Culture in Liverpool
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The Baltic Farm Set To Create Urban Farm And Cultural Events Space In The Baltic
Liverpool City Council has approved plans for an urban farm project, the Baltic Farm, in the Baltic Triangle. The Baltic Farm started operating in the Baltic area last year and now plans have been approved for a space behind The Wedding House building to become their permanent home. The project is a joint venture of Great George Street and Farm Urban, currently based in the CIC Building, where the city’s first Vertical Hydroponic Farm is…
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Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival Returns 26 – 29 March
Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival, returns to the Mersey for its biggest and best event yet: the 5th Liverpool edition, which runs from from 26 to 29 March 2020 at Picturehouse at FACT and The British Music Experience (BME). From Zambian rock to MySpace-spawned waves of electronic creativity, Doc’n Roll Liverpool 2020’s five acclaimed full-length feature films each spotlight a unique musical landscape. Witness the births of movements both musical (Drum & Bass and the…
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FACT’s Year of The Living Planet Launches With New Exhibition 20 March – 14 June 2020
On 19 March, FACT’s Year of The Living Planet launches with the opening of a major new art exhibition, And Say the Animal Responded? What would animals say to us if we listened to them? What might we learn about the state of our shared planet? At a time when billions of animals are being lost because of human activity, we still place the interests of humans above those of animals. Studies show that animals feel…
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Liverpool One Celebrates World Book Day With Hundreds of Free Books
Liverpool One Celebrates World Book Day by spreading free books across the shopping centre… Bookworms of all ages can enjoy a special treat today (Thursday 5 March) as Liverpool ONE fills its streets with hundreds of books to celebrate World Book Day. The retail and leisure destination has teamed up with book sharing organisation The Book Fairies Liverpool to encourage visitors to discover a new story or pick up their favourite tale. As part of…
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Positive Vibration Announce Second Wave of Acts for 2020 Festival
The award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival has announced even more acts ahead of the festival’s return to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent.…
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Music For The Mind & Soul Festival
Much loved concert series Music for the Mind & Soul Festival returns to Liverpool in a brand new format this year. The one day festival will take place on 25 April and will offer an array of events. Inspired by Milap’s 35 year history, the new festival day will offer both loyal and new audiences a fresh and holistic experience of Indian Arts and Culture through a newly conceptualised day of performance, talks, workshops, yoga…
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Africa Oyé Announce First Wave of Artists Including Female Supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique
Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars,Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. An all-female collective of West African musicians, Les Amazones D’Afrique made a huge impact across the globe with their 2017 debut album, République Amazone. Singing out against gender…
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LightNight To Return On 15 May With ‘Home’ Theme
LightNight will return on Friday 15 May, once again keeping the doors to the city’s unique venues, museums and galleries open late to celebrate the arts and culture scene in Liverpool. LightNight is Liverpool’s one-night arts festival giving visitors the chance to see the city in a new light. The event presents new and ambitious artistic commissions amidst a vibrant programme of more than 100 events happening across the city. There’s everything from large-scale light…
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Africa Oyé Needs Your Help To Keep The Festival Free
The organisers of Liverpool’s Africa Oyé have called upon local investors and the people of Liverpool to help keep the festival free. From its humble beginnings in 1992 as a series of gigs in the city centre, Oyé has showcased the finest in African and Caribbean music in the likes of Concert Square, Princes Park and even across the water in Birkenhead. The festival made Sefton Park its home in 2005, where it has since…
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In Conversation – TERN Everton Fanzine Co-Creator
Fanzines were massive in the 70’s when the punk movement really took off they were influential in it’s growth. To me, fanzines have always been an interest because I’m a fan of print media. So when I discovered the Everton fanzine, TERN, it immediately enticed me. One reason of course was being an Evertonian but it was also the style and content of the zine that really drew me in. We spoke to Darren Rimmer,…
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The 7 Liverpool Bloggers and Social Media Accounts you Should Be Following
There’s a huge blogging world out there but do you know about some of the best Liverpool bloggers and social media accounts? From film, mens lifestyle, fashion and photography, we’ve picked our favourites to share with you. Scouse Bird Problems Scouse Bird Problems is probably one of the most famous Liverpool blogs because for years it was one of the most entertaining Twitter accounts (and still is)! Then when Steph Johnson revealed herself as the…
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Live Music Photography Exhibition Coming To British Music Experience
The British Music Experience will present Capturing Live Music Through Photography, a solo exhibition by photographer Realm of Pixels/Charlotte Wellings. The exhibition will run from Friday 6 March – Sunday 3 May 2020. The exhibition features a striking series of photographs captured by Charlotte, featuring some of the world’s most iconic musicians – from high-calibre international artists Cher, KISS, Grace Jones and Lizzo to renowned UK acts Iron Maiden, The Charlatans, James Bay and many…
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Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 Celebrations – What’s On Guide
We’ll be welcoming the Year of the Rat during the Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations in the heart of Chinatown this Sunday. You’ve probably already noticed thousands of Chinese lanterns adorning the city centre as we prepare to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Sunday 26th January. And as the first established Chinatown in Europe you can guarantee we will be celebrating in style. Like we’ve seen previously, a number of buildings including Central…
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Discover Liverpool’s Urban Farm Growing Green Vegetables Under The Streets of the Baltic Triangle
Greens for Good Greens for Good is a new project from Farm Urban, aiming to grow food that’s good for people and for the planet. Farm Urban’s recent successful Kickstarter campaign saw people pledge over £25,000. This will go towards the organisation’s aim of getting fresh, healthy greens into every classroom in Liverpool and educate children and young people about where their food comes from. The funds raised also means they’ll be able to produce…
