Entertainment in Liverpool
Looking for ways to entertain yourself and mates in Liverpool, there’s plenty to check out here
-
New Brighton Seaside Festival Reveals First Details For Entertainment Programme
New Brighton Seaside Festival has announced a taste of what you can expect from their brand-new attraction for Spring 2017. The three-day family event will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space in front of Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lake and Promenade in New Brighton. The first large scale seaside festival of its kind in the area, the weekender is the brainchild of…
-
GLOW Launch Party
A new era of sisterhood is here and it is time we GLOW. GLOW recently hosted a launch party at Love Thy Neighbour on Bold Street. The evening brought together a crowd of like minded individuals who gathered to celebrate women with big hearts and go-getter attitudes. I attended the launch with a group of friends who weren’t really aware of what GLOW was or will become. Entering events can often be a daunting process…
-
New Discount Card Launching Soon For Music Fans
A new discount card will be launching in Liverpool for music fans to take advantage of discounted gig tickets, new album and EP releases and even discounts on food and drink venues in the city. The Key Card is designed to encourage people to support the local music scene whilst saving them some of their hard earned cash along the way. Founder of The Key Card, J Fairhurst said “It’s about getting people out to…
-
The Worry Dolls Live At The Zanzibar; Preview
Since opening it’s doors in 1996 in the former Liverpool Institute for Boys the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts counts many notable figures amongst it’s alumni. In addition to actors and presenters former students include members of The Staves, The Wombats, Clean Cut Kid and “United States Of Whatever” singer Liam Lynch. This list also includes the now London based country/folk/americana duo of The Worry Dolls. Zoe Nicol and Rosie Jones met at an open…
-
WRONG Festival Announce Full Line Up
North West independent record label Loner Noise have unveiled the full line up for WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene, a one day happening on the 22nd April 2017 at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. Aiming to create something truly unique and very special for the first time in Liverpool, organisers are proud to announce that Japanese psych legends Bo Ningen will be topping a bill which brings together the disparate scenes from the heavier and stranger…
-
Secret Diners Club’s Valentine’s Pop-Up; Tickets On Sale Now
What better way to celebrate the romantic holiday than with a Secret Diners Club dinner in one of our favourite unique spaces? The appropriately named Love Lane Lock-up. The Secret Diners Club pop-up will be open on Thursday 9, Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February. There will be one sitting on Thursday, and two two-hour sittings on Friday and Saturday, with a secret three-course meal served each time. Please double check the ticket timings before purchasing to ensure you purchase…
-
Independent Liverpool St Patrick’s Day Weekender
Independent Liverpool make a welcome return to The Great Baltic Warehouse to bring us their St Patrick’s Day Weekender on 17th & 18th March. They will be bringing a little bit of Dublin to The Baltic Triangle where once again they will transform The Great Baltic Warehouse into something special. Expect Guinness, Irish whiskey, gin and more to get you suitably merry and plenty of irish stew and soda bread to soak it all up with.…
-
Liverpool Disco Festival & Southport Weekender’s 30th Anniversary Announce First Wave of Acts
Liverpool Disco Festival returns on Saturday 6th May 2017, following on from last October’s incredible debut event. The weekend carries a special resonance across the UK and beyond, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the legendary Southport Weekender, who along with Hustle and SUNcéBeat present an epic showcase of music in the city’s thriving creative quarter, the Baltic Triangle. SUNcéBeat and Hustle are bringing together not only all the best parts that made the first Liverpool…
-
Threshold Festival Reveal Second Wave of Artists
Threshold Festival organisers have announced the second wave of acts that will be performing at the seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to the city from March 31st to April 2nd. Following the reveal of the likes of Hannah Peel, Nils Bech, XamVolo and Lilium, nineteen more acts have now been added to the line-up. Thrash heavy Manchester trio False Advertising will take the Threshold stage, playing their first set since…
-
Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing Screening At St George’s Hall
Get your dancing shoes at the ready and prepare to go back in time and dance the Merengue and Mambo when St George’s Hall bring Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing on Friday 24 March. The producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a GREASE present their next instalment, the brand new Sing-a-Long-a interactive screening of the classic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It’s the Summer of 1963, it’s college boys versus dancing hunks, it’s one of the best loved movies of all time which tells the high…
-
Sound City Announce Festival Headliners
Sound City have announced The Human League, John Cale, Metronomy & The Kooks as headliners for their 10th Anniversary. Having already announced a move to the larger Clarence Dock for 2017, Sound City has also revealed that it will host four days of festivities to mark its special birthday. The festival launches on Thursday with a celebration of the English avant-garde featuring a trio of some of the most influential British electronic artists of the modern…
-
SPINN To Support The Sherlocks At The 02 Academy In February
Young, indie upstarts, SPINN, have just been booked to support the band on everyone’s lips at the moment, The Sherlocks in Liverpool’s 02 Academy on the 11th February. The Sherlocks have played sold-out show up and down the country, SXSW, Reading and Leeds. The band have also been pushed heavily by Radio one, two, and six, as well as, This Feeling. The band, who originate from Sheffield, have also just hit number one for vinyl sales in the country. And…
-
Where To Watch Super Bowl 51 In Liverpool
It’s the biggest event in American sport and it’s been gaining in popularity over this side of the pond over the last few years; here’s where you can watch the Super Bowl in Liverpool. Camp & Furnace – As always we can rely on Camp & Furnace’s fan park to create a great atmosphere to watch America’s biggest sporting spectacle. Free entry. Last entry midnight. Rack & Dollar – Berry Street’s American themed bar and…
-
Africa Oyé 2017 Dates Announced
Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Festival The dates have been announced for the UK’s largest FREE celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture as Africa Oyé celebrates its silver anniversary. On 17th & 18th June, a handpicked line-up of acts from Oyé’s 25-year history will descend on Liverpool’s Sefton Park for a weekend of incredible music and cultural celebrations. Oyé‘s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney is confident that the festival can live up to expectations for such a milestone this…
-
New Brighton To Host First Ever Seaside Bank Holiday Festival
Orb Events is delighted to announce a brand-new festival for Spring 2017 – the New Brighton Seaside Festival. The fantastic three-day family festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space between Fort Perch Rock and the Floral Pavilion Theatre on the Marine Promenade in New Brighton. As well as offering an exciting programme of fun seaside-themed entertainment, the event is set to showcase the best of homegrown seasonal fayre featuring a host of regional producers and introducing a raft of new…
-
MCM Comic Con Liverpool 2017
After the success of the MCM Comic Con 2016, the event returns to Liverpool with fancy dress cult movie characters and superheros set to take over the city once more. The event which pays homage to movies, video games, comics, anime, online video and cosplay attracts thousands of visitors to unleash their inner geek and is ever growing in popularity. There will be the chance to buy the very best from the worlds of Movies, Anime,…
-
Smithdown Road Festival Announce First Wave of Acts For 2017 Event
Smithdown Road Festival has announced the first wave of acts ahead of this years festival in April. Former Zutons frontman Dave McCabe is the most notable announcement to play the free, three day event along with London rockers Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind. Former frontman of indie band The Bluetones, Mark Morriss is also on the bill and HAARM will be performing off the back of supporting Bloc Party at the Roundhouse in London. The…
-
Harry Potter Screening With Live Orchestra At Echo Arena
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone Screening with Live Orchestra comes to the Echo Arena on 18th May. The Harry Potter™ film series is one of those once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomena that continues to delight millions of fans around the world. Audiences will now be able to relive the magic of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone in high-definition on a giant screen while hearing a full live orchestra perform John Williams’ unforgettable score. It is…
-
Leonard Cohen Live At Woolton Picture House
2016 seen the passing of the legend Leonard Cohen, ‘The God Father of Gloom’ and Woolton Picture House are throwing a fitting tribute to him all in aid of CALM; Campaign Against Living Miserably. The art deco cinema will be showing Leonard Cohen; Live at the Isle of Wight 1970. Tickets are £6.50 each (if you wish to donate more you can) with profits going to CALM. This a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the biggest…
-
Fiesta Bombarda At Liverpool Cathedral
Fiesta Bombarda to host their biggest carnival to date in Liverpool Cathedral Prepare yourselves for the biggest Fiesta Bombarda to date, as radiant brass melodies and rousing African rhythms are set to entwine themselves around one of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings for two days in January 2017. In assocation with Africa Oyé, organisers are excited to reveal that Ibibio Sound Machine will be playing on the Friday of the festival at Liverpool Cathedral. Fronted by London-born Nigerian…
