Entertainment in Liverpool
Looking for ways to entertain yourself and mates in Liverpool, there’s plenty to check out here
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Liverpool One’s Tickle The Ivories Is Back For Its Seventh Year
Calling musicians of all ages and abilities – Liverpool One’s Tickle the Ivories is back. The music festival, now in its seventh year, will take place between July 7 and September 3. Six pianos will once again transform the streets of Liverpool into open-air music boulevards. The pianos will be located across Liverpool ONE including South John Street, Paradise Street, College Lane, Sugar House Steps, Peter’s Square and The Terrace. Anyone who takes part in Tickle…
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Bongo’s Bingo Launches In Sydney This Summer – Win Flights To Australia Here!
Bongo’s Bingo – the original bingo-rave phenomenon which continues to take the UK by storm with a series of sold out shows in many cities across the county – will make its debut Down Under on Friday 23rd June 2017 in Paddington, Sydney, and launches a national tour shortly after in Melbourne and Brisbane. Bongo’s Bingo is Bingo like it has never experienced before, with rave intervals, dancing on tables and letting loose pretty much compulsory.…
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World Premiere of ‘Garage Classical’ Live With A 40 Piece Orchestra At LIMF 2017
In a world premiere, DJ Spoony will present a UK Garage classics live with the backing of the 40 piece RNCM Session Orchestra as part of the LIMF Presents programme in 2017. As the performance curator, he will be joined for an unforgettable experience by UK Garage legends Kele Le Roc, Elizabeth Troy, Lonyo, Master Of Ceremonies, Lifford, Richie Dan, Nay Nay and Sweet Female Attitude, with additional performances on the evening from So Solid Crew, Donaeo,…
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Physical Fest Brings Williamson Square To Life With Colourful Street Theatre This Bank Holiday
Now in its 13th year. Liverpool’s international physical theatre festival is the only festival in Europespecialising solely in physical theatre and the Street Theatre Day line-up has now been announced. Catch Highly Sprung’s acclaimed performance Urban Astronaut between 12 noon to 2pm. It is a walkabout and physical theatre performance that provides glimpse of a future that might be… Where problems surrounding air pollution have grown to a crisis point, is there any way back? The answer is found in a simple encounter with a young girl…
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Sgt Pepper At 50; Liverpool Celebrates 50 Years of Iconic Album With Special Events Programme
13 Tracks. 13 Unique Events. 1City. 25th May – 16th June. Liverpool has lined up a series of spectacular events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club album. Each track of the album will form a never-seen-before-event in the city which has been backed by £750,000 of investment from the Arts Council England. For more than two weeks, there will be performances, installations, live spectacle and moments of surprise…
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Velocity Trampoline Park Bounces Into Liverpool
Velocity Trampoline Park has announced the news of its latest acquisition following a £2 million investment. The leisure company has received the green light on a planning application for its third trampoline park, conveniently located just a stone’s throw away from New Mersey Shopping Park in Speke. In collaboration with property giant Peel, the entertainment venue is set to open its doors in late 2017 and will offer a refreshing state-of-the-art concept. Managing Director of…
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Liverpool’s Award-Winning Reggae Festival Returns With The Selecter & Jah Shaka
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage, Positive Vibration, returns in June for a jam-packed weekend of cultural appreciation and positivity. Winner of ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards 2016, Positive Vibration will play host to a plethora of internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems & selectors, a Reggae Q&A, creative workshops, a record fair & market, and plenty of tasty Caribbean food & drink. Headlining this year’s festival will be…
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Pop-Up Film Festival Will Be Taking Over Smithdown Road’s Handyman Supermarket
Liverpool’s Empty Spaces Cinema will be taking over Wavertree’s Handyman Supermarket on 6th & 7th May for The Hammer and Nail Pop-Up Film Festival. The not-for-profit organisation will host a series of screenings in the location of the former Sefton Park Picturedrome, before the Handyman Supermarket is turned into a microbrewery and pub. The back room space that will be used for the screenings can seat up to 50 people. Chris from Empty Spaces Cinema…
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New Photography Exhibition & Live Music Festival Announced For The Summer
Shout About It Live will host a hybrid festival of photography and live music in the Baltic Triangle’s District venue on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th August. The music line up is looking huge with The Cheap Thrills, Astles, Silent Cities, Eleanor Nelly, LUCA, Brothers of Mine, Cal Ruddy, Motherhood, Wildfires, Black Mountain Lights, Sly Antics, The Buffalo Riot, Riviera and Diamonds In The Dark all announced to play. Shout About It is primarily a…
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Constellations Garden Is Now Open For The Summer
This year Constellations have a few surprises in store for visitors to the garden. First up there’s Finca, the Cuban street food vendor who will be the first garden food residency to have their own pop-up restaurant. They will be launching on the 21st April. Finca will be serving up their Cuban street food throughout the summer from Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm – late, every week. No matter the weather, they’ve got it covered; the…
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67-17: 50 Summers of Love; Events & Performances Highlights
Liverpool will host 67-17: 50 Summers of Love; a season of events and performances inspired by the golden anniversary of the Summer of Love between 12th April – 3rd September 2017. 1967 saw some of the biggest cultural shifts of a generation and the moment the avant-garde forced its way into the mainstream. Liverpool played a big part, it being the year Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released, The Mersey Sound poetry anthology…
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mUmU Reveals Spring & Summer Events Programme
Fresh from the immense success of their 9th birthday party at the start of the year, the celebrated mUmU are now laying down their vision for the coming months with three shows across spring and summer. As one of the UK’s bastions of techno, the Liverpool session has remained very much true to its original roots, cultivating a loyal crowd who have followed mUmU’s growth and nomadic travels across the city, now setting up home…
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Liverpool LightNight 2017 Preview
The annual LightNight festival is coming back to Liverpool for its 8th consecutive year. Mark your calendars for Friday, 19th May – with the festivities kicking off at 5pm until late. Festival-goers can choose from over 100 different events across the city, with something for everyone, including art, music, performances, workshops, walking tours and arts and crafts. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Time’ so you can expect a unique look at the past,…
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Two Weeks To Go Until CIRCO Re-Opens With Exciting New Concept
With less than two weeks to go until CIRCO’s grand opening, limited tickets remain for its inaugural Dinner Show with a difference. The new Seel Street live performance and creative event space, which recently unveiled its enchanting Never Ever Land concept, is set to open its doors on Friday, April 21 to provide a mesmerising experience like ‘never ever before’. Taking place between 6-10pm every Friday and Saturday, guests can select from a trio of…
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Epic Trainer Festival Laces Out Returns To Camp & Furnace
Laces Out! returns to Camp & Furnace on Saturday 29th April. Laces Out! Festival is one of the UK’s best and biggest celebrations of trainer culture. The one day festival brings together thousands of vintage, rare, box fresh and deadstock trainers for collectors to buy, swap or just covet. It is the only major event of its kind in the North of England, a place renowned for its love, appreciation and historic relationship with sneaker…
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Bongo’s Bingo Announce 2nd Birthday Celebrations With Three Nights At The Olympia
Special live acts joining in the celebrations are Boyzlife and S Club Taking over The Olympia for three nights on Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th April, Bongo’s Bingo’s second birthday weekend in Liverpool promises to be a spectacular celebration. What started as essentially an idea on the back of a beer mat in Merseyside some two years ago is evolving to redefine the concept of a night out for many people across the…
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Baltic Weekender Announce First Wave of Acts
This June, The Baltic Triangle sees a new cultural event take over their venues, as Abandon Silence and 24 Kitchen Street join forces to celebrate the musical diversity that the area has become renowned for. It’s not been easy for The Baltic Triangle recently; with property developers plans guaranteed to have a negative impact on the alternative venues, the guys behind the driving forces of the alternative music scene in Liverpool have teamed up, promising…
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New Brighton Seaside Festival Full Line-Up Announced
Orb Events have announced the full music line-up for New Brighton Seaside Festival. Man and the Echo, The Shipbuilders, Marc Kenny and Nick Ellis are among the artists performing during the inaugural three-day event in May. The fantastic festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday, 27th – 29th May at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lakeand Promenade in New Brighton. Headlining the Saturday night is Man and the Echo. Their debut album skirts numerous musical signposts, spanning the likes of The Smiths, Dexys, Pulp, 50/60s crooning,…
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The Countdown Is On For Circo’s Never Ever Land Concept
The team behind the city’s CIRCO brand has unveiled its next generation of entertainment in the form of Never Ever Land. With just over one month to go until the new Seel Street venue’s grand opening, owner Jason McNeill has unveiled a series of teasers, detailing the transformation that has converted the former ‘freak show’ into a ‘kaleidoscope of thrill-seeking enchantment’. Being the first of its kind in the UK, having drawn inspiration from other…
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Threshold Reveal Full Line-Up Following Crowdfunder Campaign Success
With less than three weeks to go before they take over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle and following a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign, Threshold Festival have now revealed the full line-up of acts that will be performing at their seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to Liverpool from March 31st to April 2nd. Following a shortfall in funding this year, organisers turned to the festival’s fans to help raise the £9000 needed for this…
