Liverpool Music Artists
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Left Hand to Back of Head: New Art Exhibition At The Bluecoat 23rd Jan-28th March
Bluecoat launches its new exhibtion this month exploring how we can experience art beyond what we are able to say about it. The exhibition presents a collection of works that set out to affect the audience on a physical level, through sensations and emotions. Artists include: Rowena Harris // Mary Hurrell // Natalie Finnemore // Mitra Saboury // Marianna Simnett // Marie Toseland // Hannah James // Becky Beasley Left Hand to Back of Head…
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The Fifth GIT Award Launches For 2016 Edition
Launch Party On Friday 29th January 2016 At The Buyers Club ////£1000 Cash Prize To Winner At Showcase Event At Constellations On 14th May 2016 Liverpool music prize The GIT Award launches its fifth edition today culminating in a spectacular event at Constellations in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic Triangle on Saturday 14 May 2016. The process to find The GIT Award’s 12 nominees begins today with artists and bands invited to send their four tracks to…
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#TOUCHMYSOUL by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
The project #TOUCHMYSOUL by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner took place at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool from 10 to 13 December 2015. Over the four days, LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner invited the public to pick up the telephone and touch their soul on +44 (0)151 808 0771 during gallery opening hours, while being sat in FACT’s Gallery one which was open for visitors. The performance culminated in Rönkkö tattooing the words…
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Threshold Announce First Six Acts For 2016 Festival
With less than 4 months until Threshold Festival 2016 takes place in Liverpool, organisers have revealed the first six acts set to light up the Baltic Trangle’s stages in April. Making a welcome return to the festival are genre-busting 13-piece The Destroyers as well as Threshold favourite Natalie McCool, along with first-timersBaba Soul & The Professors of Funk and local funk/dance/hip-hop purveyors, Galactic Funk Militia. Completing the first wave of artists are folk duo Gilmore & Roberts and Brighton’s finest psychadelic outfit,…
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#TOUCHMYSOUL LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner Live At FACT
From 11am GMT on 10 December 2015, #TOUCHMYSOUL by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner will commence at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), 88 Wood Street, Liverpool. Over the following four days, LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner invite you to pick up your telephone and touch their soul on +44 (0)151 808 0771 between the hours of 11am – 6pm GMT. The project will also be broadcast live for the duration at touchmysoul.net #TOUCHMYSOUL is part…
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Liverpool Biennial Announces Artists For 2016
Liverpool Biennial have announced the participation of thirty-seven international artists in the 2016 Biennial festival of contemporary art. Among the eclectic mix of artists is Birkenhead born Mark Leckey, who won the Turner Prize in 2008. Liverpool Biennial 2016 will unfold through the landscape of the city. It is organised as a story narrated in several episodes: fictional worlds sited in galleries, museums, pubs, unused spaces, stations, hotels, parking lots, shops and supermarkets. For the…
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The Coral Announced As Headliners For Sound City 2016
Wirral band The Coral have been announced as headliners for Sound City 2016 for the two day music festival at Bramley Moore Dock. The announcement follows the news from the band that they will be heading out on a European tour next year. The first wave of acts were announced this week including Circa Waves, Sleaford Mods, The Dandy Warhols, Band of Skulls and Young Fathers. Sound City 28th & 29th May 2016 Tickets For…
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Top Regional Businessmen Gather For Groundbreaking Art Project
A local artist is gathering key male leaders from Merseyside to take part in a unique wellbeing project that aims to open up conversations around preventing suicide and promoting wellbeing for young men. Big Love My Brother, is a collaboration between artist Clare Campbell and innovative social organisation, Knowsley Youth Mutual, and follows the success of Big Love Sista programs, which involved more than 100 high-flying females and CEOs including MP Luciana Berger and Morecrofts’…
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Capstan’s Bazaar Announce Free Pop-up Festive Arts & Crafts Market At Constellations
Capstan’s Bazaar are excited to announce their family-friendly winter market on Sunday 13th December at Constellations, Liverpool. Expect to see much more of their usual artistic and intriguing stalls, but with a festive twist. As always, there will be a diverse variety of makers selling everything from quirky clothing to creative prints and seasonal gifts. Rummage through vintage and up-cycled clothing from Junkbox Vintage, amazing illustrations from Caroline Dowsett and original screen prints from Alex…
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Threshold Six: Festival Puts Out Call For Visual Artists
With less than a month until their submission window closes, Threshold are on the look out for applications from artists to be part of Threshold Festival 2016. For 2015, their exhibition was entitled ‘Contrasting Geometries’ and platformed the work of over 30 artists across 3 venues in the Baltic Triangle including the fantastic Liverpool Craft Beer Space, a warehouse on the cusp of renovation that was turned into a pop-up gallery. As they look forward to their 6th Festival, the…
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Sound City+ 2016 Passes On Sale Now in Partnership with Skiddle
The Sound City conference will return in 2016 as Sound City+ Taking place on Friday 27th May at the mesmerising Titanic Hotel, the UK’s premier international music & digital business conference will feature Sound City’s most incisive conference programme yet. Sound City+ passes are now on sale in partnership with Skiddle. For £150 + booking fee, your pass will grant you access to all Sound City+ has to offer AND entrance to the Sound City music…
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Free Recording Studio Opening In Liverpool
Backbone Studios will become Liverpool’s first free recording studio when it opens on Friday 13th November. The studio is in partnership with Mode Training, who provided the location and £11,000 to help fund the project based in the Alima Centre on Sefton Street close to the city’s Baltic Triangle area. It will also give music technology students from Mode valuable work experience opportunities as well as providing a great facility for the city’s up and…
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Threshold Six: Alchemy – First Details Released For April 2016 Festival
As with every year, the creative side of Threshold Festival will be driven by a theme and the event’s organisers are very proud to reveal this to you today: “Alchemy in its basic definition is the obsessive pursuit of something greater, turning base metal into gold or creating the elixir of life. To us, it’s a chance to get back to our true multi-arts roots. More than ever before we will be combining music, arts, performance and…
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Sound City To Return As 2 Day Festival in 2016; Pre Sale Registration Open Now
Liverpool Sound City have announced that they will return as a 2 day festival on 28th & 29th May 2016. The festival will return to Bramley Moore Docks after a successful first year on the waterfront site earlier this year. Sound City organisers say that their decision to make the festival a 2 day event rather than 3 day will allow them to bring a more ‘content-rich festival’. They have increased their artist budget in…
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No Homers Club Presents Isla Nublar – Jurassic Park Inspired Event At Constellations 9-11th October
After the sell out Simpsons exhibition, No Homers Club are teaming up again with the highly creative crew at Constellations for an island experience influenced by the Jurassic Park novel and film franchise. Music From…. Sex Hands Channeling their paleontological hero Ross Gellar for a special Isla Nublar set, cult Manchester band, Sex Hands, are renowned for their wild sets and raucous songs about the sitcom Friends. Organ Freeman High energy and high kicking, Organ…
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Liverpool Sound City 2015; Preview
Liverpool Sound City is now just a few days away from it’s biggest line up to date at it’s brand new home at Bramley-Moore Dock. As well as big name headliners, The Vaccines, The Flaming Lips and Belle & Sebastian, the likes of Gaz Coombes, The Cribs, Everything Everything and The Thurston Moore Band add to the solid main stage names. The Baltic Stage curated by EVOL promises to be a real highlight for festival…
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'No Homers Club'; A Simpsons Inspired Multidisciplinary Art Weekend At Constellations 17th-19th April
The ‘No Homers Club’ exhibition will be bringing together artists with a common love for the The Simpsons TV show. It is a Multidisciplinary Exhibition which means you can expect more than just your regular art show, so on top of artists and their work here’s a sneak preview of what else they have in store for the weekend: Friday: Launch, Art, Food & Drink, Simpson’s inspired music (courtesy of Organ Freeman). Saturday: Bespoke Screen Printing Workshop by…
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Tricia Porter: Liverpool Photographs 1972-74 The Bluecoat, Liverpool Saturday 4 April – Sunday 5 July, 2015
When young London photographer Tricia Porter arrived in seventies Toxteth she was warned off by the locals. Undeterred, Tricia gained unprecedented access to the residents’ homes resulting in this evocative portrayal of everyday life. The exhibition forms part of the LOOK/15 festival. Also showing under the Bluecoat’s historic roofs are Xavier Ribas’ Nitrate and Tabitha Jussa’sMemorandum of Understanding. Tricia Porter: Liverpool Photographs 1972-74 The Bluecoat, Liverpool Saturday 4 April – Sunday 5 July, 2015 Open…
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Threshold V; Day Three Roundup
The last day of Threshold V seemed a little subdued at first. Perhaps folks were getting over the riotous shenanigans of the previous night, or maybe it was the bitingly windy weather. I had put aside the afternoon session for a suitably restrained look at the static art on show at the festival in The Craft Beer venue. I thought the exhibition, ‘Contrasting Geometries’, had some vital contemporary art and sculpture on show, and that the sophisticated way the…
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Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March
Led by award winning artist Josie Jenkins, this three hour workshop will give you the opportunity to learn or recap basic techniques to help you draw from observation, try different materials and express what you see through drawing, all in the inspiring surroundings of the Sefton Park Palm House. Tickets £25 from http://sketchinginthepalmhouse.eventbrite.com Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March 10.00am – 1.00pm
