Editorials
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Bongo’s Bingo Team Open Bongo’s Bungalow Bar
Jonny Bongo and Joshua Burke are very proud to announce the launch of Bongo’s Bungalow. It’s all set to be Cains Brewery Village’s most intimate hideaway, opening for business over the incoming St Patrick’s Weekend. Whilst the transient Festive Party House kept the red-eyed spirit of Xmas staggering all the way to NYE, Bongo’s Bungalow is a permanent abode on the fringe of the site, and it launches on Thursday 14 March just in time for…
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Red Dog Saloon Launches ‘Meating Places’ Sunday
The authentic Austin barbecue will offer a Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich and a schooner of Samuel Adams beer for £10 every Sunday evening across all Red Dog Saloon sites. The Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich is an indulgent classic; a mouth-watering combination of thinly sliced steak, caramelised onions, dripping with melted American cheese in a small loaf of bread. Accompanied with a schooner of the refreshing Samuel Adams Boston lager, the combo makes the perfect snack to enjoy…
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Weekend-long Paddy’s Day Festival Coming To Camp and Furnace
From green lager to free parties and 10,000 pints of Guinness – plans are announced for city venue’s WEEKEND-LONG St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza Camp and Furnace today revealed that their Paddy’s Day celebrations this year and they’re bigger than ever before. Running across an entire weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March, the Baltic Triangle venue will be kicking things off in style with a traditional Irish breakfast on both days, including including white…
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The Roman’s Activity Park: The Ultimate Day Out In Liverpool
Ever wanted to try your hand at Roman boxing, Goat Milking or Giant Sandal Racing? Ok, maybe you’ve never really thought about it, but we think you might want to thanks to The Roman’s Activity Park! The Romans is a bespoke 1,500 sq metre park which includes eight games stations, a purpose-built coliseum, six Instagram stations and an outdoor gin garden. All participants will receive costumes, face painting and will meet and be hosted by…
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Pieminister To Celebrate National Pie Week In Style
There’s loads of delicious deals happening at Pieminister this week (4-10 March). From Mothership Monday to Sunday Funday, Pieminister will be bringing you seven days of amazing pie deals that will make you think you’ve died and gone to pie heaven. And on Pieday Friday (8 March) someone right here in Liverpool will win a year’s supply of pies! Just buy a pie from Pieminister that day (to eat in, takeaway or have delivered to…
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Junkyard Golf Club Liverpool: Booking Now Open
The highly anticipated Junkyard Golf Club Liverpool has announced that their first release of tickets for the ultimate crazy golf experience are now available. In the heart of Liverpool ONE, Junkyard Golf Club Liverpool opens officially on March 22. That’s right, crazy golf just got epic and you can now be one of the first to experience the three 9-hole golf courses created with the craziest reclaimed junk! Expect wrecked car parts, circus freaks, slides, jungle…
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The Lantern Company To Turn Sefton Park Boating Lake Into Floating City
This February the Boating Lake in Sefton Park, Liverpool will become home to a spectacular floating city of lanterns thanks to The Lantern Company. Created with massive community engagement, the city lights will flicker on as it comes to life with an epic soundscape of original music, real-life stories and poetry. Not only will the boating lake be brought to life, but a second event, ‘Habitats’, will also light up Sefton Park over the February…
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New Multi-Purpose ‘Shipping Containers’ Space Coming To Baltic Triangle
The founder of Bongo’s Bingo has announced plans for a new multi-purpose Music, Arts, Drinking and Eating space made from re-purposed shipping containers, known as Content. Based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, Content aims to plug the need for a flexible, modular space, with an environmentally conscious mindset, and a focus not on its exterior, but on its contents. With an emphasis on quality and value for money. Working with the creative minds of Carl Turner…
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Bookings Go Live For New Royal Liver Building Attraction
Tickets are now on sale for Royal Liver Building 360 tours as the countdown to its opening draws nearer. The operators, Heritage Great Britain, today unveiled a new website and online booking system for Liverpool’s newest visitor experience. Bookings will initially be available from May 2019 onwards, with earlier dates being released once the official opening date is revealed. A new team, brought in to manage the forthcoming attraction, has also been announced, led by…
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Liverpool Author Clare Coombes Releases Fascinating Historical Fiction Book
Retelling of MS St Louis refugee tragedy through fiction backed by Holocaust and ship survivor A new book will relate the plight of the St Louis refugees to a new generation, 80 years after the events that caused many to flee Nazi Germany on the ill-fated ship. We are of Dust by Liverpool (UK) author Clare Coombes starts on the night of Nazi rioting 9th-10th November 1938, known as Kristallnacht, for all the broken glass in Jewish…
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Historic Bascule Bridge Will Light Up Liverpool’s Stanley Dock
Liverpool’s historic Grade II-listed Bascule Bridge in the docklands region has been lit up as part of the city council’s £52m road improvement project. The Bascule Bridge on Regent Road, crosses the historic Stanley Dock system, which now features a new lighting system fitted to show off its unique engineering and architectural features with an array of colours. Built in 1932, the bridge lies within the city’s World Heritage Site, is one of just a…
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Bold Street Coffee Launch Kickstarter Campaign To Return To Bold Street Home
The guys behind Bold Street Coffee have announced they will be launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise vital funds so that they can re-open in their beloved coffee shop. They will be looking to their loyal supporters to raise £30,000 of the £75k they will need to get back into action on Bold Street. Bold Street Coffee was more than a coffee shop: it fuelled Bold Street’s growing independent community for nearly a…
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Deliah’s New Single, ‘Achromatic’, Boasts Raw Emotion and Exposes Mental Health in the Creative Industries
Female-fronted four-piece, Deliah, have been traversing the music scene a few years now, bringing a fresh sound through their mix of soul and electronica. It is precisely the band’s creativity and willingness to experiment that set them apart from many others within the genre – every song is written with meaningful lyrics and composed with a powerful finesse that brings vocals and instrumentals seamlessly together. This is no different with the band’s newest single, ‘Achromatic’,…
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Karen Turley ‘New Strings’: Single Review
Having already given the world a number of absolute Americana gems, such as It Would Be Nice, Headed Home and Dreamer, Karen Turley again hits the musical bullseye with her new single New Strings. This is a song that evokes a golden age of stateside bluegrass, with her vocal delivery and nuance adding to these first impressions. The arrangement and production of the track is utterly symbiotic to the artists intentions, and highly successful. For…
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The Shankly Hotel Announce Mad Hatter Afternoon Tea Dates This June and September
This Summer, sweet-toothed cake lovers are invited to enjoy an unforgettable afternoon tea, like no other. Taking place on two dates only, Saturday 30th June and Sunday 30th September, the talented team behind The Shankly Hotel will be turning the much-loved British tradition completely on its head, for the amazing Mad Hatter Afternoon Tea. Taking place at the stunning Garden of Eden in The Shankly, guests will be greeted by a mad mob of crazy characters, taken from their favourite literary worlds. The…
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PINS Boutique Bowling Alley Set To Open In The City Centre Later This Year
Elevating the ‘normal’ bowling alley experience, PINS will offer a street food-inspired menu, a quirky 10 pin bowling experience, private VIP bowling, shuffleboards, and interactive experiences. Developer D2 has secured planning approval to transform a warehouse on Duke Street into Liverpool’s first city centre bowling and activity venue. The building at 45 to 61 Duke Street formerly housed an indoor car park and will be fully refurbished to include a 16,000 sq ft development, designed…
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Bongo’s Bingo – The Craziest, Raviest Game of Bingo You’ll Ever Play
Ever since Bongo’s Bingo made its debut at Liverpool’s Camp & Furnace several years ago, it has garnered praise from everyone who’s been, becoming a word of mouth phenomenon which has to be experienced! This week they announced their biggest shows to date with very special guest – Kelis! Set to take place in a bigger venue down at Bramley Moore Dock, Bongo’s Bingo Liverpool goes from strength to strength and shows no signs of…
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Out of Context Announce Gazelle and The Wood Burning Savages For Liverpool Headline Gigs
Off the back of three sell-out shows in a row, Out of Context have announced two highly anticipated new shows for the Spring/Summer calendar. The first of which will see Derry rock outfit The Wood Burning Savages take to the stage at 81 Renshaw on the 4th of May. Support comes from local band Three From Above and exciting scene newcomers Cures and Curses. TWBS are coming to Liverpool whilst touring their new album, “Stability”.…
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Mutant Vinyl – ‘Kick The Reel’ EP Review
Image Credit: Alice Conway Photography This may sound slightly strange – but I have sometimes viewed music as in terms of night and day. What I mean by this is that to me, some music evokes the night, while others the day, For example, “Happy” by Pharrel is a massive sun-shiny day of a song; “Riders of the Storm” by The Doors is definitely of the night. And Edwin Pope’s latest offering under his Mutant Vinyl…
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The Best Things To Do In Liverpool For Chinese New Year
To celebrate this year’s Chinese New Year a three day celebration will take place across Liverpool’s Chinatown; an area of Liverpool adorned by an iconic Chinese Arch, that was gifted to the city in 2010 by twin city, Shanghai; The largest outside of China itself. Lighting up the Chinese Arch, the Black-E and The Arch, there will be projections, music and lighting, that together will tell the story of Liverpool’s incredible Chinese history and culture.…
