be performing at the seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to the city from March 31st to April 2nd. Following the reveal of the likes of Hannah Peel, Nils Bech, XamVolo and Lilium, nineteen more acts have now been added to the line-up. Thrash heavy Manchester trio False Advertising will take the Threshold stage, playing their first set since…
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Liverpool Events
Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing Screening At St George’s Hall
Get your dancing shoes at the ready and prepare to go back in time and dance the Merengue and Mambo when St George’s Hall bring Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing on Friday 24 March. The producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a GREASE present their next instalment, the brand new Sing-a-Long-a interactive screening of the classic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It’s the Summer of 1963, it’s college boys versus dancing hunks, it’s one of the best loved movies of all time which tells the high…
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Liverpool Events
Organic Food Market Opening On Bold Street
Liverpool will soon be home to a brand new organic food market, bakery and eatery. LIV Food Market, opening on Bold Street in March, will be offering the best in organic, natural and free from food. LIV’s core concept is to promote healthy eating and living to help customers’ live longer, healthier lives and they aim to do this by offering organic and natural products including fresh fruit and vegetables as well as home and…
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Liverpool Events
Sound City Announce Festival Headliners
Sound City have announced The Human League, John Cale, Metronomy & The Kooks as headliners for their 10th Anniversary. Having already announced a move to the larger Clarence Dock for 2017, Sound City has also revealed that it will host four days of festivities to mark its special birthday. The festival launches on Thursday with a celebration of the English avant-garde featuring a trio of some of the most influential British electronic artists of the modern…
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Liverpool Events
SPINN To Support The Sherlocks At The 02 Academy In February
Young, indie upstarts, SPINN, have just been booked to support the band on everyone’s lips at the moment, The Sherlocks in Liverpool’s 02 Academy on the 11th February. The Sherlocks have played sold-out show up and down the country, SXSW, Reading and Leeds. The band have also been pushed heavily by Radio one, two, and six, as well as, This Feeling. The band, who originate from Sheffield, have also just hit number one for vinyl sales in the country. And…
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Liverpool Events
Where To Watch Super Bowl 51 In Liverpool
It’s the biggest event in American sport and it’s been gaining in popularity over this side of the pond over the last few years; here’s where you can watch the Super Bowl in Liverpool. Camp & Furnace – As always we can rely on Camp & Furnace’s fan park to create a great atmosphere to watch America’s biggest sporting spectacle. Free entry. Last entry midnight. Rack & Dollar – Berry Street’s American themed bar and…
