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Liverpool Events
3 Reasons To be Excited For Liverpool Sound City 2019
Liverpool Sound City returns for its 12th year in 2019 (3- 5 May) and it’s been a rollercoaster ride for what is arguably the city’s biggest music festival. We look ahead to next years event and here’s 3 reasons why we’re excited. The line-up so far: The festival has announced some quality acts to kick off the excitement for the 12th year. Loyle Carner and Mabel head up the national talent on display along with…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Love Actually Live In Concert At Liverpool Philharmonic
Love Actually has become one of the Nations favourite Christmas films, so expect tickets to go fast for this amazing live concert and film screening at the Philharmonic Hall. The Novello Orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score at these shows, with the film being projected onto a huge screen. Armstrong is one of the UK’s most recognised film composers, with his work being awarded a BAFTA for his Achievement in Film Music. With the film…
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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool International Film Festival Announce 2018 Programme
Liverpool International Film Festival has announced this years line up of screenings happening at the Toxteth TV studios, with highlights of the Festival include the Bill Murray comic documentary “Bill Murray – Life Stories” on Saturday 10th November. The Liverpool Film Festival is one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the UK and you don’t have to be a film-maker or a cinema aficionado to enjoy the festival; everyone is welcome. Tickets are…
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Liverpool Events
Ministry of Sound ‘The Annual Classical’ Coming To Liverpool Philharmonic
The world’s most iconic dance brand Ministry of Sound have announced ‘The Annual Classical’, an orchestral tour which celebrates and reimagines their legendary dance music compilation The Annual. 23 years on from the debut compilation release, The Annual Classical will see Ministry of Sound taking out a 50 piece classical orchestra to tour the UK. There will be a world premier at London’s Royal Festival Hall on January 26th, with a full six-date UK tour starting in May…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Lunyalita Restaurant Review
The hardest thing about being a restaurateur is having constant worries about various, constant things. For example worries about staffing, suppliers, produce. I suppose all of these things can be wrapped up into one over-arching theme – consistency. And the scaling and triumph over Mount Consistency on an everyday basis must be paramount factor in your business being successful or not. And to that, I have to admit, Lunya over the years has constantly met…
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Theatre in Liverpool
All You Need Is LSD Live At Unity Theatre: Review
Told By An Idiot are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year with a little bit of LSD, maybe not literally, but creatively, in the form of their stage production, All You Need Is LSD – and what a celebration it is. Written by acclaimed British playwright Leo Butler and performed by Told By An Idiot, the show takes a break from reality and delves into the mind bending history of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide on the…
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Liverpool Events
Milapfest: Indika Festival Preview (17th October – 3rd November)
Running from 17th October to the 3rd November, Liverpool plays host to the Indika festival, curated by, for those who don’t know, the Milapfest organisation, which has, for over thirty years, championed Indian arts. Milapest is based in the Capstone Building within Liverpool Hope University, and both Milapest and Liverpool Hope collaborate in providing world class education, training and performance opportunities in the Indian Arts. Indika is the curated European festival of celebration of this…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Toxteth Reservoir: Aurora Installation Review
Toxteth Reservoir Aurora Installation is not to be missed… Toxteth Reservoir in Liverpool has become the setting for a unique art installation that harnesses the power of Earth’s most valuable element, water. The cavernous reservoir once used to supply the surrounding areas with two million gallons of water, has been home to Aurora for the last three weeks. An immersive installation that not only addresses the building’s history, Aurora, also seeks to remind spectators the…
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Liverpool Events
Africa Oyé celebrate Liverpool’s new Nelson Mandela Memorial with South African stars BCUC
For those who don’t know, BCUC stands for Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness, and this seven piece band originates from Soweto, South Africa. They are very much a live band, who infuse ritual indigenous music with elements of western rock and roll. They have a penchant for playing lengthy compositions which can morph into a kind of “transcendental spiritualism” or “afropsychedilic”, with great musicianship and style. As The Guardian noted in March this year – “Those…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Nick Ellis – In Conversation
If you aren’t au-fait with Nick Ellis’ musical output, then you need to do yourself a favour and quickly get acquainted. This auteur is systematically assembling a musical canon of worth, note and integrity that includes “Grace and Danger”, “Daylight Ghosts” and the sublime “Adult Fiction”. Now, on the eve of his latest release, “Speakers Corner”, Liverpool Noise caught up with Mr Ellis to discuss matters all encompassing…. Liverpool Noise: How does your new album,…
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Bars in Liverpool
Miracle on Seel St – Adult Christmas Grotto Returning To City Centre Bar
Following last year’s success, the secret bar above Salt Dog Slims will be transformed into ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ – a grown-up grotto of festive treats opening on Friday 16th November. ‘83’, the secret bar owned by independent bar and restaurant group, Graffiti Spirits, will undergo a dazzling winter makeover and open its doors once again as ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ to offer a cosy yuletide retreat in the city – think Christmas films, leather…
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Bars in Liverpool
The Jacaranda At 60: A Look At It’s History And It’s Exciting Future
The Jacaranda first opened in Liverpool in the late 1950s as a music bar designed to showcase local musicians looking for opportunities on the live music scene and the philosophy of the venue is the same to this day, although much has changed since the ’50s. The Jacaranda is such a well known name around Liverpool and the world largely due to the The Beatles, who were regular customers in the Jac and played some of their…
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Bars in Liverpool
Line Up Announced For Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday Celebrations
There’s huge plans for the Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday…. This August Bank Holiday weekend will be full of celebration as the legendary Slater Street club,The Jacaranda, turns 60 years old! Coinciding with International BeatleWeek and with The Jacaranda being the birth place of the Fab Four, celebrations across the city are set to be massive. Both the original venue, and its ground-breaking new Seel Street offshoot, Phase One, will collaborate to celebrate this impressive milestone with…
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Bars in Liverpool
Wes Anderson Party Coming To Baltic Social
Update August 2022: The Baltic Social is now permanently closed. Fans of film writer and director Wes Anderson will be hugely excited to hear that there will be a themed party in his honour at The Baltic Social in October. The event organised by Remake, Remodel follows their successful Wes Anderson parties at Manchester’s Deaf Institute and The Wardrobe in Leeds. So get your Wes fancy dress at the ready with your berets, beanies and…
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Activities in Liverpool
Toxteth Reservoir Brought Back To Life With Art Installation
For over 100 years it held 2 million gallons of water…but now you’ll be able to experience Toxteth reservoir in a very unique way thanks to a new art installation known as Aurora. Aurora is an experience like no other. Step inside the cave-like vaults of Toxteth Reservoir for a 40-minute ‘walk on water’. Through dark chambers and between towering iron arches, water surrounds, floods and falls around you, both beautiful and terrifying. The sights,…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Signature Live Sessions – The Farm and Sub Blue
Signature Live Sessions returned to the Shankly Hotel on Wednesday 15th August for its second outing showcasing some of Liverpool’s finest musical talent. Usually set on the Eden roof terrace overlooking the incredible Liverpool skyline, this evening’s gig had to be moved indoors due to the rain – classic British summer time weather at its finest. The rain didn’t dampen the mood however, as Liverpool favourite, The Farm and rising local star Sub Blue took…
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Liverpool Music Scene
The Farm And Sub Blue To Headline Signature Living’s Free Rooftop Concert
Signature Live Sessions – the monthly free concert hosted by Signature Living – will welcome the bands to perform on the rooftop of the Shankly Hotel this Wednesday. Signature Living launched Signature Live Sessions last month – Liverpool’s free rooftop concert. The first session, on 18th July, was met by rave reviews as crowds turned out to see the fantastic Red Rum Club and The Sums take centre stage on the Eden rooftop of The…
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Music
The Ultimate Guide To Liverpool Music Venues
Your A-Z of Liverpool music venues. 24 Kitchen Street: The highlight of this venue is the simplicity of it, the undressed aesthetics and exposed wooden rafters and bare brickwork just makes the whole place so idyllic. The outside garden area has been perfect in the summer nights. The intimate 400 capacity venue is usually home to house/garage/grunge parties and is also a lovely little venue for plays, workshops and art galleries. Arts Club: You’ll never…
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Liverpool Music Scene
Merseyrail Sound Station Announce Artists For New Music Development Programme
An all new music development programme has unveiled the artists who will take part in the first semester of the innovative project. Merseyrail Sound Station will provide a wide range of artists from different genres and backgrounds the opportunity to develop their creative skills, links to the music industry and learn from successful Liverpool musicians. The cohort of Merseyside artists, who responded to a call-out earlier this month, includes the African-Irish rapper Breezy Ideygoke, electro…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Spice Girls Exhibition Heads Up North This Summer
Due to unprecedented demand from Spice Girls fans across the UK (and beyond!) #SpiceUpLondon prepares to go nationwide. #SpiceUpManchester An Exhibition About The Spice Girls will run from 24th August through to 4th September 2018 at Manchester Central Convention Centre where music and fashion alike are poised to unleash their inner Spice Girl! #SpiceUpManchester will be showcasing thousands of items of memorabilia, alongside hundreds of the Fab Five’s iconic stage costumes as part of a…
