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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
‘Follow’ Exhibition At FACT Featuring Work By Shia LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner And More; 10 December 2015 – 21 February 2016
In a world where we use Instagram ‘likes’ and Twitter ‘favs’ to assess who and what is important, and fame is just a click away; what impact is the internet really having on how we think about ourselves and those around us? On 10 December 2015, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool opens the doors to Follow, a major exhibition which will feature new work by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, Cécile B. Evans, Debora Delmar, Candice…
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Liverpool Events
Calling All Trainer Fanatics! Laces Out Festival Returns To Camp & Furnace 20th September
Laces Out Part Three. Back By popular demand, the trainer festival returns to Camp & Furnace where there will be loads of stalls selling some of the best sneakers around. A must for those who are after unique and customisable trainers as well as collectibles. Tickets Available From The Official Website Here
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Whisky Festival 2015; The Crypt (Metropolitan Cathedral) 5th September
The Liverpool Whiskey Festival returns this year to The Crypt beneath the iconic Metropolitan Cathedral and once again it will be flooding the elegant arches with incredible whiskies from all over Scotland and the rest of the world. Now in it’s 5th year it is becoming one of the UK’s most established whisky festivals and to mark this tremendous 5th birthday they’ll be pulling out one or two special classes. Each ticket will include; Entry…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2015; Preview
The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia returns on 25th + 26th September 2015 within the warehouses and recesses of Camp and Furnace, Blade Factory and District, in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Headlined by pysch heavyweights Spiritualized the group’s performance at PZYK 2015 comes ahead of the release of the band’s eighth LP later this year. This year the Baltic Triangle festival site will benefit from an additional performance space, with District joining the existing complex of…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Public Enemy To Play Liverpool O2 Academy In December
Legendary hip-hop band Public Enemy will be playing an iconic show at Liverpool’s O2 Academy on 2nd December. The band who formed in 1982 have recently released their 13th studio album and will be touring the UK stopping at Liverpool for what is set to be a truly unforgettable show. Tickets are on sale now here.
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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool Pirate Festival At The Albert Dock 12th & 13th September
The annual Liverpool Pirate Festival at Albert Dock returns with two days of spectacular, swashbuckling fun for all the family on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September. Running from 11am-5pm daily, come along dressed like a scurvy sea-dog and get into the spirit of the day. There will be sword fighting, musketry and cannon fire, shanties and storytelling, free face painting and activity workshops, plus a spectacular ship-to-ship pirate battle across Albert Dock. Discover how…
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Festivals
Liverpool International Music Festival; 27th-31st August Sefton Park & Various Venues
This five-day festival is Europe’s biggest free music event, celebrating music from all over the world in addition to our own musical heritage. Headliners for this year’s festival include Basement Jaxx, Labrinth and Echo and the Bunnymen. Other notable performers include Katy B, Laura Mulva, Naughty Boy, Rae Morris, Bipolar Sunshine and heaps of local artists including Louis Berry, Hooton Tennis Club, The Visitors, Luke Cusato, Silent Sleep, Little Grace and She Drew The Gun.…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Calling 2015; Review
Knowing I had limited time at the Liverpool Calling Festival this year, I was torn between two of the hottest talents on the Liverpool scene to begin my festival experience. Last Line Out and The Jackobins are already firm favourites of mine, with shed loads of potential between them. I couldn’t choose, so I opted for the half-set option, starting with The Jackobins playing a set in the sunshine of the iconic Bombed-out church venue. As ever, the beautiful…
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Liverpool Events
EVOL Returns For The Fourth Annual FestEvol Celebration At The Kazimier
EVOL returns for the fourth annual FestEvol celebration of all that is good across the Merseyside music scene on Saturdays 1st and 8th of August. Unfortunately The Kazimier will be closing on New Years day, so this will be the final FestEvol event at the venue. Organisers are overjoyed that Dave McCabe & The Ramifications, The Serpent Power, All We Are and The Tea Street Band are this years FestEvol headliners. They spearhead what is…
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Festivals
Liverpool Calling 25th July 2015; Preview
Liverpool Calling returns on 25th July for it’s third year and this year the line up is huge. From festival headliners Reverend & The Makers who will be making the Bombed Out Church bounce, to Allusondrugs rocking Maguire’s Pizza Bar and The Tea Street Band providing the official afterparty shenanigans at The Magnet, yes there will be gig clashes leading to difficult decisions throughout the day and that is what is helping to establish Liverpool…
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Liverpool Events
Summer Arts Market 18/19 July 2015 St George’s Hall
Offering a unique alternative to the high street, the Summer Arts Market lands at the historic St George’s Hall on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July. Now in its third year, the market will play host to a variety of artists, designers and makers selling creations including original screen prints, paintings, jewellery, tableware, beauty products, decorations, accessories, textiles, photography, knitwear. Shoppers will also find a vintage fair in addition to arts activities for children. 18th…
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Festivals
Africa Oye 2015: The World Celebrates With Liverpool In Sefton Park
After an early scare of rain on Saturday morning, Oye 2015 brought the sun, sights and sounds of Africa to Liverpool’s Sefton Park to truly make it a weekend to remember. The festival matched last year’s record breaking footfall of 80,000 across the weekend as the masses flocked to to see artists from Africa, the Caribbean and South America as well as home-grown talents tear up the Oye stage and to also take part in…
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Liverpool Events
Sonic Yootha At Camp & Furnace Friday 26th June
Soul II Soul / Electronic / Scarlet Fantastic / The Teardrop Explodes / Happy Mondays / Malcolm McLaren / PIL / Hazell Dean / Echo And The Bunnymen / Heaven 17 / Grace Jones / Saint Etienne / Bomb The Bass. Sonic Yootha 7.00pm – 1.00am Camp & Furnace: 67 Greenland Street
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Music
Debut Single, ‘Buried’ From Latest Skeleton Key Discovery Marvin Powell
Prowling Liverpool’s stages with otherworldly tales, the delicately haunting voice of enigmatic singer-songwriter, Marvin Powell brings a new folk philosophy for the plugged-in generation. As if from the otherworlds of which he sings, singer-songwriter Marvin Powell emerges from the twilight and fingerpicks his way onto the roster of James Skelly’s Skeleton Key Records with his debut single, ‘Buried’, released on Monday 3 August 2015. Flavours of classic folk lurk with shades of early T-Rex, unplugged Led Zeppelin, comparisons…
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Festivals
Festival 31; Merseyside’s First Official Festival Exploring Refugee Experience, Arts & Culture 15th June – 15th July
Liverpool’s official festival celebrating arts & culture from refugee communities and creating discourse around the refugee experience. FESTIVAL 31 brings together refugees, wider communities, individuals, grassroots, small and larger organisations for a 31 day experience across the whole city from 14th June – 15th July 2015. The official launch party will take place at The Brink, Parr Street, Sunday 14th June 4-7pm with craft stalls and live music from The Peacemakers, Oscar & Francisco Carrasco, Mojo Storm…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots At Tate 30th June – 18th October
Jackson Pollock is widely considered to be one of the most influential and provocative American artists of the twentieth century. Pollock famously pioneered action painting, a process that saw him drip paint on canvases resting on the studio floor. Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition in more than 30 years to explore the artist’s black pourings, a lesser known but extremely influential part of his practice. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to…
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Liverpool Events
An Evening With Huey Morgan At Leaf Friday 12th June
The host of BBC Radio 6 Music and Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman will be at Leaf on Bold Street this Friday, 12th June to discuss his new book Huey Morgan’s Rebel Heroes, looking at the music influences of his favourite revolutionary artists across the decades, from Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin to Joe Strummer and beyond. 7pm/First Floor Tickets Available £6/£5 (Waterstones.com)
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Africa Oyé Announces Running Order For Next Weekend’s Jam-Packed Festival
Ahead of their 23rd annual festival on Merseyside, Africa Oye have announced the running order for this year’s main stage acts. Soul supremo Omar will headline the Saturday of the event, preceded by one of East Africa’s most exciting new bands – Sarabi – performing for the first time ever in the UK. Reggae icon Frankie Paul is set to close proceedings on the Sunday after Lindigo – hailing from Reunion Island – grace Sefton…
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Music
Single of The Week: Clean Cut Kid – Vitamin C
The new single by Liverpool band Clean Cut Kid starts with sparse chunks of guitar, the fractured chords beating a rhythm which leads the listener to the clear, steady vocals, the music clipped and precise. When the thump of the rhythm becomes more insistent the track takes off, a strange but palatable mix of brutal funk and modern folk vocals. The use of blended male and female voices serves at times to temper the harshness, especially during the choruses,…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Deliveroo Brings Restaurant Food To The Doorsteps of Liverpool
Deliveroo – the restaurant food delivery service, launches into Liverpool, revolutionising the way people dine by delivering quality food from local independent and chain restaurants, direct to people’s doors. The company is growing throughout the UK and is live in London, Brighton, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham and now Liverpool. The Liverpool arm of Deliveroo opens with a restaurant roster including local favourites such as GBK, Slim’s Pork Chop Express, Bakchich, Rookwood, Kasbah, Grilla, Raggas,…
